Triple

T8983385
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Cooper E214589 entity
Predicate regionOfActivity P82 FINISHED
Object Upstate New York E15138 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: Upstate New York | Statement: [William Cooper, regionOfActivity, Upstate New York]

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: Upstate New York
Context triple: [William Cooper, regionOfActivity, Upstate New York]
  • A. Upstate New York (broad sense) chosen
    Upstate New York (in the broad sense) is the large, predominantly non-urban region of New York State lying north and west of the New York City metropolitan area, encompassing diverse landscapes from the Hudson Valley and Catskills to the Adirondacks, Finger Lakes, and beyond.
  • B. Northeastern New York
    Northeastern New York is a region of the U.S. state of New York encompassing the Adirondacks and areas along the upper Hudson River and Lake Champlain near the Vermont border.
  • C. Southern Tier of New York
    The Southern Tier of New York is a largely rural, hilly region along the state’s border with Pennsylvania, known for its small industrial cities, colleges, and scenic landscapes.
  • D. Northern New York
    Northern New York is a largely rural, sparsely populated region of upstate New York known for its forests, lakes, and small communities near the Canadian border.
  • E. North East, New York
    North East, New York is a rural town in northeastern Dutchess County known for its agricultural landscape, small hamlets like Millerton, and proximity to the Connecticut and Massachusetts borders.
  • 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_69ca839f76bc8190a4b7123cdd682199 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cc67eb3cfc8190900a8253cc44621c ner completed
NED1 batch_69cfd0b3ce0c81908a7b4297e0867cc9 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:03 p.m.