Triple

T5424625
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Larkfield, near Birmingham E121332 entity
Predicate notableResident P1092 FINISHED
Object William Withering E22809 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: William Withering | Statement: [Larkfield, near Birmingham, notableResident, William Withering]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Withering
Context triple: [Larkfield, near Birmingham, notableResident, William Withering]
  • A. William Withering chosen
    William Withering was an 18th-century English physician and botanist best known for introducing the medical use of digitalis (foxglove) to treat heart disease.
  • B. William Cullen
    William Cullen was an 18th-century Scottish physician and chemist who became a leading medical teacher of the Scottish Enlightenment and helped shape modern clinical and chemical education.
  • C. William Price
    William Price was an 18th-century architect and builder active in colonial Boston, known for his work on prominent structures such as the Old North Church.
  • D. Thomas Beddoes
    Thomas Beddoes was an English physician, chemist, and early pioneer of pneumatic medicine known for his progressive scientific and political views in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • E. Dr. Richard Mead
    Dr. Richard Mead was a prominent early 18th-century English physician and scholar known for his influential work on public health and his association with leading literary and scientific figures of his time.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69bd463b58d88190b258261573de9e91 elicitation completed
NER batch_69bd88142b4c8190a0a9fce117aaef14 ner completed
NED1 batch_69bf4125e490819088f70090cf8d81fa ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:06 p.m.