Triple
T182864
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) |
E3914
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Magistrate John Hathorne |
E16529
|
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: Magistrate John Hathorne | Statement: [town of Salem (historical jurisdiction), associatedWith, Magistrate John Hathorne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Magistrate John Hathorne Context triple: [town of Salem (historical jurisdiction), associatedWith, Magistrate John Hathorne]
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A.
John Hathorne
chosen
John Hathorne was a prominent 17th-century Massachusetts magistrate best known for his zealous role as an examining judge during the Salem witch trials.
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B.
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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C.
Samuel Parris
Samuel Parris was the Puritan minister of Salem Village whose accusations and sermons helped ignite and intensify the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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D.
Giles Corey
Giles Corey was an elderly farmer in colonial Massachusetts who became infamous for being pressed to death after refusing to enter a plea during the Salem witch trials.
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E.
William Stoughton
William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice 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_69a3161ab0548190b4c0ed74a79cea46 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 4:21 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m.