Triple
T182865
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | town of Salem (historical jurisdiction) |
E3914
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Magistrate Jonathan Corwin
Magistrate Jonathan Corwin was a 17th-century Massachusetts judge best known for serving as one of the magistrates during the Salem witch trials.
|
E30941
|
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: Magistrate Jonathan Corwin | Statement: [town of Salem (historical jurisdiction), associatedWith, Magistrate Jonathan Corwin]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Magistrate Jonathan Corwin Context triple: [town of Salem (historical jurisdiction), associatedWith, Magistrate Jonathan Corwin]
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A.
William Stoughton
William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice during 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.
John Jay
John Jay was an American statesman, diplomat, co-author of The Federalist Papers, first Chief Justice of the United States, and a key figure in the early formation of the U.S. government.
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D.
Thomas Dudley
Thomas Dudley was a prominent early Puritan leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 17th-century New England.
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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. 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: Magistrate Jonathan Corwin Triple: [town of Salem (historical jurisdiction), associatedWith, Magistrate Jonathan Corwin]
Generated description
Magistrate Jonathan Corwin was a 17th-century Massachusetts judge best known for serving as one of the magistrates during the Salem witch trials.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Magistrate Jonathan Corwin Target entity description: Magistrate Jonathan Corwin was a 17th-century Massachusetts judge best known for serving as one of the magistrates during the Salem witch trials.
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A.
William Stoughton
William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice during the Salem witch trials.
-
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.
John Jay
John Jay was an American statesman, diplomat, co-author of The Federalist Papers, first Chief Justice of the United States, and a key figure in the early formation of the U.S. government.
-
D.
Thomas Dudley
Thomas Dudley was a prominent early Puritan leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 17th-century New England.
-
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. 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_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_69a36958f6488190872ccf3c318a3cfa |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:16 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a369de04048190b2dc01cc328e644d |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:19 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a36a48d5a88190a727fec1c25a1d5b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:20 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m.