Triple

T6429878
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Willie Sutton E128152 entity
Predicate placeOfDeath P21 FINISHED
Object Springfield, Massachusetts, United States E20696 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: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States | Statement: [Willie Sutton, placeOfDeath, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States]

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: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Context triple: [Willie Sutton, placeOfDeath, Springfield, Massachusetts, United States]
  • A. Springfield, Massachusetts chosen
    Springfield, Massachusetts is a historic city in western Massachusetts known as the birthplace of basketball and a former industrial and transportation hub along the Connecticut River.
  • B. West Springfield, Massachusetts
    West Springfield, Massachusetts is a suburban city in western Massachusetts located across the Connecticut River from Springfield, known for its annual Eastern States Exposition ("The Big E").
  • C. Greenfield, Massachusetts
    Greenfield, Massachusetts is a small city in northwestern Massachusetts that serves as the county seat of Franklin County and a commercial and cultural hub of the Pioneer Valley region.
  • D. Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
    Burlington, Massachusetts, United States, is a suburban town northwest of Boston known for its commercial centers, technology companies, and medical facilities.
  • E. Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States
    Greenfield, Massachusetts, United States is a small city in northwestern Massachusetts known as the birthplace of magician and entertainer Penn Jillette.
  • 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_69c00838de888190af2eec0b80495efa elicitation completed
NER batch_69c06923b12081908a09543450b88c24 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c64bbc865c81909bf064b9253bc263 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:44 p.m.