Triple

T5356439
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Artemas Ward E102702 entity
Predicate militaryBranch P253 FINISHED
Object Massachusetts militia
The Massachusetts militia was the colonial-era citizen-soldier force that formed the core of early American resistance in New England during the opening stages of the Revolutionary War.
E262214 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: Massachusetts militia | Statement: [Artemas Ward, militaryBranch, Massachusetts militia]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Massachusetts militia
Context triple: [Artemas Ward, militaryBranch, Massachusetts militia]
  • A. Massachusetts Bay Colony militia
    The Massachusetts Bay Colony militia was the colonial military force of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, composed of local citizen-soldiers who played a key role in early New England conflicts such as King Philip’s War.
  • B. Connecticut militia
    The Connecticut militia was a colonial-era military force composed of local citizen-soldiers responsible for the defense and security of the Connecticut Colony.
  • C. Massachusetts state militia
    The Massachusetts state militia was a state-organized military force that, in the early 20th century, was frequently deployed to maintain order and protect industrial interests during labor disputes and civil unrest.
  • D. New Hampshire Militia
    The New Hampshire Militia was a colonial and early American citizen-soldier force from New Hampshire that played a key role in the Revolutionary War, notably through units led by figures such as John Stark.
  • E. Plymouth Colony militia
    The Plymouth Colony militia was the armed citizen force of the Plymouth Colony in 17th-century New England, responsible for local defense and participation in regional conflicts such as King Philip's War.
  • 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: Massachusetts militia
Triple: [Artemas Ward, militaryBranch, Massachusetts militia]
Generated description
The Massachusetts militia was the colonial-era citizen-soldier force that formed the core of early American resistance in New England during the opening stages of the Revolutionary War.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Massachusetts militia
Target entity description: The Massachusetts militia was the colonial-era citizen-soldier force that formed the core of early American resistance in New England during the opening stages of the Revolutionary War.
  • A. Massachusetts Bay Colony militia chosen
    The Massachusetts Bay Colony militia was the colonial military force of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, composed of local citizen-soldiers who played a key role in early New England conflicts such as King Philip’s War.
  • B. Connecticut militia
    The Connecticut militia was a colonial-era military force composed of local citizen-soldiers responsible for the defense and security of the Connecticut Colony.
  • C. Massachusetts state militia
    The Massachusetts state militia was a state-organized military force that, in the early 20th century, was frequently deployed to maintain order and protect industrial interests during labor disputes and civil unrest.
  • D. New Hampshire Militia
    The New Hampshire Militia was a colonial and early American citizen-soldier force from New Hampshire that played a key role in the Revolutionary War, notably through units led by figures such as John Stark.
  • E. Plymouth Colony militia
    The Plymouth Colony militia was the armed citizen force of the Plymouth Colony in 17th-century New England, responsible for local defense and participation in regional conflicts such as King Philip's War.
  • F. None of above.

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_69bd43d8f7248190b64c140734b5c9a8 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd862f0ea48190bec78690ab3bee51 completed March 20, 2026, 5:38 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf21e2b7b08190aca4c2855ff041de completed March 21, 2026, 10:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf228956d481909e9f3c11f4597cce completed March 21, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf230b571481909f76ada72d94c8d8 completed March 21, 2026, 11 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 2:01 p.m.