Triple

T7723789
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Certain Topics in Telegraph Transmission Theory E175078 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object Harry Nyquist E32291 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: Harry Nyquist | Statement: [Certain Topics in Telegraph Transmission Theory, author, Harry Nyquist]

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: Harry Nyquist
Context triple: [Certain Topics in Telegraph Transmission Theory, author, Harry Nyquist]
  • A. Harry Nyquist chosen
    Harry Nyquist was a Swedish-American engineer and physicist whose pioneering work in information theory, telecommunications, and control systems laid foundational principles such as the Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem and Nyquist stability criterion.
  • B. Allan Kayser
    Allan Kayser is an American actor best known for playing Bubba Higgins on the sitcom "Mama’s Family."
  • C. Vinton Harper
    Vinton Harper is a bumbling, good-natured son of Thelma "Mama" Harper and a central source of comic relief in the sitcom "Mama’s Family."
  • D. John Hayes
    John Hayes is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the data storage company Pure Storage.
  • E. John Edison Sweet
    John Edison Sweet was an American mechanical engineer and inventor best known as a pioneering figure in the profession and an early leader in establishing standards and organization within the field.
  • 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_69c6995d541c81909eaa646b1a8369a9 elicitation completed
NER batch_69c702f39fa48190b7b8a09446b5cf78 ner completed
NED1 batch_69c8c7beffc48190b39048b6afc1d644 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:05 p.m.