Triple
T422956
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Thomas Putnam |
E8143
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Putnam family faction in Salem Village
The Putnam family faction in Salem Village was a powerful and influential kinship group that played a leading role in instigating and sustaining the Salem witch trials of 1692.
|
E54163
|
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 faction in Salem Village | Statement: [Thomas Putnam, associatedWith, Putnam family faction in Salem Village]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Putnam family faction in Salem Village Context triple: [Thomas Putnam, associatedWith, Putnam family faction in 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.
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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C.
Half-Way Covenant controversy
The Half-Way Covenant controversy was a 17th-century New England Puritan dispute over whether to allow the partial church membership of the unconverted children of visible saints, reflecting broader tensions about religious purity, community inclusion, and declining piety.
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D.
Salem Village meetinghouse
The Salem Village meetinghouse was the central Puritan church and gathering place in Salem Village, Massachusetts, and a primary setting for the events of the 1692 Salem witch trials.
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E.
Awashonks
Awashonks was a 17th-century female sachem of the Sakonnet band of the Wampanoag people in what is now southern New England.
- 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 faction in Salem Village Triple: [Thomas Putnam, associatedWith, Putnam family faction in Salem Village]
Generated description
The Putnam family faction in Salem Village was a powerful and influential kinship group that played a leading role in instigating and sustaining the Salem witch trials of 1692.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Putnam family faction in Salem Village Target entity description: The Putnam family faction in Salem Village was a powerful and influential kinship group that played a leading role in instigating and sustaining the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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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.
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.
-
C.
Half-Way Covenant controversy
The Half-Way Covenant controversy was a 17th-century New England Puritan dispute over whether to allow the partial church membership of the unconverted children of visible saints, reflecting broader tensions about religious purity, community inclusion, and declining piety.
-
D.
Salem Village meetinghouse
The Salem Village meetinghouse was the central Puritan church and gathering place in Salem Village, Massachusetts, and a primary setting for the events of the 1692 Salem witch trials.
-
E.
Awashonks
Awashonks was a 17th-century female sachem of the Sakonnet band of the Wampanoag people in what is now southern New England.
- 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_69a2e7f1d1bc81909cf2dc9754a3c334 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eec200648190bcb9f1b98c8e9cdf |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:33 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a42f64cccc8190afae9aa50097670a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a42fe4b0448190a8077873001b5a21 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:24 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a43057a4688190829bfbe668d3889b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 12:25 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:11 p.m.