Triple

T6772346
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New England theology E155073 entity
Predicate hasKeyFigure P810 FINISHED
Object Nathaniel William Taylor
Nathaniel William Taylor was a 19th-century American Congregational theologian and Yale professor known for developing the influential "New Haven" variant of New England theology.
 E618760 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: Nathaniel William Taylor | Statement: [New England theology, hasKeyFigure, Nathaniel William Taylor]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

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: Nathaniel William Taylor
Context triple: [New England theology, hasKeyFigure, Nathaniel William Taylor]
  • A. William Taylor
    William Taylor was an early 18th-century London bookseller and publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Daniel Defoe’s novel "Robinson Crusoe."
  • B. John Edward Taylor
    John Edward Taylor was a 19th-century British journalist and businessman best known for establishing the influential newspaper that became The Guardian.
  • C. Francis Lenn Taylor
    Francis Lenn Taylor was an American art dealer best known as the father of iconic actress Elizabeth Taylor.
  • D. J.H. Taylor
    J.H. Taylor was a pioneering English professional golfer and multiple Open Championship winner who helped shape the early development of modern golf.
  • E. Richard E. P. Taylor
    Richard E. P. Taylor was a 19th-century American architect best known for his role in designing the monumental Old State, War, and Navy Building in Washington, D.C.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Nathaniel William Taylor
Target entity description: Nathaniel William Taylor was a 19th-century American Congregational theologian and Yale professor known for developing the influential "New Haven" variant of New England theology.
  • A. William Taylor
    William Taylor was an early 18th-century London bookseller and publisher best known for issuing the first edition of Daniel Defoe’s novel "Robinson Crusoe."
  • B. John Edward Taylor
    John Edward Taylor was a 19th-century British journalist and businessman best known for establishing the influential newspaper that became The Guardian.
  • C. Francis Lenn Taylor
    Francis Lenn Taylor was an American art dealer best known as the father of iconic actress Elizabeth Taylor.
  • D. J.H. Taylor
    J.H. Taylor was a pioneering English professional golfer and multiple Open Championship winner who helped shape the early development of modern golf.
  • E. Richard E. P. Taylor
    Richard E. P. Taylor was a 19th-century American architect best known for his role in designing the monumental Old State, War, and Navy Building in Washington, D.C.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Nathaniel William Taylor
Triple: [New England theology, hasKeyFigure, Nathaniel William Taylor]
Generated description
Nathaniel William Taylor was a 19th-century American Congregational theologian and Yale professor known for developing the influential "New Haven" variant of New England theology.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c68812ef7c819099369f51febb725c elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6d24aaf948190a544cc28b7de67c4 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c712c75b9c819099b0be616925a0b9 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c7141cd52c8190a783590ad1067840 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c7135106288190b5b20523c3efa229 nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:13 p.m.