Triple

T9165216
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Colin Woodell E219936 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Woodell
Woodell is a surname most notably associated with American actor Colin Woodell.
 E782519 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: Woodell | Statement: [Colin Woodell, familyName, Woodell]

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: Woodell
Context triple: [Colin Woodell, familyName, Woodell]
  • A. Stowell
    Stowell is an English surname notably borne by Baroness Stowell of Beeston, a British Conservative politician and life peer.
  • B. Weldon
    Weldon is the middle name of James Weldon Johnson, the influential African American writer, civil rights activist, and leader of the NAACP.
  • C. Southworth
    Southworth is a surname most notably associated with Lucinda Southworth, an American researcher and the wife of Google co-founder Larry Page.
  • D. Witsell
    Witsell is a party involved in the U.S. Supreme Court case Toomer v. Witsell, which addressed constitutional limits on state regulation of commercial fishing by nonresidents.
  • E. Ebersole
    Ebersole is a surname most notably associated with American actress and singer Christine Ebersole.
  • 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: Woodell
Target entity description: Woodell is a surname most notably associated with American actor Colin Woodell.
  • A. Stowell
    Stowell is an English surname notably borne by Baroness Stowell of Beeston, a British Conservative politician and life peer.
  • B. Weldon
    Weldon is the middle name of James Weldon Johnson, the influential African American writer, civil rights activist, and leader of the NAACP.
  • C. Southworth
    Southworth is a surname most notably associated with Lucinda Southworth, an American researcher and the wife of Google co-founder Larry Page.
  • D. Witsell
    Witsell is a party involved in the U.S. Supreme Court case Toomer v. Witsell, which addressed constitutional limits on state regulation of commercial fishing by nonresidents.
  • E. Ebersole
    Ebersole is a surname most notably associated with American actress and singer Christine Ebersole.
  • 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: Woodell
Triple: [Colin Woodell, familyName, Woodell]
Generated description
Woodell is a surname most notably associated with American actor Colin Woodell.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca83e3633c81908688a9fa2306ba99 elicitation completed
NER batch_69ccaa3055048190870211449c78fc4e ner completed
NED1 batch_69d05484c2688190a5c64b5b54bedbb5 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69d057901d148190b663b36cc1dc3862 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69d0572b4d748190af34f7157aa4d7cd nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:22 p.m.