Triple

T2013
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Massachusetts E37 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Salem, Massachusetts
Salem, Massachusetts is a historic coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts best known for the 1692 witch trials and its enduring maritime and colonial heritage.
E23727 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: Salem, Massachusetts | Statement: [Massachusetts, contains, Salem, Massachusetts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salem, Massachusetts
Context triple: [Massachusetts, contains, Salem, Massachusetts]
  • A. Medford, Massachusetts
    Medford, Massachusetts is a historic city just northwest of Boston, known for being the home of Tufts University and for its role in early American colonial and industrial history.
  • B. Boston, Massachusetts
    Boston, Massachusetts is a historic New England city and the capital of Massachusetts, known for its pivotal role in the American Revolution, prestigious universities, and cultural and economic influence.
  • C. Watertown, Massachusetts
    Watertown, Massachusetts is a historic suburban city just west of Boston, known for its early industrial development and significant Armenian-American community.
  • D. Lowell, Massachusetts
    Lowell, Massachusetts is a historic New England city known as a cradle of the American Industrial Revolution and a center of early textile manufacturing.
  • E. Springfield, Massachusetts
    Springfield, Massachusetts is a historic city in western Massachusetts known as the birthplace of basketball and a former industrial and transportation hub along the Connecticut River.
  • 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: Salem, Massachusetts
Triple: [Massachusetts, contains, Salem, Massachusetts]
Generated description
Salem, Massachusetts is a historic coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts best known for the 1692 witch trials and its enduring maritime and colonial heritage.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salem, Massachusetts
Target entity description: Salem, Massachusetts is a historic coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts best known for the 1692 witch trials and its enduring maritime and colonial heritage.
  • A. Medford, Massachusetts
    Medford, Massachusetts is a historic city just northwest of Boston, known for being the home of Tufts University and for its role in early American colonial and industrial history.
  • B. Boston, Massachusetts
    Boston, Massachusetts is a historic New England city and the capital of Massachusetts, known for its pivotal role in the American Revolution, prestigious universities, and cultural and economic influence.
  • C. Watertown, Massachusetts
    Watertown, Massachusetts is a historic suburban city just west of Boston, known for its early industrial development and significant Armenian-American community.
  • D. Lowell, Massachusetts
    Lowell, Massachusetts is a historic New England city known as a cradle of the American Industrial Revolution and a center of early textile manufacturing.
  • E. Springfield, Massachusetts
    Springfield, Massachusetts is a historic city in western Massachusetts known as the birthplace of basketball and a former industrial and transportation hub along the Connecticut River.
  • 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_69a22cde80848190b62c5f556b4d62ba completed Feb. 27, 2026, 11:46 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a232e673a881909276dbf9c37bbff6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a302803f50819081a480c33f08b68a completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a30336ab2881908899f75c76b0d010 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a303c507e08190b60abbb1740721b8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:03 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 27, 2026, 11:48 p.m.