Triple

T7528142
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject East Texas Normal College E177948 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object William Leonidas Mayo E669740 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: William Leonidas Mayo | Statement: [East Texas Normal College, founder, William Leonidas Mayo]

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: William Leonidas Mayo
Context triple: [East Texas Normal College, founder, William Leonidas Mayo]
  • A. William Leonidas Mayo chosen
    William Leonidas Mayo was an American educator and college founder best known for establishing East Texas Normal College, a precursor to Texas A&M University–Commerce.
  • B. William James Mayo
    William James Mayo was an American physician and surgeon who co-founded the world-renowned Mayo Clinic and helped pioneer modern group medical practice.
  • C. Elton Mayo
    Elton Mayo was an Australian-born industrial psychologist and organizational theorist best known for his pioneering Hawthorne studies, which highlighted the importance of social relations and worker morale in productivity.
  • D. William Worrall Mayo
    William Worrall Mayo was a British-American physician and surgeon who founded the medical practice that evolved into the Mayo Clinic.
  • E. Fritz J. Roethlisberger
    Fritz J. Roethlisberger was an American social scientist and Harvard Business School professor best known for his influential role in the Hawthorne studies and his contributions to the human relations movement in management.
  • 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_69c69f29bf3081909a146aec7755f185 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6f81e19208190965f211d057f7fdf ner completed
NED1 batch_69c84efebd7081908fd33580b399a39b ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:47 p.m.