Triple

T8543937
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mirror to the Sky E202273 entity
Predicate bassist P15279 FINISHED
Object Billy Sherwood E206300 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: Billy Sherwood | Statement: [Mirror to the Sky, bassist, Billy Sherwood]

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: Billy Sherwood
Context triple: [Mirror to the Sky, bassist, Billy Sherwood]
  • A. Billy Sherwood chosen
    Billy Sherwood is an American musician, producer, and songwriter best known for his work as a bassist, guitarist, and later full member of the progressive rock band Yes.
  • B. Sebastian Copeland
    Sebastian Copeland is a British-American photographer, polar explorer, and environmental activist known for his expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic and his work raising awareness about climate change.
  • C. Steve Hogarth
    Steve Hogarth is the lead vocalist and frontman of the British neo-progressive rock band Marillion, known for his emotive singing and lyrical storytelling.
  • D. Geoff Downes
    Geoff Downes is an English keyboardist and songwriter best known as a member of The Buggles and the progressive rock bands Yes and Asia.
  • E. Oliver Wakeman
    Oliver Wakeman is an English keyboardist and composer best known for his work with progressive rock bands such as Yes and for being the son of renowned Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman.
  • 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_69ca832461e88190a654c5e44e233aa8 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cbe6e381d4819084e230389a3ecb77 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cecc6239a48190b8b4370341ec62c5 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:18 p.m.