Triple

T8178999
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Reform Party (New Zealand) E191010 entity
Predicate primeMinisterFromParty P9370 FINISHED
Object William Massey E354678 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: William Massey | Statement: [Reform Party (New Zealand), primeMinisterFromParty, William Massey]

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: William Massey
Context triple: [Reform Party (New Zealand), primeMinisterFromParty, William Massey]
  • A. William Massey chosen
    William Massey was a prominent early 20th-century New Zealand politician who led the Reform Party and served as the country’s Prime Minister from 1912 to 1925.
  • B. Barnard Hughes
    Barnard Hughes was an American character actor known for his work in film, television, and theater, often playing kindly or eccentric older men.
  • C. John L. Lumley
    John L. Lumley was a prominent American fluid dynamicist known for his pioneering contributions to the understanding and modeling of turbulence.
  • D. William Ashburner
    William Ashburner was a 19th-century American mining engineer and geologist known for his work in mineral surveying and resource assessment in the western United States.
  • E. James P. S. Devereux
    James P. S. Devereux was a U.S. Marine Corps officer and later congressman best known for his leadership during the early World War II defense of Wake Island against Japanese forces.
  • 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_69ca82c4538081909404325aa5639483 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb4abd9768819091298e4dd995ac96 ner completed
NED1 batch_69ce6cacb9188190853bc649c3c75d97 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:40 p.m.