Triple
T48965
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Court of Oyer and Terminer |
E962
|
entity |
| Predicate | presidingOfficer |
P377
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Stoughton
William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice during the Salem witch trials.
|
E14821
|
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: William Stoughton | Statement: [Court of Oyer and Terminer, presidingOfficer, William Stoughton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stoughton Context triple: [Court of Oyer and Terminer, presidingOfficer, William Stoughton]
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A.
Thomas Dudley
Thomas Dudley was a prominent early Puritan leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 17th-century New England.
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B.
John Winthrop
John Winthrop was a 17th-century English Puritan leader and governor who played a central role in establishing and governing the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a model “city upon a hill.”
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C.
Increase Mather
Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
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D.
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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E.
John Endecott
John Endecott was an early English colonial leader and Puritan magistrate who served multiple terms as a strict and influential governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century.
- 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: William Stoughton Triple: [Court of Oyer and Terminer, presidingOfficer, William Stoughton]
Generated description
William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice during the Salem witch trials.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stoughton Target entity description: William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice during the Salem witch trials.
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A.
Thomas Dudley
Thomas Dudley was a prominent early Puritan leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 17th-century New England.
-
B.
John Winthrop
John Winthrop was a 17th-century English Puritan leader and governor who played a central role in establishing and governing the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a model “city upon a hill.”
-
C.
Increase Mather
Increase Mather was a prominent 17th-century New England Puritan minister and political leader who played a major role in colonial religious life and governance, including efforts to curb the excesses of the Salem witch trials.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
John Endecott
John Endecott was an early English colonial leader and Puritan magistrate who served multiple terms as a strict and influential governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 17th century.
- 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_69a2480baefc81909951b14058479aa2 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:42 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24ec333fc8190b66776b947e0bdbd |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2a3ced4f88190b6d2a6e83d484ab9 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 8:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2a446fe40819094a061c3e7ecc7be |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 8:16 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2a51d391c819094949259097f7645 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 8:19 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.