Triple
T628755
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Roger Sherman |
E15878
|
entity |
| Predicate | placeOfBirth |
P1
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Newton, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
E75924
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Newton, Province of Massachusetts Bay | Statement: [Roger Sherman, placeOfBirth, Newton, Province of Massachusetts Bay]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Newton, Province of Massachusetts Bay Context triple: [Roger Sherman, placeOfBirth, Newton, Province of Massachusetts Bay]
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A.
Province of Massachusetts Bay
The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a British colonial territory in New England that combined several earlier colonies and served as a major political, economic, and cultural center leading up to the American Revolution.
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B.
Ayer, Massachusetts
Ayer, Massachusetts is a small New England town in north-central Massachusetts known for its historic railroad junction, former Fort Devens military base nearby, and role as a local commercial center.
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C.
Newton, Massachusetts
chosen
Newton, Massachusetts is a suburban city west of Boston known for its affluent residential neighborhoods, strong public schools, and village-style layout without a traditional downtown.
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D.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century English Puritan settlement in New England that became a major political, religious, and cultural center and a foundation for the future state of Massachusetts.
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E.
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Plymouth, Massachusetts is a historic coastal town best known as the landing site of the Pilgrims in 1620 and often called "America’s Hometown."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4935c131c8190a5378c6bf101e8cc |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49e5b5a308190a62165f9275e2f5f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:15 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5dc91ff30819095a00852c3e2dfae |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:35 p.m.