Triple

T7543
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Salem witch trials E150 entity
Predicate keyFigure P256 FINISHED
Object 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.
E963 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Cotton Mather | Statement: [Salem witch trials, keyFigure, Cotton Mather]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton Mather
Context triple: [Salem witch trials, keyFigure, Cotton Mather]
  • A. John Harvard
    John Harvard was a 17th-century English clergyman and benefactor whose substantial bequest helped establish the institution that became Harvard University.
  • B. James Bowdoin
    James Bowdoin was an 18th-century American political leader, scholar, and governor of Massachusetts who played a key role in the intellectual and civic life of the early United States.
  • C. John Hancock
    John Hancock was a prominent American Founding Father, revolutionary leader, and the first signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, known for his bold and iconic signature.
  • D. The Quaker
    The Quaker is the traditional, colonial-era–styled mascot representing the University of Pennsylvania and its athletic teams.
  • E. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • 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: Cotton Mather
Triple: [Salem witch trials, keyFigure, Cotton Mather]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton Mather
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. John Harvard
    John Harvard was a 17th-century English clergyman and benefactor whose substantial bequest helped establish the institution that became Harvard University.
  • B. James Bowdoin
    James Bowdoin was an 18th-century American political leader, scholar, and governor of Massachusetts who played a key role in the intellectual and civic life of the early United States.
  • C. John Hancock
    John Hancock was a prominent American Founding Father, revolutionary leader, and the first signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, known for his bold and iconic signature.
  • D. The Quaker
    The Quaker is the traditional, colonial-era–styled mascot representing the University of Pennsylvania and its athletic teams.
  • E. Harold Hazen
    Harold Hazen was an American electrical engineer and MIT professor known for his pioneering work in control systems and his role in developing early analog computing devices.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: keyFigure
Context triple: [Salem witch trials, keyFigure, Cotton Mather]
  • A. keyPerson chosen
    Indicates that a person plays a primary, central, or critically important role in relation to an organization, project, or entity.
  • B. keyArticle
    Indicates that an article is a primary or central reference for understanding, supporting, or defining another entity or topic.
  • C. capital
    Indicates that one place serves as the official seat of government or primary administrative center for another political entity.
  • D. coreIdea
    Indicates the central concept or primary message that underlies or unifies something, such as a text, argument, or work.
  • E. founder
    Indicates that an entity established, created, or started another entity such as an organization, institution, or company.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a23bb612708190b09f25385e4b63d1 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a241a55ac081909e95b71c97db8140 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a243c87d988190a9d0649c4a04c7b7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2464617148190ae1b5e316dd37efe completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a246bff58481908eebdbcb88e1ff78 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:37 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a23fe1cf38819080ea56c40bf2632e completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:07 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:54 a.m.