Triple

T9203368
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Paul Montague E220905 entity
Predicate isContrastedWith P278 FINISHED
Object Augustus Melmotte E125258 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: Augustus Melmotte | Statement: [Paul Montague, isContrastedWith, Augustus Melmotte]

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: Augustus Melmotte
Context triple: [Paul Montague, isContrastedWith, Augustus Melmotte]
  • A. Augustus Melmotte chosen
    Augustus Melmotte is a wealthy, unscrupulous financier whose rise and fall in Victorian high society drives the satirical plot of Anthony Trollope's novel "The Way We Live Now."
  • B. Georges Pontmercy
    Georges Pontmercy is a former Napoleonic officer and the idealized, politically passionate father of Marius Pontmercy in Victor Hugo’s novel "Les Misérables."
  • C. Jules Gilliéron
    Jules Gilliéron was a pioneering Swiss-French linguist and dialectologist best known for his foundational work in Romance linguistics and the creation of the Atlas linguistique de la France.
  • D. Abbé Faria
    Abbé Faria is a wise and learned Italian priest in Alexandre Dumas’ novel "The Count of Monte Cristo," who mentors Edmond Dantès in prison and reveals to him the secret of a vast hidden treasure.
  • E. Lazare Chanteau
    Lazare Chanteau is a central character in Émile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart series, depicted as a sensitive, indecisive young man whose pessimism and failed ambitions embody the novel’s themes of disillusionment and the struggle for happiness.
  • 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_69ca83e8e9248190862cf3e41693b310 elicitation completed
NER batch_69ccd944e6208190adfcc7f75197387d ner completed
NED1 batch_69d077808ee48190be6b58a4b38f3e3d ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:26 p.m.