Triple

T5855836
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Witney, Oxfordshire E130149 entity
Predicate postalTown P2711 FINISHED
Object WITNEY E212382 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: WITNEY | Statement: [Witney, Oxfordshire, postalTown, WITNEY]

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: WITNEY
Context triple: [Witney, Oxfordshire, postalTown, WITNEY]
  • A. Witney
    Witney is a UK parliamentary constituency in Oxfordshire, historically represented by prominent Conservative politicians including former Prime Minister David Cameron.
  • B. Witney chosen
    Witney is a historic market town in Oxfordshire, England, known for its traditional blanket-making industry and position on the River Windrush.
  • C. Whitney
    Whitney is a common English surname most famously associated with Eli Whitney, the American inventor of the cotton gin.
  • D. Whitney
    Whitney is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the Las Vegas Valley of Clark County, Nevada.
  • E. Whitney
    Whitney is the multi-platinum 1987 studio album by Whitney Houston that solidified her status as a global pop and R&B superstar.
  • 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_69c0084de39081909eb34e6bed74215a elicitation completed
NER batch_69c03555cd6081908b0307decd60d2bc ner completed
NED1 batch_69c0a1bc58d081908568294278cbf3a9 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:55 p.m.