Triple

T7566767
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Battle of Shepherdstown E178932 entity
Predicate commander P1061 FINISHED
Object Robert E. Lee E3980 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: Robert E. Lee | Statement: [Battle of Shepherdstown, commander, Robert E. Lee]

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: Robert E. Lee
Context triple: [Battle of Shepherdstown, commander, Robert E. Lee]
  • A. Robert E. Lee chosen
    Robert E. Lee was a prominent 19th-century American military officer best known as the leading Confederate general during the American Civil War.
  • B. Robert E. Lee Jr.
    Robert E. Lee Jr. was the son of Confederate General Robert E. Lee who served as a Confederate officer during the American Civil War and later became a planter and author.
  • C. Bayard Forrest
    Bayard Forrest is a former American professional basketball player who played as a center in the NBA during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  • D. William Henry Fitzhugh Lee
    William Henry Fitzhugh Lee was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War and the second son of General Robert E. Lee.
  • E. Stonewall Jackson
    Stonewall Jackson was a renowned Confederate general celebrated for his tactical brilliance and pivotal battlefield leadership during the American Civil War.
  • 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_69c69f2f80288190b95cceb4da92ab2b elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6f91c717881909c88901cc3b101c7 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c8613eaf0c8190b33cb22dd83ee59c ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:50 p.m.