Triple

T7549
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Salem witch trials E150 entity
Predicate keyFigure P256 FINISHED
Object Tituba
Tituba was an enslaved woman of Indigenous and African descent whose accusations and testimony helped ignite the Salem witch trials in 1692.
E1767 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: Tituba | Statement: [Salem witch trials, keyFigure, Tituba]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tituba
Context triple: [Salem witch trials, keyFigure, Tituba]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Virgin Mary
    The Virgin Mary is revered in Christianity as the mother of Jesus Christ and a central figure of faith, purity, and devotion.
  • C. Maxine Singer
    Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
  • D. Shirley
    Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Tituba
Triple: [Salem witch trials, keyFigure, Tituba]
Generated description
Tituba was an enslaved woman of Indigenous and African descent whose accusations and testimony helped ignite the Salem witch trials in 1692.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tituba
Target entity description: Tituba was an enslaved woman of Indigenous and African descent whose accusations and testimony helped ignite the Salem witch trials in 1692.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Virgin Mary
    The Virgin Mary is revered in Christianity as the mother of Jesus Christ and a central figure of faith, purity, and devotion.
  • C. Maxine Singer
    Maxine Singer is an American molecular biologist renowned for her pioneering work in genetics and for her leadership in shaping ethical guidelines for recombinant DNA research.
  • D. Shirley
    Shirley is a small town in north-central Massachusetts served by commuter rail on the MBTA Fitchburg Line.
  • E. 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.
  • 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.