Triple

T319092
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Henry Knox E7772 entity
Predicate placeOfDeath P21 FINISHED
Object Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts
Thomaston, in the former District of Maine when it was part of Massachusetts, was a coastal New England town notable in the early United States era and known as the place where Revolutionary War general and first U.S. Secretary of War Henry Knox died.
E35914 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: Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts | Statement: [Henry Knox, placeOfDeath, Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts
Context triple: [Henry Knox, placeOfDeath, Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts]
  • A. Maine District of Massachusetts
    The Maine District of Massachusetts was a federal judicial district that served the territory of Maine while it was still part of Massachusetts prior to becoming a separate state.
  • B. Farmington, Maine
    Farmington, Maine is a small town in western Maine that serves as the service and cultural center of Franklin County and is home to the University of Maine at Farmington.
  • C. Northampton, Massachusetts
    Northampton, Massachusetts is a small New England city known for its vibrant arts scene, progressive politics, and home to Smith College.
  • D. Rumford, Maine
    Rumford, Maine is a small mill town in western Maine known for its paper industry heritage and proximity to outdoor recreation in the surrounding mountains and rivers.
  • E. Brockton, Massachusetts
    Brockton, Massachusetts is a mid-sized city in Plymouth County known historically as a major shoe manufacturing center and sometimes called the "City of Champions" for its successful boxers and sports legacy.
  • 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: Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts
Triple: [Henry Knox, placeOfDeath, Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts]
Generated description
Thomaston, in the former District of Maine when it was part of Massachusetts, was a coastal New England town notable in the early United States era and known as the place where Revolutionary War general and first U.S. Secretary of War Henry Knox died.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thomaston, District of Maine, Massachusetts
Target entity description: Thomaston, in the former District of Maine when it was part of Massachusetts, was a coastal New England town notable in the early United States era and known as the place where Revolutionary War general and first U.S. Secretary of War Henry Knox died.
  • A. Maine District of Massachusetts chosen
    The Maine District of Massachusetts was a federal judicial district that served the territory of Maine while it was still part of Massachusetts prior to becoming a separate state.
  • B. Farmington, Maine
    Farmington, Maine is a small town in western Maine that serves as the service and cultural center of Franklin County and is home to the University of Maine at Farmington.
  • C. Northampton, Massachusetts
    Northampton, Massachusetts is a small New England city known for its vibrant arts scene, progressive politics, and home to Smith College.
  • D. Rumford, Maine
    Rumford, Maine is a small mill town in western Maine known for its paper industry heritage and proximity to outdoor recreation in the surrounding mountains and rivers.
  • E. Brockton, Massachusetts
    Brockton, Massachusetts is a mid-sized city in Plymouth County known historically as a major shoe manufacturing center and sometimes called the "City of Champions" for its successful boxers and sports legacy.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a3c8ba3304819099db7b60f2c83c8b completed March 1, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3c93ce2308190b2df5c939691a2ce completed March 1, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3ca020b7081909b54e311c173ef21 completed March 1, 2026, 5:09 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.