Triple

T9694988
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject United Airlines Flight 175 E234624 entity
Predicate usedAsWeaponBy P820 FINISHED
Object al-Qaeda E26636 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: al-Qaeda | Statement: [United Airlines Flight 175, usedAsWeaponBy, al-Qaeda]

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: al-Qaeda
Context triple: [United Airlines Flight 175, usedAsWeaponBy, al-Qaeda]
  • A. al-Qaeda chosen
    al-Qaeda is a militant Islamist extremist organization known for orchestrating major terrorist attacks worldwide, including the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
  • B. al-Qaeda in Iraq
    Al-Qaeda in Iraq was a Sunni Islamist militant organization that emerged after the 2003 U.S. invasion, becoming one of the most violent insurgent groups in the country and a precursor to the Islamic State (ISIS).
  • C. al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
    Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is a Yemen- and Saudi Arabia-based jihadist militant organization considered one of the most active and dangerous regional branches of the global al-Qaeda network.
  • D. Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
    Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad was a militant Islamist organization that became notorious for insurgent and terrorist activities in Iraq and later formed the core of what evolved into al-Qaeda in Iraq.
  • E. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
    The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a jihadist militant group and former self-proclaimed caliphate known for its extreme violence, terrorist attacks, and control of territory in Iraq and Syria during the 2010s.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target predicate: usedAsWeaponBy
Context triple: [United Airlines Flight 175, usedAsWeaponBy, al-Qaeda]
  • A. usedWeapon
    Indicates that an entity employed a specific weapon as the means or tool to carry out an action or event.
  • B. weaponUsedAgainst
    Indicates that a particular weapon or instrument is employed in an act of aggression, attack, or harm directed toward a specific target or entity.
  • C. weaponsUsed chosen
    Indicates that one entity employed or utilized another entity as a weapon in carrying out an action or event.
  • D. armedBy
    Indicates that one entity is supplied with weapons, equipment, or armaments by another entity.
  • E. weaponForgedFor
    Indicates that a weapon was specifically created or crafted for a particular entity, purpose, or context.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca84cb580c8190a7e5f4b3bcdaf2a4 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cd9d366c488190bc153c68fef197c2 ner completed
NED1 batch_69d1912216d481909f6a0f977d570a93 ned_source_triple completed
PD batch_69ccd5b9e93c8190947cce56a3925364 pd completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:17 p.m.