Triple

T8494188
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject City E201052 entity
Predicate mainCharacter P1183 FINISHED
Object Jerome Webster
Jerome Webster is the protagonist of the 1938 film "City," around whom the story’s central conflicts and developments revolve.
E737224 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: Jerome Webster | Statement: [City, mainCharacter, Jerome Webster]

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: Jerome Webster
Context triple: [City, mainCharacter, Jerome Webster]
  • A. Jerome Robinson
    Jerome Robinson is a fictional police officer who serves as the central protagonist in the crime novel "End of Watch" by Stephen King.
  • B. J. J. Webster
    J. J. Webster was an architect and engineer known for his work on major early 20th-century British sports and exhibition venues.
  • C. Jerome Gary
    Jerome Gary is a film producer best known for his work on the influential 1977 bodybuilding documentary "Pumping Iron."
  • D. Jerome Jackson
    Jerome Jackson was a film producer active during the silent and early sound era, known for his work on notable Hollywood productions.
  • E. Jerome Jackson
    Jerome Jackson is a singer best known as a member of the soul and R&B group The Main Ingredient.
  • 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: Jerome Webster
Target entity description: Jerome Webster is the protagonist of the 1938 film "City," around whom the story’s central conflicts and developments revolve.
  • A. Jerome Robinson
    Jerome Robinson is a fictional police officer who serves as the central protagonist in the crime novel "End of Watch" by Stephen King.
  • B. J. J. Webster
    J. J. Webster was an architect and engineer known for his work on major early 20th-century British sports and exhibition venues.
  • C. Jerome Gary
    Jerome Gary is a film producer best known for his work on the influential 1977 bodybuilding documentary "Pumping Iron."
  • D. Jerome Jackson
    Jerome Jackson was a film producer active during the silent and early sound era, known for his work on notable Hollywood productions.
  • E. Jerome Jackson
    Jerome Jackson is a singer best known as a member of the soul and R&B group The Main Ingredient.
  • 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: Jerome Webster
Triple: [City, mainCharacter, Jerome Webster]
Generated description
Jerome Webster is the protagonist of the 1938 film "City," around whom the story’s central conflicts and developments revolve.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca831ee390819095fae73400bbfafc elicitation completed
NER batch_69cbe57c01f881908cb77c8c834ac08d ner completed
NED1 batch_69ce3a5c260c8190bc7012a04363d260 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69ce3d4e92e88190a90ba1567c569b00 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69ce3ca3be5c8190844e54805e9acaeb nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:13 p.m.