Triple
T2177914
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Z. Foster |
E48573
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Taunton, Massachusetts, United States |
E138050
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Taunton, Massachusetts, United States | Statement: [William Z. Foster, placeOfBirth, Taunton, Massachusetts, United States]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Taunton, Massachusetts, United States Context triple: [William Z. Foster, placeOfBirth, Taunton, Massachusetts, United States]
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A.
Taunton, Massachusetts
chosen
Taunton, Massachusetts is a historic city in Bristol County known as the "Silver City" for its former prominence in the silver manufacturing industry.
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B.
Wareham, Massachusetts
Wareham, Massachusetts is a coastal town in southeastern Massachusetts known as the "Gateway to Cape Cod" for its location at the head of Buzzards Bay and along major routes to the Cape.
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C.
Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States
Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States, is a major village in the town of Barnstable on Cape Cod, known as a commercial and transportation hub and a longtime summer destination for the Kennedy family.
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D.
Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States is a historic coastal city on Cape Ann known for its long-standing fishing industry, maritime heritage, and picturesque New England seascapes.
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E.
Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States is a historic coastal city and former shipbuilding center at the mouth of the Merrimack River in northeastern Massachusetts.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a88aa3faa48190995b233af6525815 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abbeee0a988190b0729f9070aa4503 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae5da14e3881909f0beda339599938 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:45 p.m.