Triple
T48968
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Court of Oyer and Terminer |
E962
|
entity |
| Predicate | judge |
P3169
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
John Hathorne
John Hathorne was a prominent 17th-century Massachusetts magistrate best known for his zealous role as an examining judge during the Salem witch trials.
|
E16529
|
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: John Hathorne | Statement: [Court of Oyer and Terminer, judge, John Hathorne]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hathorne Context triple: [Court of Oyer and Terminer, judge, John Hathorne]
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A.
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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B.
Giles Corey
Giles Corey was an elderly farmer in colonial Massachusetts who became infamous for being pressed to death after refusing to enter a plea during the Salem witch trials.
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C.
Thomas Putnam
Thomas Putnam was a prominent and influential accuser during the Salem witch trials, known for aggressively pursuing witchcraft charges against many of his neighbors.
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D.
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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E.
Samuel Parris
Samuel Parris was the Puritan minister of Salem Village whose accusations and sermons helped ignite and intensify the Salem witch trials of 1692.
- 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: John Hathorne Triple: [Court of Oyer and Terminer, judge, John Hathorne]
Generated description
John Hathorne was a prominent 17th-century Massachusetts magistrate best known for his zealous role as an examining judge during the Salem witch trials.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Hathorne Target entity description: John Hathorne was a prominent 17th-century Massachusetts magistrate best known for his zealous role as an examining judge during the Salem witch trials.
-
A.
William Stoughton
William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice during the Salem witch trials.
-
B.
Giles Corey
Giles Corey was an elderly farmer in colonial Massachusetts who became infamous for being pressed to death after refusing to enter a plea during the Salem witch trials.
-
C.
Thomas Putnam
Thomas Putnam was a prominent and influential accuser during the Salem witch trials, known for aggressively pursuing witchcraft charges against many of his neighbors.
-
D.
Thomas Dudley
Thomas Dudley was a prominent early Puritan leader and multiple-term governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 17th-century New England.
-
E.
Samuel Parris
Samuel Parris was the Puritan minister of Salem Village whose accusations and sermons helped ignite and intensify the Salem witch trials of 1692.
- 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_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. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.