Triple

T7593981
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nothing But the Truth (1941 film) E179808 entity
Predicate producer P490 FINISHED
Object Buddy G. DeSylva E164788 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: Buddy G. DeSylva | Statement: [Nothing But the Truth (1941 film), producer, Buddy G. DeSylva]

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: Buddy G. DeSylva
Context triple: [Nothing But the Truth (1941 film), producer, Buddy G. DeSylva]
  • A. Buddy DeSylva chosen
    Buddy DeSylva was an American songwriter, film producer, and music executive who co-founded Capitol Records and played a key role in shaping popular music in the early 20th century.
  • B. Vernon Duke
    Vernon Duke was a Russian-American composer and songwriter best known for standards like "April in Paris" and "Autumn in New York."
  • C. Vincent Youmans
    Vincent Youmans was an American Broadway and film composer of the early 20th century, best known for classic standards such as "Tea for Two" and "Hallelujah!"
  • D. Milton Ager
    Milton Ager was an American songwriter and composer best known for his popular standards of the early 20th century, many of which became enduring hits of the Tin Pan Alley era.
  • E. Jimmy Van Heusen
    Jimmy Van Heusen was an American composer and songwriter renowned for his prolific work in film and popular music, including numerous standards written for Frank Sinatra and multiple Academy Award–winning songs.
  • 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_69c69f3487ec8190bf7acdf2dd91e6d6 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c6f9bab3a08190a2c36b2c72a1de25 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c8c7b3b7348190b3387dfee04fa51d ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:53 p.m.