Triple
T690847
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Josiah Quincy Jr. |
E13387
|
entity |
| Predicate | participatedIn |
P149
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Boston Massacre trials
The Boston Massacre trials were a series of colonial court cases in 1770 in which British soldiers were defended by prominent lawyers, including John Adams, for their role in the deadly confrontation with Boston civilians.
|
E740
|
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: Boston Massacre trials | Statement: [Josiah Quincy Jr., participatedIn, Boston Massacre trials]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston Massacre trials Context triple: [Josiah Quincy Jr., participatedIn, Boston Massacre trials]
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A.
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a deadly confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists in 1770 that intensified anti-British sentiment and helped spark the American Revolution.
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B.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
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C.
Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.
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D.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688)
The trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) was a landmark English legal and political case in which seven Anglican bishops were prosecuted for seditious libel after petitioning against King James II’s Declaration of Indulgence, becoming a key event leading to the Glorious Revolution.
- 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: Boston Massacre trials Triple: [Josiah Quincy Jr., participatedIn, Boston Massacre trials]
Generated description
The Boston Massacre trials were a series of colonial court cases in 1770 in which British soldiers were defended by prominent lawyers, including John Adams, for their role in the deadly confrontation with Boston civilians.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston Massacre trials Target entity description: The Boston Massacre trials were a series of colonial court cases in 1770 in which British soldiers were defended by prominent lawyers, including John Adams, for their role in the deadly confrontation with Boston civilians.
-
A.
Boston Massacre
chosen
The Boston Massacre was a deadly confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists in 1770 that intensified anti-British sentiment and helped spark the American Revolution.
-
B.
Trial of the Seventeen
Trial of the Seventeen is a fantasy novel in the Spellmonger series by Terry Mancour, continuing the epic tale of mage Minalan and his allies as they confront escalating magical and political threats.
-
C.
Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.
-
D.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
-
E.
trial of the Seven Bishops (1688)
The trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) was a landmark English legal and political case in which seven Anglican bishops were prosecuted for seditious libel after petitioning against King James II’s Declaration of Indulgence, becoming a key event leading to the Glorious Revolution.
- 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_69a4933e0f98819097d22766c49b61b8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4a0aebde88190a49d421477713103 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a5dca5b2688190bfe05a165c753211 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:53 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a5ddeaef148190bb9877cee15959fd |
completed | March 2, 2026, 6:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5fea9df3481909331e3e382ad81ae |
completed | March 2, 2026, 9:18 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:36 p.m.