Triple

T7393372
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Air Corps Tactical School E170556 entity
Predicate notableAlumnus P304 FINISHED
Object Carl A. Spaatz E17713 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: Carl A. Spaatz | Statement: [Air Corps Tactical School, notableAlumnus, Carl A. Spaatz]

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: Carl A. Spaatz
Context triple: [Air Corps Tactical School, notableAlumnus, Carl A. Spaatz]
  • A. Carl Spaatz chosen
    Carl Spaatz was a senior United States Army Air Forces general in World War II who commanded strategic air operations in Europe and later became the first Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force.
  • B. Ira C. Eaker
    Ira C. Eaker was a prominent U.S. Army Air Forces general and aviation pioneer who played a key leadership role in Allied strategic bombing operations during World War II.
  • C. Curtis LeMay
    Curtis LeMay was a U.S. Air Force general known for orchestrating large-scale strategic bombing campaigns during World War II and later serving as Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
  • D. Lewis H. Brereton
    Lewis H. Brereton was a senior United States Army Air Forces general in World War II who held key air command roles in multiple theaters, including leading major strategic bombing and airborne operations.
  • E. Harold M. Arnold
    Harold M. Arnold was an American electrical engineer and physicist known for pioneering work in vacuum tube technology and long-distance telephone transmission at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
  • 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_69c68a5e2c9081909e713ce866e0060a elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6f2263b48819089319a2a2f0d3357 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c810f82ba08190919924b0994a2eee ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:09 p.m.