Triple

T9902983
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sarbanes E182331 entity
Predicate notableBearer P458 FINISHED
Object Paul Sarbanes E34996 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: Paul Sarbanes | Statement: [Sarbanes, notableBearer, Paul Sarbanes]

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: Paul Sarbanes
Context triple: [Sarbanes, notableBearer, Paul Sarbanes]
  • A. Paul Sarbanes chosen
    Paul Sarbanes was a long-serving U.S. Senator from Maryland best known for co-authoring major corporate governance reforms in the early 2000s.
  • B. John Sarbanes
    John Sarbanes is an American politician and attorney who has served as a Democratic U.S. Representative from Maryland.
  • C. Janet Sarbanes
    Janet Sarbanes is an American writer and academic known for her work in fiction and critical essays, and as the daughter of the late U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes.
  • D. Dennis Hastert
    Dennis Hastert is an American Republican politician who served as the 51st Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2007.
  • E. Henry Waxman
    Henry Waxman is a longtime Democratic U.S. Congressman from California known for his influential role in health care, environmental, and consumer protection legislation.
  • 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_69ca82876f8081909cf75df0f99bb13f elicitation completed
NER batch_69cdb4e391888190a3f5e5a1bf1cf9ff ner completed
NED1 batch_69d20d9e132c8190a68f94e4cfd36c56 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:40 p.m.