Triple
T4888348
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony |
E109495
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedEvent |
P149
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Salem witch trials (1692–1693) |
E150
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Salem witch trials (1692–1693) | Statement: [Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, associatedEvent, Salem witch trials (1692–1693)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salem witch trials (1692–1693) Context triple: [Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, associatedEvent, Salem witch trials (1692–1693)]
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A.
Salem witch trials
chosen
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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B.
Pendle witch trials
The Pendle witch trials were a series of notorious early 17th-century English witchcraft prosecutions in Lancashire that led to multiple executions and became some of the most famous witch trials in British history.
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C.
North Berwick witch trials
The North Berwick witch trials were a series of late 16th-century Scottish prosecutions, closely associated with King James VI, in which dozens of people were accused of witchcraft and conspiracy, helping to ignite a broader wave of witch hunts in Scotland.
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D.
Starving Time (1609–1610)
The Starving Time (1609–1610) was a catastrophic period of famine, disease, and conflict that nearly wiped out the English settlers at Jamestown during the early years of the Virginia Colony.
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E.
The Witches: Salem, 1692
The Witches: Salem, 1692 is a historical nonfiction book by Stacy Schiff that offers a detailed, narrative reconstruction of the Salem witch trials and their social and cultural context.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69bd440f71348190b99938e59fb7f9a1 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd6e053db8819087828e753c78d341 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:55 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be68126b288190889b2cf6e400ec0b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.