Triple

T9681277
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sweet Surrender E234286 entity
Predicate writer P1360 FINISHED
Object Sarah McLachlan E43841 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: Sarah McLachlan | Statement: [Sweet Surrender, writer, Sarah McLachlan]

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: Sarah McLachlan
Context triple: [Sweet Surrender, writer, Sarah McLachlan]
  • A. Sarah McLachlan chosen
    Sarah McLachlan is a Canadian singer-songwriter known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice, introspective ballads, and for founding the Lilith Fair tour celebrating women in music.
  • B. Alanis Morissette
    Alanis Morissette is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress best known for her emotionally intense, confessional rock music and her landmark 1995 album "Jagged Little Pill."
  • C. Jann Arden
    Jann Arden is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress known for her emotive pop and adult contemporary music, including hits like "Insensitive."
  • D. Shawn Colvin
    Shawn Colvin is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist best known for her Grammy-winning contemporary folk and pop music, including the hit single "Sunny Came Home."
  • E. Sheryl Crow
    Sheryl Crow is an American singer-songwriter and musician known for her blend of rock, pop, country, and folk influences and hits like "All I Wanna Do" and "If It Makes You Happy."
  • 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_69ca84c99e34819092e5563a7106cfca elicitation completed
NER batch_69cd9c9fec1c8190b2626848cb2c1871 ner completed
NED1 batch_69d71c265fcc819095a67f1270cadeec ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:16 p.m.