Triple
T347640
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
E6974
|
entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Surveyor of the Port of Salem
Surveyor of the Port of Salem was a mid-19th-century U.S. customs post in Salem, Massachusetts, overseeing the inspection and regulation of maritime trade.
|
E44118
|
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: Surveyor of the Port of Salem | Statement: [Nathaniel Hawthorne, positionHeld, Surveyor of the Port of Salem]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveyor of the Port of Salem Context triple: [Nathaniel Hawthorne, positionHeld, Surveyor of the Port of Salem]
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A.
Governor William Phips
Governor William Phips was the colonial governor of Massachusetts best known for overseeing and ultimately halting the Salem witch trials in 1692.
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B.
Magistrate Jonathan Corwin
Magistrate Jonathan Corwin was a 17th-century Massachusetts judge best known for serving as one of the magistrates during the Salem witch trials.
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C.
Esek Hopkins
Esek Hopkins was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War.
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D.
Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts
Philip W. Crosby was the Massachusetts state official who, as Treasurer and Receiver General, became known for his role as the named petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council.
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E.
Treasurer of the Navy
The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
- 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: Surveyor of the Port of Salem Triple: [Nathaniel Hawthorne, positionHeld, Surveyor of the Port of Salem]
Generated description
Surveyor of the Port of Salem was a mid-19th-century U.S. customs post in Salem, Massachusetts, overseeing the inspection and regulation of maritime trade.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Surveyor of the Port of Salem Target entity description: Surveyor of the Port of Salem was a mid-19th-century U.S. customs post in Salem, Massachusetts, overseeing the inspection and regulation of maritime trade.
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A.
Governor William Phips
Governor William Phips was the colonial governor of Massachusetts best known for overseeing and ultimately halting the Salem witch trials in 1692.
-
B.
Magistrate Jonathan Corwin
Magistrate Jonathan Corwin was a 17th-century Massachusetts judge best known for serving as one of the magistrates during the Salem witch trials.
-
C.
Esek Hopkins
Esek Hopkins was the first Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War.
-
D.
Philip W. Crosby, Treasurer and Receiver General of Massachusetts
Philip W. Crosby was the Massachusetts state official who, as Treasurer and Receiver General, became known for his role as the named petitioner in the U.S. Supreme Court case Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council.
-
E.
Treasurer of the Navy
The Treasurer of the Navy was a senior British government office responsible for overseeing naval finances and expenditures within the Royal Navy administration.
- 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_69a2e7951ba08190960e90823b5078f3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eb1c1c908190b3a01de893207ed1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3d7ecd23881909e10bb84f266d2d1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:08 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3d880d8348190964bcd283550aba8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:11 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3d94e1aac819089d6b5dc44eeed11 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 6:14 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.