Triple
T182861
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) |
E3914
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasCourt |
P242
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Court of Oyer and Terminer (for Salem witch trials) |
E962
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Court of Oyer and Terminer (for Salem witch trials) | Statement: [town of Salem (historical jurisdiction), hasCourt, Court of Oyer and Terminer (for Salem witch trials)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Court of Oyer and Terminer (for Salem witch trials) Context triple: [town of Salem (historical jurisdiction), hasCourt, Court of Oyer and Terminer (for Salem witch trials)]
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A.
Court of Oyer and Terminer
chosen
The Court of Oyer and Terminer was a special colonial Massachusetts tribunal notorious for conducting the Salem witch trials of 1692, during which it authorized numerous executions for alleged witchcraft.
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B.
Massachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts General Court is the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts, consisting of the Senate and House of Representatives and responsible for making the state's laws.
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C.
Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.
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D.
Judge Danforth
Judge Danforth is a stern, self-righteous deputy governor and presiding judge in Arthur Miller’s play *The Crucible*, emblematic of the inflexible authority driving the Salem witch trials.
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E.
John Hathorne
John Hathorne was a prominent 17th-century Massachusetts magistrate best known for his zealous role as an examining judge during the Salem witch trials.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a25497e2f08190a040f8c6e1842643 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2592516748190a85ae58eec191f14 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2fd0405608190bf4c1aa8a8fa9ad1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m.