Triple

T7466228
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Cowper E176378 entity
Predicate collaboratedWith P435 FINISHED
Object John Newton E66533 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 Newton | Statement: [William Cowper, collaboratedWith, John Newton]

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: John Newton
Context triple: [William Cowper, collaboratedWith, John Newton]
  • A. John Newton chosen
    John Newton was an 18th-century English Anglican clergyman, former slave ship captain turned abolitionist, best known as the author of the hymn "Amazing Grace."
  • B. John H. Newton
    John H. Newton was a senior United States Navy admiral who held high-level command roles in the Pacific theater during World War II.
  • C. Charles Wesley
    Charles Wesley was an 18th-century English clergyman, co-founder of Methodism, and prolific hymn writer whose work deeply shaped Methodist theology and worship.
  • D. Isaac Watts
    Isaac Watts was an influential English Christian minister, theologian, and prolific hymn writer often called the "Father of English Hymnody."
  • E. John Wesley
    John Wesley is a mischievous, disrespectful young boy in Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” embodying the tale’s themes of moral decay and generational conflict.
  • 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_69c69f223fd88190b4c69b95d7cbeeda elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6f3f412908190ac910ecae682d6f6 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c8346ff7d881909dc2bef5d26d0acf ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:40 p.m.