Triple

T49025
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cotton Mather E963 entity
Predicate grandfather P979 FINISHED
Object John Cotton
John Cotton was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian in colonial New England, influential in shaping early American religious thought.
E19661 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 Cotton | Statement: [Cotton Mather, grandfather, John Cotton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cotton
Context triple: [Cotton Mather, grandfather, John Cotton]
  • A. 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.”
  • B. William Stoughton
    William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice during the Salem witch trials.
  • 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. 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. Richard Mather
    Richard Mather was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and early New England clergyman influential in shaping colonial religious life.
  • 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 Cotton
Triple: [Cotton Mather, grandfather, John Cotton]
Generated description
John Cotton was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian in colonial New England, influential in shaping early American religious thought.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John Cotton
Target entity description: John Cotton was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian in colonial New England, influential in shaping early American religious thought.
  • A. 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.”
  • B. William Stoughton
    William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice during the Salem witch trials.
  • 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. 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. Richard Mather
    Richard Mather was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and early New England clergyman influential in shaping colonial religious life.
  • 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_69a2d4c4fcfc8190bdb6eea9fcb3f1b7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2d538e230819097768b5479dbb207 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2d598733c8190aba1dc04f737218f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 11:46 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:47 a.m.