Triple

T194356
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Increase Mather E3785 entity
Predicate sibling P363 FINISHED
Object Nathaniel Mather
Nathaniel Mather was a 17th-century English-born Puritan minister and theologian, known for his pastoral work in England and Ireland and as a member of the prominent Mather clerical family.
E36631 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: Nathaniel Mather | Statement: [Increase Mather, sibling, Nathaniel Mather]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathaniel Mather
Context triple: [Increase Mather, sibling, Nathaniel Mather]
  • A. Cotton Mather
    Cotton Mather was a prominent late 17th-century New England Puritan minister and prolific writer whose religious zeal and influence made him a central and controversial figure in early American history.
  • B. Richard Mather
    Richard Mather was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and early New England clergyman influential in shaping colonial religious life.
  • C. Increase Mather
    Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
  • D. Samuel Mather
    Samuel Mather was a 17th-century New England Puritan minister and writer, known as a member of the influential Mather family of colonial Boston.
  • E. Samuel Sewall
    Samuel Sewall was a colonial New England judge and diarist best known for his role in the Salem witch trials and later public repentance for that involvement.
  • 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: Nathaniel Mather
Triple: [Increase Mather, sibling, Nathaniel Mather]
Generated description
Nathaniel Mather was a 17th-century English-born Puritan minister and theologian, known for his pastoral work in England and Ireland and as a member of the prominent Mather clerical family.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Nathaniel Mather
Target entity description: Nathaniel Mather was a 17th-century English-born Puritan minister and theologian, known for his pastoral work in England and Ireland and as a member of the prominent Mather clerical family.
  • A. Cotton Mather
    Cotton Mather was a prominent late 17th-century New England Puritan minister and prolific writer whose religious zeal and influence made him a central and controversial figure in early American history.
  • B. Richard Mather
    Richard Mather was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and early New England clergyman influential in shaping colonial religious life.
  • C. Increase Mather
    Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
  • D. Samuel Mather
    Samuel Mather was a 17th-century New England Puritan minister and writer, known as a member of the influential Mather family of colonial Boston.
  • E. Samuel Sewall
    Samuel Sewall was a colonial New England judge and diarist best known for his role in the Salem witch trials and later public repentance for that involvement.
  • 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_69a399a12344819097028715c166ecb7 completed March 1, 2026, 1:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a39a34889c8190bc6ffc747138e8dd completed March 1, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a39b829bc881908f353a9bbf2fff2b completed March 1, 2026, 1:50 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 a.m.