Triple

T8982422
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Howard Green E214563 entity
Predicate succeededBy P78 FINISHED
Object Paul Martin Sr.
Paul Martin Sr. was a long-serving Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister, best known as the father of former Prime Minister Paul Martin.
 E771749 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: Paul Martin Sr. | Statement: [Howard Green, succeededBy, Paul Martin Sr.]

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: Paul Martin Sr.
Context triple: [Howard Green, succeededBy, Paul Martin Sr.]
  • A. Paul Martin
    Paul Martin is a Canadian politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and was previously a long-time Liberal finance minister known for deficit reduction.
  • B. John Turner
    John Turner is a musician best known as a member of the American glam metal band Ratt.
  • C. John Turner
    John Turner was a Canadian Liberal politician who briefly served as the 17th prime minister of Canada in 1984.
  • D. John Turner
    John Turner was a British actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in classic British comedies and dramas.
  • E. John Turner
    John Turner was one of the Pilgrim passengers aboard the Mayflower and a signatory of the foundational self-governance agreement later known as the Mayflower Compact.
  • 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: Paul Martin Sr.
Target entity description: Paul Martin Sr. was a long-serving Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister, best known as the father of former Prime Minister Paul Martin.
  • A. Paul Martin
    Paul Martin is a Canadian politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and was previously a long-time Liberal finance minister known for deficit reduction.
  • B. John Turner
    John Turner was a Canadian Liberal politician who briefly served as the 17th prime minister of Canada in 1984.
  • C. John Turner
    John Turner is a musician best known as a member of the American glam metal band Ratt.
  • D. John Turner
    John Turner was a British actor known for his work in film and television, including roles in classic British comedies and dramas.
  • E. John Turner
    John Turner was one of the Pilgrim passengers aboard the Mayflower and a signatory of the foundational self-governance agreement later known as the Mayflower Compact.
  • 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: Paul Martin Sr.
Triple: [Howard Green, succeededBy, Paul Martin Sr.]
Generated description
Paul Martin Sr. was a long-serving Canadian Liberal politician and cabinet minister, best known as the father of former Prime Minister Paul Martin.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca839ea8b88190922c6a326ffcc0d3 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cc67a891e881909e4b84ed82491651 ner completed
NED1 batch_69cfd0b3ce0c81908a7b4297e0867cc9 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cfd2c99f1c8190b82fd98f5d3243d3 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cfd1b4a80c8190be50b67698f56c28 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:03 p.m.