Triple

T8000627
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Master of the Posts E186238 entity
Predicate hasSuccessorOffice P2717 FINISHED
Object Postmaster General of Great Britain E35629 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: Postmaster General of Great Britain | Statement: [Master of the Posts, hasSuccessorOffice, Postmaster General of Great Britain]

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: Postmaster General of Great Britain
Context triple: [Master of the Posts, hasSuccessorOffice, Postmaster General of Great Britain]
  • A. Postmaster General of Great Britain chosen
    The Postmaster General of Great Britain was the senior government official historically responsible for overseeing the national postal system and related communications services in Great Britain.
  • B. Paymaster General of the United Kingdom
    The Paymaster General of the United Kingdom is a senior government ministerial post traditionally responsible for overseeing government payments and often combined with other Cabinet or Treasury responsibilities.
  • C. Postmaster General of the United States
    The Postmaster General of the United States is the chief executive officer of the U.S. Postal Service, responsible for overseeing the nation’s mail system and postal operations.
  • D. Colonial Secretary
    The Colonial Secretary was a senior government official in British colonies responsible for overseeing colonial administration and acting as a key liaison between the colony and the imperial government.
  • E. Dominions Secretary
    The Dominions Secretary was a senior British government minister responsible for managing relations with the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire, such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
  • 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_69ca82aaaf24819084b94d18f699ba53 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb3c9b67988190a8a4a2c960017400 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cc56910dd4819084ffe3350f15d95d ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:17 p.m.