Triple

T9016825
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Walton Street, Oxford E215613 entity
Predicate near P350 FINISHED
Object Oxford Canal E142392 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: Oxford Canal | Statement: [Walton Street, Oxford, near, Oxford Canal]

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: Oxford Canal
Context triple: [Walton Street, Oxford, near, Oxford Canal]
  • A. Oxford Canal chosen
    The Oxford Canal is a historic narrow canal in central England, completed in the late 18th century, that played a key role in the Industrial Revolution by linking the Midlands to the River Thames near Oxford.
  • B. Kennet and Avon Canal
    The Kennet and Avon Canal is a historic English waterway linking the River Thames at Reading with the River Avon at Bath, renowned for its 19th-century engineering and scenic cruising route.
  • C. Gloucester and Berkeley Canal
    The Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, now known as the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, is a historic ship canal in Gloucestershire, England, built to provide a safer and more direct navigation route between Gloucester and the Severn Estuary.
  • D. Wardle Canal
    Wardle Canal is a very short canal in Middlewich, Cheshire, England, that serves as a key junction linking the Trent and Mersey Canal with the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal.
  • E. Grand Union Canal
    The Grand Union Canal is a major English waterway that links London to Birmingham, forming the longest canal in the UK and serving both leisure boating and historical industrial transport.
  • 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_69ca83a38aa88190bf1bb80c4548b5e2 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cc69fd2a888190a20bf18cd226a180 ner completed
NED1 batch_69d047665204819090fe9c74fd64659e ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:06 p.m.