Triple
T355142
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Ann Putnam Jr. |
E7525
|
entity |
| Predicate | memberOf |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Putnam family of Salem Village
The Putnam family of Salem Village was a prominent and influential Puritan family central to the Salem witch trials, with several members, including Ann Putnam Jr., serving as key accusers.
|
E8143
|
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: Putnam family of Salem Village | Statement: [Ann Putnam Jr., memberOf, Putnam family of Salem Village]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Putnam family of Salem Village Context triple: [Ann Putnam Jr., memberOf, Putnam family of Salem Village]
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A.
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) is the colonial New England community historically known as the epicenter of the 1692 Salem witch trials.
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B.
Mather family
The Mather family was a prominent New England Puritan dynasty influential in colonial religious, political, and educational life.
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C.
Thomas Putnam
Thomas Putnam was a prominent and influential accuser during the Salem witch trials, known for aggressively pursuing witchcraft charges against many of his neighbors.
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D.
Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.
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E.
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan spiritual leader in colonial New England whose religious dissent and trial for heresy made her a symbol of early American challenges to clerical authority and a pioneer of religious liberty.
- 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: Putnam family of Salem Village Triple: [Ann Putnam Jr., memberOf, Putnam family of Salem Village]
Generated description
The Putnam family of Salem Village was a prominent and influential Puritan family central to the Salem witch trials, with several members, including Ann Putnam Jr., serving as key accusers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Putnam family of Salem Village Target entity description: The Putnam family of Salem Village was a prominent and influential Puritan family central to the Salem witch trials, with several members, including Ann Putnam Jr., serving as key accusers.
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A.
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) is the colonial New England community historically known as the epicenter of the 1692 Salem witch trials.
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B.
Mather family
The Mather family was a prominent New England Puritan dynasty influential in colonial religious, political, and educational life.
-
C.
Thomas Putnam
chosen
Thomas Putnam was a prominent and influential accuser during the Salem witch trials, known for aggressively pursuing witchcraft charges against many of his neighbors.
-
D.
Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.
-
E.
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Hutchinson was a Puritan spiritual leader in colonial New England whose religious dissent and trial for heresy made her a symbol of early American challenges to clerical authority and a pioneer of religious liberty.
- 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_69a2e7e696948190bebc966535995e45 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eb8312f4819084dc222e665fded3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3eca750748190b5a2914f318bc1c2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:37 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3ed7d472c8190afd508fcb71c93c7 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3edd107e08190ad7107ce9f6996ba |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:42 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.