Triple

T9225398
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Irene Lapham E221669 entity
Predicate relative P37 FINISHED
Object Persis Lapham E389209 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: Persis Lapham | Statement: [Irene Lapham, relative, Persis Lapham]

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: Persis Lapham
Context triple: [Irene Lapham, relative, Persis Lapham]
  • A. Persis Lapham chosen
    Persis Lapham is a central figure in William Dean Howells’s realist novel "The Rise of Silas Lapham," depicted as the morally grounded wife who provides emotional and ethical balance to her ambitious husband.
  • B. Phyllis Ames
    Phyllis Ames was the wife of Archibald Cox, the prominent American lawyer and Watergate special prosecutor.
  • C. Elizabeth Griscom
    Elizabeth Griscom, better known as Betsy Ross, was an American upholsterer and seamstress traditionally credited with sewing the first flag of the United States.
  • D. Elizabeth Wendell
    Elizabeth Wendell was a colonial-era New England woman best known as the mother of Dorothy Quincy, who became the wife of American Founding Father John Hancock.
  • E. Phebe Toothaker
    Phebe Toothaker was a young girl involved in the Salem witch trials, known primarily for her connection to accused witch Martha Carrier and for giving testimony during the proceedings.
  • 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_69ca83ec8db08190a9110df8232885d2 elicitation completed
NER batch_69ccda9dbd1481909f35a4bee8e0b450 ner completed
NED1 batch_69deafff4b8c819099d47b48773c3629 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:28 p.m.