Triple

T7820400
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pendle witch trials E181113 entity
Predicate documentedIn P309 FINISHED
Object The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster is a 1613 pamphlet by court clerk Thomas Potts that provides a detailed contemporary account of the Lancashire witch trials.
E181113 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: The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster | Statement: [Pendle witch trials, documentedIn, The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
Context triple: [Pendle witch trials, documentedIn, The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster]
  • A. Pendle witch trials
    The Pendle witch trials were a series of notorious early 17th-century English witchcraft prosecutions in Lancashire that led to multiple executions and became some of the most famous witch trials in British history.
  • B. Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils
    Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils is a 1693 work by Puritan minister Cotton Mather defending the Salem witch trials and expounding contemporary beliefs about witchcraft and demonic activity in New England.
  • C. North Berwick witch trials
    The North Berwick witch trials were a series of late 16th-century Scottish prosecutions, closely associated with King James VI, in which dozens of people were accused of witchcraft and conspiracy, helping to ignite a broader wave of witch hunts in Scotland.
  • D. Witchcraft Act 1604
    The Witchcraft Act 1604 was an English law under King James I that strengthened penalties for witchcraft and reflected contemporary fears of sorcery and demonic practices.
  • E. The Scold’s Bridle
    The Scold’s Bridle is a British television crime drama adapted from Minette Walters’ novel, centered on the mysterious death of a wealthy, abusive woman and the dark secrets it exposes.
  • 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: The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
Triple: [Pendle witch trials, documentedIn, The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster]
Generated description
The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster is a 1613 pamphlet by court clerk Thomas Potts that provides a detailed contemporary account of the Lancashire witch trials.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
Target entity description: The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster is a 1613 pamphlet by court clerk Thomas Potts that provides a detailed contemporary account of the Lancashire witch trials.
  • A. Pendle witch trials chosen
    The Pendle witch trials were a series of notorious early 17th-century English witchcraft prosecutions in Lancashire that led to multiple executions and became some of the most famous witch trials in British history.
  • B. Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils
    Wonders of the Invisible World: Observations as Well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils is a 1693 work by Puritan minister Cotton Mather defending the Salem witch trials and expounding contemporary beliefs about witchcraft and demonic activity in New England.
  • C. North Berwick witch trials
    The North Berwick witch trials were a series of late 16th-century Scottish prosecutions, closely associated with King James VI, in which dozens of people were accused of witchcraft and conspiracy, helping to ignite a broader wave of witch hunts in Scotland.
  • D. Witchcraft Act 1604
    The Witchcraft Act 1604 was an English law under King James I that strengthened penalties for witchcraft and reflected contemporary fears of sorcery and demonic practices.
  • E. The Scold’s Bridle
    The Scold’s Bridle is a British television crime drama adapted from Minette Walters’ novel, centered on the mysterious death of a wealthy, abusive woman and the dark secrets it exposes.
  • 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_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_69cb149bae408190a931ecbc803b0850 completed March 31, 2026, 12:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb1734159881909590ed51e8920387 completed March 31, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb1a62569c81908709d814954f667e completed March 31, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:41 p.m.