Triple

T260323
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Elizabeth Howe E5526 entity
Predicate residence P75 FINISHED
Object Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a small 17th-century Puritan farming community in northeastern Massachusetts notable for its involvement in the events surrounding the Salem witch trials.
E109495 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: Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony | Statement: [Elizabeth Howe, residence, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Context triple: [Elizabeth Howe, residence, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
  • A. Tewksbury, Massachusetts
    Tewksbury, Massachusetts is a suburban New England town known for its residential communities, historic character, and location between Lowell and Boston.
  • 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.
  • C. Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
    Tyngsborough, Massachusetts is a suburban New England town along the Merrimack River known for its historic green-painted steel arch bridge and its location between Lowell and Nashua near the New Hampshire border.
  • D. Marlborough, Massachusetts
    Marlborough, Massachusetts is a small city in eastern Massachusetts known for its suburban character, historic New England roots, and role as a regional commercial and technology hub.
  • E. Stoneham, Massachusetts
    Stoneham, Massachusetts is a suburban town north of Boston known for its residential character and proximity to the Middlesex Fells Reservation.
  • 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: Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Triple: [Elizabeth Howe, residence, Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
Generated description
Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a small 17th-century Puritan farming community in northeastern Massachusetts notable for its involvement in the events surrounding the Salem witch trials.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Target entity description: Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a small 17th-century Puritan farming community in northeastern Massachusetts notable for its involvement in the events surrounding the Salem witch trials.
  • A. Tewksbury, Massachusetts
    Tewksbury, Massachusetts is a suburban New England town known for its residential communities, historic character, and location between Lowell and Boston.
  • 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.
  • C. Tyngsborough, Massachusetts
    Tyngsborough, Massachusetts is a suburban New England town along the Merrimack River known for its historic green-painted steel arch bridge and its location between Lowell and Nashua near the New Hampshire border.
  • D. Marlborough, Massachusetts
    Marlborough, Massachusetts is a small city in eastern Massachusetts known for its suburban character, historic New England roots, and role as a regional commercial and technology hub.
  • E. Stoneham, Massachusetts
    Stoneham, Massachusetts is a suburban town north of Boston known for its residential character and proximity to the Middlesex Fells Reservation.
  • 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_69a2580a64ac8190ad76e34bb0715b5e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:50 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25d72dad4819092c9502e6e4edc44 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a7edf1c89c819090d188f2990388b1 completed March 4, 2026, 8:31 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a7f2069c648190ae522305d23fcdb5 completed March 4, 2026, 8:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a7f26264d48190ad04ee855523fcc1 completed March 4, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m.