Triple
T2355852
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bartholomew Gedney |
E47551
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfActivity |
P1527
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony |
E23727
|
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: Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony | Statement: [Bartholomew Gedney, placeOfActivity, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony Context triple: [Bartholomew Gedney, placeOfActivity, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
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A.
Salem, Massachusetts
chosen
Salem, Massachusetts is a historic coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts best known for the 1692 witch trials and its enduring maritime and colonial heritage.
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B.
Winthrop, Massachusetts
Winthrop, Massachusetts is a small coastal town just northeast of Boston, known for its residential seaside character and proximity to Logan International Airport.
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C.
Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century English settlement in northeastern Massachusetts, known as one of the early coastal towns established in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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D.
Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century New England Puritan settlement that became known for its involvement in the Salem witch trials and early colonial life in what is now Massachusetts.
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E.
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the earliest English settlements in New England, located across the Charles River from Boston and serving as an important colonial town in the 17th century.
- 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_69a88a1b678c8190bce986922ba60ce0 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc6fd4e488190b763a1c9b5d18f2c |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:34 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b20f1577388190bc95b2151af55732 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 12:55 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:54 p.m.