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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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A.
decides
Indicates that an entity makes a choice or determination between options, often resolving uncertainty or selecting a course of action.
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B.
defendant
Indicates that an entity is the party accused or sued in a legal action or proceeding.
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C.
decidesOn
Indicates that an agent makes a choice or determination regarding a particular option, issue, or course of action.
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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.
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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.