Triple

T7979857
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject John Sarbanes E185542 entity
Predicate father P120 FINISHED
Object Paul Sarbanes E34996 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: Paul Sarbanes | Statement: [John Sarbanes, father, Paul Sarbanes]

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: Paul Sarbanes
Context triple: [John Sarbanes, father, Paul Sarbanes]
  • A. Paul Sarbanes chosen
    Paul Sarbanes was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Maryland best known for co-authoring major corporate governance reforms in the early 2000s.
  • B. John Sarbanes
    John Sarbanes is an American politician and attorney who has served as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Maryland.
  • C. Janet Sarbanes
    Janet Sarbanes is an American writer and academic known for her work in fiction and critical essays, and as the daughter of the late U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes.
  • D. Dennis Hastert
    Dennis Hastert is an American Republican politician who served as the 51st Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007.
  • E. Henry Waxman
    Henry Waxman is a longtime Democratic U.S. Congressman from California known for his influential role in health care, environmental, and consumer protection legislation.
  • 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_69ca829851908190b4e03829353ee7c3 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb3c261904819086910898071f3629 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cbe0d3c724819087df03cea2ed998f ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:14 p.m.