Triple
T41647
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Shirley, Massachusetts |
E821
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Shirley
James Shirley was a prominent English dramatist of the early 17th century, best known for his Caroline-era plays written just before the closing of the theatres in 1642.
|
E3300
|
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: James Shirley | Statement: [Shirley, Massachusetts, namedAfter, James Shirley]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Shirley Context triple: [Shirley, Massachusetts, namedAfter, James Shirley]
-
A.
Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole was an 18th-century English writer, art historian, and politician best known for pioneering the Gothic novel with "The Castle of Otranto" and for his extensive correspondence.
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B.
John Stafford Smith
John Stafford Smith was an English composer best known for writing the melody that later became the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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C.
Howard Potter
Howard Potter was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist who played a key role in the cultural life of New York City.
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D.
Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather was a prominent late 17th-century New England Puritan minister and prolific writer whose religious zeal and influence made him a central and controversial figure in early American history.
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E.
Lionel Hall
Lionel Hall is an undergraduate dormitory building located within Harvard University's historic Harvard Yard.
- 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: James Shirley Triple: [Shirley, Massachusetts, namedAfter, James Shirley]
Generated description
James Shirley was a prominent English dramatist of the early 17th century, best known for his Caroline-era plays written just before the closing of the theatres in 1642.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Shirley Target entity description: James Shirley was a prominent English dramatist of the early 17th century, best known for his Caroline-era plays written just before the closing of the theatres in 1642.
-
A.
Horace Walpole
Horace Walpole was an 18th-century English writer, art historian, and politician best known for pioneering the Gothic novel with "The Castle of Otranto" and for his extensive correspondence.
-
B.
John Stafford Smith
John Stafford Smith was an English composer best known for writing the melody that later became the United States national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner."
-
C.
Howard Potter
Howard Potter was a 19th-century American businessman and philanthropist who played a key role in the cultural life of New York City.
-
D.
Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather was a prominent late 17th-century New England Puritan minister and prolific writer whose religious zeal and influence made him a central and controversial figure in early American history.
-
E.
Lionel Hall
Lionel Hall is an undergraduate dormitory building located within Harvard University's historic Harvard Yard.
- 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_69a247a8f6c08190bac804906d62ed5a |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24ae0b7c4819092220568e8e52ad5 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a24e63a9848190a0f38b23521804e6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:09 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a24efe21148190849accf51a2632f0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:12 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a24fca983c8190a62b8820645d2d2c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:15 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:46 a.m.