Triple

T48967
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Court of Oyer and Terminer E962 entity
Predicate judge P3169 FINISHED
Object Samuel Sewall
Samuel Sewall was a colonial New England judge and diarist best known for his role in the Salem witch trials and later public repentance for that involvement.
E16528 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Samuel Sewall | Statement: [Court of Oyer and Terminer, judge, Samuel Sewall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Sewall
Context triple: [Court of Oyer and Terminer, judge, Samuel Sewall]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. William Stoughton
    William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice during the Salem witch trials.
  • D. Josiah Quincy Jr.
    Josiah Quincy Jr. was a prominent colonial American lawyer and patriot leader who, despite his opposition to British policies, helped defend the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
  • E. 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.”
  • 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: Samuel Sewall
Triple: [Court of Oyer and Terminer, judge, Samuel Sewall]
Generated description
Samuel Sewall was a colonial New England judge and diarist best known for his role in the Salem witch trials and later public repentance for that involvement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Sewall
Target entity description: Samuel Sewall was a colonial New England judge and diarist best known for his role in the Salem witch trials and later public repentance for that involvement.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. William Stoughton
    William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice during the Salem witch trials.
  • D. Josiah Quincy Jr.
    Josiah Quincy Jr. was a prominent colonial American lawyer and patriot leader who, despite his opposition to British policies, helped defend the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.
  • E. 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.”
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: judge
Context triple: [Court of Oyer and Terminer, judge, Samuel Sewall]
  • A. decides
    Indicates that an entity makes a choice or determination between options, often resolving uncertainty or selecting a course of action.
  • B. defendant
    Indicates that an entity is the party accused or sued in a legal action or proceeding.
  • C. decidesOn
    Indicates that an agent makes a choice or determination regarding a particular option, issue, or course of action.
  • D. plea
    Indicates that a defendant formally states their response (such as guilty, not guilty, or no contest) to criminal charges in a legal proceeding.
  • E. decisionType
    Indicates the specific category or nature of a decision associated with an entity or event.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (7 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_69a24c1a5c14819088748317a3f262c8 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2b85b11c08190b97de9b0382be6d5 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:41 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2b8ee35048190b096296a42481b9c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2b99440e88190ab7c8525609569f1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 9:47 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a24abfa7bc8190932c137a823efcb6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:54 a.m.
PDg Predicate description generation batch_69a24c198e74819088a211001d0b54d4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:59 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.