Triple

T7159811
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John F. Dewey E166910 entity
Predicate givenName P17 FINISHED
Object John
John is the given name of the American philosopher and educational reformer John F. Dewey.
 E645385 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: John | Statement: [John F. Dewey, givenName, John]

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: John
Context triple: [John F. Dewey, givenName, John]
  • A. John
    John is traditionally regarded as the author of the New Testament’s Book of Revelation, a prophetic and apocalyptic text in Christian scripture.
  • B. John
    John is the given first name of J. Edgar Hoover, the long-serving and influential first director of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
  • C. John
    John is the given first name of the legendary American professional golfer Byron Nelson, one of the sport’s early great champions.
  • D. John
    John is the given name of John H. Hammond Jr., the influential American record producer and talent scout known for discovering and promoting numerous major jazz, blues, and rock musicians.
  • E. John
    John is the given name of the late American comedian and actor John Belushi, famed for his work on "Saturday Night Live" and in films like "Animal House" and "The Blues Brothers."
  • 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: John
Target entity description: John is the given name of the American philosopher and educational reformer John F. Dewey.
  • A. John
    John is the given name of the influential American political philosopher John Rawls, known for his theory of justice as fairness.
  • B. John
    John is the given name of the influential English philosopher John Locke, a key figure in empiricism and liberal political theory.
  • C. John
    John is the given name of John B. Watson, the influential American psychologist who founded behaviorism.
  • D. John
    John is the given name of John Dickinson, an American Founding Father known for his writings advocating colonial rights and cautious resistance to British rule.
  • E. John
    John is the given name of John Adams, an American politician from Ohio.
  • 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: John
Triple: [John F. Dewey, givenName, John]
Generated description
John is the given name of the American philosopher and educational reformer John F. Dewey.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c68887a5cc8190bec0ea96227164f7 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6e811d6b081909dafeee1d820c74f ner completed
NED1 batch_69c7ad8d00848190a5a4b9b64b3426e7 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c7ae9f8f648190adc5cdf08bc01d93 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c7ae0bcfa4819099249fa403bed288 nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:47 p.m.