Triple

T8535649
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Rule XII E202070 entity
Predicate author P4 FINISHED
Object René Descartes E6274 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: René Descartes | Statement: [Rule XII, author, René Descartes]

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: René Descartes
Context triple: [Rule XII, author, René Descartes]
  • A. René Descartes chosen
    René Descartes was a 17th-century French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist, often called the "father of modern philosophy" and known for works such as "Meditations on First Philosophy" and the dictum "Cogito, ergo sum."
  • B. Baruch Spinoza
    Baruch Spinoza was a 17th-century rationalist philosopher whose works on metaphysics, ethics, and religion profoundly influenced Enlightenment thought and modern philosophy.
  • C. Nicolas Malebranche
    Nicolas Malebranche was a 17th-century French Oratorian priest and philosopher best known for synthesizing Cartesianism with Augustinian theology, developing the doctrine of occasionalism and a distinctive theory of seeing all things in God.
  • D. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
    Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a 17th-century German polymath and philosopher who co-invented calculus and made foundational contributions to logic, metaphysics, and mathematics.
  • E. Pierre Gassendi
    Pierre Gassendi was a 17th-century French philosopher, priest, scientist, and early modern proponent of atomism who sought to reconcile Epicurean philosophy with Christian theology.
  • 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_69ca832355b08190b8b6a4ab4a4a3554 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cbe6a295c88190a432a060ee73f04e ner completed
NED1 batch_69ce6d8332cc819083c86e0dc58bcc37 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:17 p.m.