Triple
T7546
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Salem witch trials |
E150
|
entity |
| Predicate | keyFigure |
P256
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Samuel Parris
Samuel Parris was the Puritan minister of Salem Village whose accusations and sermons helped ignite and intensify the Salem witch trials of 1692.
|
E1766
|
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: Samuel Parris | Statement: [Salem witch trials, keyFigure, Samuel Parris]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Parris Context triple: [Salem witch trials, keyFigure, Samuel Parris]
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A.
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.
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B.
Rebecca Nurse
Rebecca Nurse was a respected elderly Puritan woman in colonial Massachusetts who became one of the most famous individuals executed during the Salem witch trials.
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C.
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.
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D.
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) is the colonial New England community historically known as the epicenter of the 1692 Salem witch trials.
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E.
John Harvard
John Harvard was a 17th-century English clergyman and benefactor whose substantial bequest helped establish the institution that became Harvard University.
- 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: Samuel Parris Triple: [Salem witch trials, keyFigure, Samuel Parris]
Generated description
Samuel Parris was the Puritan minister of Salem Village whose accusations and sermons helped ignite and intensify the Salem witch trials of 1692.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samuel Parris Target entity description: Samuel Parris was the Puritan minister of Salem Village whose accusations and sermons helped ignite and intensify the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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A.
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.
-
B.
Rebecca Nurse
Rebecca Nurse was a respected elderly Puritan woman in colonial Massachusetts who became one of the most famous individuals executed during the Salem witch trials.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts) is the colonial New England community historically known as the epicenter of the 1692 Salem witch trials.
-
E.
John Harvard
John Harvard was a 17th-century English clergyman and benefactor whose substantial bequest helped establish the institution that became Harvard University.
- 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_69a23bb612708190b09f25385e4b63d1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 12:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a24659cfe0819088c2e8a61c2274f3 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:35 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a248d5b92481909a846984a8639067 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:45 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a24b7dd264819084b601cf7a4557ff |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:57 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a24c05ab408190a7f3ece62f39977d |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:59 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 12:54 a.m.