Triple

T9804527
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sopwith Aviation Company E237919 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Thomas Sopwith E46563 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: Thomas Sopwith | Statement: [Sopwith Aviation Company, namedAfter, Thomas Sopwith]

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: Thomas Sopwith
Context triple: [Sopwith Aviation Company, namedAfter, Thomas Sopwith]
  • A. Thomas Sopwith chosen
    Thomas Sopwith was a pioneering British aviation industrialist and aircraft designer who played a key role in the early development of the UK’s aerospace industry.
  • B. Frederick Handley Page
    Frederick Handley Page was a pioneering British aircraft designer and industrialist, best known for founding the Handley Page aircraft company and creating some of the earliest heavy bombers and airliners.
  • C. R. J. Mitchell
    R. J. Mitchell was a British aeronautical engineer best known for creating the iconic Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force during World War II.
  • D. H. G. Hawker
    H. G. Hawker was an early 20th-century Australian aviation pioneer and test pilot who co-founded the British aircraft manufacturer Hawker Engineering (later Hawker Aircraft).
  • E. Walter de Havilland
    Walter de Havilland was a British patent attorney and academic best known as the father of actresses Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine.
  • 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_69ca84dd4608819097ff4ed00feca280 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cdab7a0ce881908f0555d194dece3f ner completed
NED1 batch_69d1d5aecdec81909fae349945406c6c ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:29 p.m.