Triple
T125834
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council |
E2548
|
entity |
| Predicate | petitioner |
P3132
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts
Philip W. Crosby was the Massachusetts state official who, as Treasurer and Receiver General, became known for his role as the named petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council.
|
E28565
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
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: Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts | Statement: [Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council, petitioner, Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts Context triple: [Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council, petitioner, Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts]
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A.
Increase Mather
Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
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B.
John Cotton
John Cotton was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian in colonial New England, influential in shaping early American religious thought.
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C.
Josiah Quincy Jr.
Josiah Quincy Jr. was a prominent colonial American lawyer and patriot leader who, despite his opposition to British policies, helped defend the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
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D.
John Winthrop
John Winthrop was a 17th-century English Puritan leader and governor who played a central role in establishing and governing the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a model “city upon a hill.”
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E.
Governor William Phips
Governor William Phips was the colonial governor of Massachusetts best known for overseeing and ultimately halting the Salem witch trials in 1692.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts Triple: [Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council, petitioner, Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts]
Generated description
Philip W. Crosby was the Massachusetts state official who, as Treasurer and Receiver General, became known for his role as the named petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts Target entity description: Philip W. Crosby was the Massachusetts state official who, as Treasurer and Receiver General, became known for his role as the named petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council.
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A.
Increase Mather
Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
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B.
John Cotton
John Cotton was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian in colonial New England, influential in shaping early American religious thought.
-
C.
Josiah Quincy Jr.
Josiah Quincy Jr. was a prominent colonial American lawyer and patriot leader who, despite his opposition to British policies, helped defend the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
-
D.
John Winthrop
John Winthrop was a 17th-century English Puritan leader and governor who played a central role in establishing and governing the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a model “city upon a hill.”
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E.
Governor William Phips
Governor William Phips was the colonial governor of Massachusetts best known for overseeing and ultimately halting the Salem witch trials in 1692.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a251b54ea88190b18281669f59b4c0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:23 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25760af348190bf402089c240887d |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a352712e808190a7595a67591de73a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 8:39 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a35352a7788190adbf1b4c4639f47b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 8:42 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a353a1f34081908139f363d08f3be6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 8:44 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.