Triple
T319090
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Henry Knox |
E7772
|
entity |
| Predicate | countryOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
British America
British America was the collective term for Britain’s colonies in North America and the Caribbean prior to the independence of the United States and other territories.
|
E41869
|
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: British America | Statement: [Henry Knox, countryOfBirth, British America]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British America Context triple: [Henry Knox, countryOfBirth, British America]
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A.
New England Colonies
The New England Colonies were a group of British settlements in northeastern North America known for their Puritan roots, maritime economy, town-based communities, and influential role in early American history.
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B.
Dominion of New England
The Dominion of New England was a short-lived late-17th-century administrative union imposed by the English Crown to centralize control over several New England colonies, curtailing their traditional self-governance.
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C.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century English Puritan settlement in New England that became a major political, religious, and cultural center and a foundation for the future state of Massachusetts.
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D.
Province of New England
The Province of New England was an early 17th-century English colonial territory in North America that encompassed several settlements in what is now the northeastern United States.
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E.
New Netherland
New Netherland was a 17th-century Dutch colonial province in North America that encompassed parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.
- 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: British America Triple: [Henry Knox, countryOfBirth, British America]
Generated description
British America was the collective term for Britain’s colonies in North America and the Caribbean prior to the independence of the United States and other territories.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: British America Target entity description: British America was the collective term for Britain’s colonies in North America and the Caribbean prior to the independence of the United States and other territories.
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A.
New England Colonies
The New England Colonies were a group of British settlements in northeastern North America known for their Puritan roots, maritime economy, town-based communities, and influential role in early American history.
-
B.
Dominion of New England
The Dominion of New England was a short-lived late-17th-century administrative union imposed by the English Crown to centralize control over several New England colonies, curtailing their traditional self-governance.
-
C.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century English Puritan settlement in New England that became a major political, religious, and cultural center and a foundation for the future state of Massachusetts.
-
D.
Province of New England
The Province of New England was an early 17th-century English colonial territory in North America that encompassed several settlements in what is now the northeastern United States.
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E.
New Netherland
New Netherland was a 17th-century Dutch colonial province in North America that encompassed parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.
- 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_69a2e7e7af7881908890039d6be4e9b8 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2ea7edbc48190b9031bd1af48f72a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3cfe82d348190892f0aa8c352d04b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3d090b9ac819080815afc704285ed |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:37 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3d0eb96748190aa8c47736820387c |
completed | March 1, 2026, 5:38 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.