Triple

T194353
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Increase Mather E3785 entity
Predicate spouse P13 FINISHED
Object Maria Cotton
Maria Cotton was the wife of prominent New England Puritan minister Increase Mather and a member of the influential Cotton–Mather clerical family.
E30445 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: Maria Cotton | Statement: [Increase Mather, spouse, Maria Cotton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Cotton
Context triple: [Increase Mather, spouse, Maria Cotton]
  • A. Elizabeth Eldridge
    Elizabeth Eldridge was the wife of Salem Village minister Samuel Parris, associated with the period of the Salem witch trials in late 17th-century Massachusetts.
  • B. Margaret
    Margaret is a feminine given name of Greek origin, traditionally associated with the meaning "pearl" and widely used in English-speaking countries.
  • C. Elizabeth Erving
    Elizabeth Erving was the wife of American statesman and Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, connecting her to a prominent colonial New England political family.
  • D. Louise
    Louise is a feminine given name of French origin, traditionally associated with nobility and widely used in many European and English-speaking countries.
  • E. Joanna
    Joanna is the first name of Joanna Newsom, an American harpist, singer-songwriter, and musician known for her intricate compositions and distinctive vocal style.
  • 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: Maria Cotton
Triple: [Increase Mather, spouse, Maria Cotton]
Generated description
Maria Cotton was the wife of prominent New England Puritan minister Increase Mather and a member of the influential Cotton–Mather clerical family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Cotton
Target entity description: Maria Cotton was the wife of prominent New England Puritan minister Increase Mather and a member of the influential Cotton–Mather clerical family.
  • A. Elizabeth Eldridge
    Elizabeth Eldridge was the wife of Salem Village minister Samuel Parris, associated with the period of the Salem witch trials in late 17th-century Massachusetts.
  • B. Margaret
    Margaret is a feminine given name of Greek origin, traditionally associated with the meaning "pearl" and widely used in English-speaking countries.
  • C. Elizabeth Erving
    Elizabeth Erving was the wife of American statesman and Massachusetts governor James Bowdoin, connecting her to a prominent colonial New England political family.
  • D. Louise
    Louise is a feminine given name of French origin, traditionally associated with nobility and widely used in many European and English-speaking countries.
  • E. Joanna
    Joanna is the first name of Joanna Newsom, an American harpist, singer-songwriter, and musician known for her intricate compositions and distinctive vocal style.
  • 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_69a2548debd48190ae3a06d6e65b53c6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25969425081908e178db8ba4631c2 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3672e822c8190be0d6c0714034ff7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a367bc6cb48190b5bc588db0833474 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3681d99a881908ea8d2632ba2aab1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:11 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m.