Triple

T6743021
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James Yancey E154135 entity
Predicate birthName P65 FINISHED
Object James Dewitt Yancey E180147 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: James Dewitt Yancey | Statement: [James Yancey, birthName, James Dewitt Yancey]

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: James Dewitt Yancey
Context triple: [James Yancey, birthName, James Dewitt Yancey]
  • A. James Dewitt Yancey chosen
    James Dewitt Yancey, better known as J Dilla, was a highly influential American hip-hop producer and rapper renowned for his innovative, soulful, and off-kilter approach to beat-making.
  • B. J. Parnell Thomas
    J. Parnell Thomas was a conservative Republican congressman from New Jersey best known for chairing the House Un-American Activities Committee during the early Cold War era.
  • C. Hinton Rowan Helper
    Hinton Rowan Helper was a 19th-century American Southern critic of slavery best known for his controversial antislavery book "The Impending Crisis of the South."
  • D. Henry Chandlee Turner
    Henry Chandlee Turner was an American builder and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the major construction firm Turner Construction Company.
  • E. Henry Gray Turner
    Henry Gray Turner was a 19th-century American lawyer, Confederate veteran, and Democratic politician who served multiple terms as a U.S. Representative from Georgia.
  • 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_69c6880d84d8819095d19de2295f26ac elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6d1b3b1448190a94b4b64f01af14a ner completed
NED1 batch_69c70b11b828819084d5a21dde5f1f5b ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:10 p.m.