Triple
T49023
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Cotton Mather |
E963
|
entity |
| Predicate | mother |
P120
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Maria Cotton Mather
Maria Cotton Mather was the mother of the influential New England Puritan minister and writer Cotton Mather.
|
E16074
|
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: Maria Cotton Mather | Statement: [Cotton Mather, mother, Maria Cotton Mather]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Cotton Mather Context triple: [Cotton Mather, mother, Maria Cotton Mather]
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A.
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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B.
Elizabeth Howe
Elizabeth Howe was a Massachusetts woman executed for alleged witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later recognized as one of its wrongfully accused victims.
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C.
Sarah Good
Sarah Good was one of the first women accused and executed for witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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D.
Francis Nurse
Francis Nurse was a respected landowner and community leader in 17th-century Salem Village, best known for his involvement in the events surrounding the Salem witch trials.
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E.
Catharine Beecher
Catharine Beecher was a 19th-century American educator and reformer known for promoting women’s education and domestic science, and for her influential writings on the role of women in society.
- 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: Maria Cotton Mather Triple: [Cotton Mather, mother, Maria Cotton Mather]
Generated description
Maria Cotton Mather was the mother of the influential New England Puritan minister and writer Cotton Mather.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maria Cotton Mather Target entity description: Maria Cotton Mather was the mother of the influential New England Puritan minister and writer Cotton Mather.
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A.
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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B.
Elizabeth Howe
Elizabeth Howe was a Massachusetts woman executed for alleged witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials, later recognized as one of its wrongfully accused victims.
-
C.
Sarah Good
Sarah Good was one of the first women accused and executed for witchcraft during the 1692 Salem witch trials in colonial Massachusetts.
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D.
Francis Nurse
Francis Nurse was a respected landowner and community leader in 17th-century Salem Village, best known for his involvement in the events surrounding the Salem witch trials.
-
E.
Catharine Beecher
Catharine Beecher was a 19th-century American educator and reformer known for promoting women’s education and domestic science, and for her influential writings on the role of women in society.
- 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_69a24af3e4a88190abe2f0c5a0e83ff3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2b4b65e0881908e82b8e3a4bd3aa4 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:26 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2b4ff2c408190899d7570fc0745bd |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:27 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2b55aa8e48190ab8f93e6230071e0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 9:28 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.