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]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.