Triple

T6129542
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Dean Howells E136676 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Elinor Mead E136676 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: Elinor Mead | Statement: [William Dean Howells, spouse, Elinor Mead]

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: Elinor Mead
Context triple: [William Dean Howells, spouse, Elinor Mead]
  • A. Elinor Mead chosen
    Elinor Mead was an American artist and intellectual known as the wife and close collaborator of novelist and critic William Dean Howells.
  • B. Elinor Monsell
    Elinor Monsell was an Irish-born artist and illustrator known for her bookplates, wood engravings, and contributions to early 20th-century book design.
  • C. Muriel Whiting
    Muriel Whiting was the wife of British Royal Air Force commander Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, noted for his leadership during the Battle of Britain.
  • D. Margaret Moffette Lea
    Margaret Moffette Lea was the second wife of Texas statesman Sam Houston and a prominent 19th-century Southern woman known for her influence on his personal life and religious convictions.
  • E. C. M. Woolf
    C. M. Woolf was a British film producer and distributor active in the early 20th century, known for his involvement in significant silent and early sound films.
  • 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_69c008a0a37c81908e5b4f879158afb3 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c05c4c8570819096dc87f0de2a9887 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c518df074481909d3990c92c11c05a ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:15 p.m.