Triple

T7756073
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New York City mayoral elections E175897 entity
Predicate notablePastWinner P2766 FINISHED
Object David Dinkins
David Dinkins was an American politician who served as the first African American mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993.
 E688703 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: David Dinkins | Statement: [New York City mayoral elections, notablePastWinner, David Dinkins]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

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: David Dinkins
Context triple: [New York City mayoral elections, notablePastWinner, David Dinkins]
  • A. Ed Koch
    Ed Koch was a long-serving and outspoken mayor of New York City, known for his brash personality and influential role in the city’s late-20th-century politics.
  • B. Jumaane Williams
    Jumaane Williams is a New York City politician and activist known for his progressive stances on issues such as police reform, housing, and social justice.
  • C. John Lindsay
    John Lindsay was a prominent American politician who served as mayor of New York City in the 1960s and early 1970s, known for his liberal Republican stance and efforts to navigate the city through social unrest and fiscal challenges.
  • D. Hugh L. Carey
    Hugh L. Carey was an American politician who served as the 51st Governor of New York from 1975 to 1982, known for helping rescue New York City from its 1970s fiscal crisis.
  • E. New York City Mayor Abraham Beame
    New York City Mayor Abraham Beame was a Democratic politician who served as the 104th mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977, leading the city through a severe fiscal crisis.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: David Dinkins
Target entity description: David Dinkins was an American politician who served as the first African American mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993.
  • A. Ed Koch
    Ed Koch was a long-serving and outspoken mayor of New York City, known for his brash personality and influential role in the city’s late-20th-century politics.
  • B. Jumaane Williams
    Jumaane Williams is a New York City politician and activist known for his progressive stances on issues such as police reform, housing, and social justice.
  • C. John Lindsay
    John Lindsay was a prominent American politician who served as mayor of New York City in the 1960s and early 1970s, known for his liberal Republican stance and efforts to navigate the city through social unrest and fiscal challenges.
  • D. Hugh L. Carey
    Hugh L. Carey was an American politician who served as the 51st Governor of New York from 1975 to 1982, known for helping rescue New York City from its 1970s fiscal crisis.
  • E. New York City Mayor Abraham Beame
    New York City Mayor Abraham Beame was a Democratic politician who served as the 104th mayor of New York City from 1974 to 1977, leading the city through a severe fiscal crisis.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: David Dinkins
Triple: [New York City mayoral elections, notablePastWinner, David Dinkins]
Generated description
David Dinkins was an American politician who served as the first African American mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69c6996180088190832e38e8d83ff54a elicitation completed
NER batch_69c708b13c688190839c920ec196cada ner completed
NED1 batch_69c8deac5160819098e842fb720d77b1 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69c8e037620c8190aa5948b68756793d ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69c8dfa6124481908ff4222c1acfb817 nedg completed
Created at: March 27, 2026, 4:08 p.m.