Triple

T6807484
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thomas Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron E156343 entity
Predicate predecessor P97 FINISHED
Object Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron E153765 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: Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron | Statement: [Thomas Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, predecessor, Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron]

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: Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Context triple: [Thomas Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, predecessor, Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron]
  • A. Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron chosen
    Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was an English nobleman and soldier who became the first peer of the Fairfax family in the Scottish peerage in the early 17th century.
  • B. Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
    Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron was a prominent English nobleman and military commander who served as a leading general for the Parliamentarian forces during the English Civil War.
  • C. Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
    Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and landowner who controlled vast estates in colonial Virginia and played a significant role in the region’s early development.
  • D. Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron
    Robert Fairfax, 7th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was an 18th-century Scottish nobleman and member of the prominent Fairfax family, known for his role in the British peerage.
  • E. Henry Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron
    Henry Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was a 17th-century Scottish peer and English clergyman who inherited the Fairfax title and estates during the turbulent period of the English Civil War and Restoration.
  • 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_69c68826e6a48190a3d220b541e639de elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6d30a006081908996e31aa7ced0ac ner completed
NED1 batch_69c748ad80b881909efd0c0abddb95a5 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:16 p.m.