Triple

T6186491
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire E138072 entity
Predicate positionHeld P8 FINISHED
Object Postmaster General (UK) E35629 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: Postmaster General (UK) | Statement: [Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, positionHeld, Postmaster General (UK)]

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: Postmaster General (UK)
Context triple: [Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, positionHeld, Postmaster General (UK)]
  • A. Postmaster General of Great Britain chosen
    The Postmaster General of Great Britain was the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and related communications services in Great Britain.
  • B. British Post Office
    The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
  • C. Postmaster General of the United States
    The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
  • D. Royal Mail
    Royal Mail is the United Kingdom’s long-established national postal service and courier company responsible for mail collection and delivery across the country and internationally.
  • E. British Forces Post Office
    The British Forces Post Office is the postal service that handles mail for members of the British Armed Forces and associated personnel stationed in the UK and overseas.
  • 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_69c008a8fd408190b7ec6e42934974a6 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c0621671988190938dd16242a2e4d5 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c141ca916c8190bd1ca46f2b8c9c18 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:19 p.m.