Triple

T7074143
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ponte Salazar E164772 entity
Predicate designedBy P184 FINISHED
Object Edgar Cardoso
Edgar Cardoso was a prominent Portuguese civil engineer renowned for his innovative bridge designs and pioneering work in structural engineering in the 20th century.
 E639787 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: Edgar Cardoso | Statement: [Ponte Salazar, designedBy, Edgar Cardoso]

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: Edgar Cardoso
Context triple: [Ponte Salazar, designedBy, Edgar Cardoso]
  • A. Carlos Lemos
    Carlos Lemos was a Brazilian architect known for his work on prominent modernist projects such as São Paulo’s iconic Copan Building.
  • B. Francisco Leal
    Francisco Leal is a young idealistic Chilean journalist who becomes involved in political resistance and a passionate romance in Isabel Allende’s novel "Of Love and Shadows."
  • C. John Duarte
    John Duarte is a Republican politician and businessman serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district.
  • D. Manuel Salgado
    Manuel Salgado is a Portuguese architect best known for his influential public and cultural building designs, including major projects in Lisbon.
  • E. Horacio Oliveira
    Horacio Oliveira is the introspective, alienated intellectual protagonist of Julio Cortázar’s novel "Rayuela" ("Hopscotch"), known for his existential wanderings through Paris and Buenos Aires.
  • 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: Edgar Cardoso
Target entity description: Edgar Cardoso was a prominent Portuguese civil engineer renowned for his innovative bridge designs and pioneering work in structural engineering in the 20th century.
  • A. Carlos Lemos
    Carlos Lemos was a Brazilian architect known for his work on prominent modernist projects such as São Paulo’s iconic Copan Building.
  • B. Francisco Leal
    Francisco Leal is a young idealistic Chilean journalist who becomes involved in political resistance and a passionate romance in Isabel Allende’s novel "Of Love and Shadows."
  • C. John Duarte
    John Duarte is a Republican politician and businessman serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district.
  • D. Manuel Salgado
    Manuel Salgado is a Portuguese architect best known for his influential public and cultural building designs, including major projects in Lisbon.
  • E. Horacio Oliveira
    Horacio Oliveira is the introspective, alienated intellectual protagonist of Julio Cortázar’s novel "Rayuela" ("Hopscotch"), known for his existential wanderings through Paris and Buenos Aires.
  • 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: Edgar Cardoso
Triple: [Ponte Salazar, designedBy, Edgar Cardoso]
Generated description
Edgar Cardoso was a prominent Portuguese civil engineer renowned for his innovative bridge designs and pioneering work in structural engineering in the 20th century.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c6887b96548190a8a9b3ac8adf4119 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6e4ccb42c81909f5627aa97db7a84 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c794641dd481908df979600b7a8e92 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c7957439b8819081fb2721bbd8b65c ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c7950271a48190b6e0c3f307ebdc5a nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:39 p.m.