Triple

T7820396
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pendle witch trials E181113 entity
Predicate presidingJudge P19462 FINISHED
Object Sir James Altham
Sir James Altham was an English judge of the early 17th century, best known for serving as one of the chief justices at the notorious Pendle witch trials of 1612.
E698414 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: Sir James Altham | Statement: [Pendle witch trials, presidingJudge, Sir James Altham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir James Altham
Context triple: [Pendle witch trials, presidingJudge, Sir James Altham]
  • A. Sir Charles Yorke
    Sir Charles Yorke was an 18th-century British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
  • B. Sir William Drysdale
    Sir William Drysdale was a notable bearer of the Drysdale surname, recognized for his prominence and distinction associated with the name.
  • C. Sir John Bourn
    Sir John Bourn was a British public servant best known for serving as the Comptroller and Auditor General of the United Kingdom, overseeing the auditing of government departments and public spending.
  • D. Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
    Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly is a central character in T.S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," serving as a psychiatrist whose probing insights drive the drama’s exploration of personal crisis and spiritual renewal.
  • E. Sir John Chester
    Sir John Chester is a suave, manipulative aristocrat and one of the principal antagonists in Charles Dickens’s historical novel "Barnaby Rudge."
  • 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: Sir James Altham
Triple: [Pendle witch trials, presidingJudge, Sir James Altham]
Generated description
Sir James Altham was an English judge of the early 17th century, best known for serving as one of the chief justices at the notorious Pendle witch trials of 1612.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sir James Altham
Target entity description: Sir James Altham was an English judge of the early 17th century, best known for serving as one of the chief justices at the notorious Pendle witch trials of 1612.
  • A. Sir Charles Yorke
    Sir Charles Yorke was an 18th-century British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.
  • B. Sir William Drysdale
    Sir William Drysdale was a notable bearer of the Drysdale surname, recognized for his prominence and distinction associated with the name.
  • C. Sir John Bourn
    Sir John Bourn was a British public servant best known for serving as the Comptroller and Auditor General of the United Kingdom, overseeing the auditing of government departments and public spending.
  • D. Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly
    Sir Henry Harcourt-Reilly is a central character in T.S. Eliot’s play "The Cocktail Party," serving as a psychiatrist whose probing insights drive the drama’s exploration of personal crisis and spiritual renewal.
  • E. Sir John Chester
    Sir John Chester is a suave, manipulative aristocrat and one of the principal antagonists in Charles Dickens’s historical novel "Barnaby Rudge."
  • 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_69ca828153f48190bdb27ac46f8e0745 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cafa06d28881908d62d4c02b45cedd completed March 30, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb5a66c1c0819087ce9890f28bb022 completed March 31, 2026, 5:23 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb5f1afe0c8190916c7a9b2eab9270 completed March 31, 2026, 5:43 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb764973f88190964f91ee7e3fdc06 completed March 31, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:41 p.m.