Triple

T782545
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Samuel Sewall E16528 entity
Predicate fatherInLaw P18081 FINISHED
Object John Hull
John Hull was a prominent 17th-century Boston merchant, silversmith, and colonial official best known for serving as the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s mintmaster.
 E171891 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: John Hull | Statement: [Samuel Sewall, fatherInLaw, John Hull]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Hull
Context triple: [Samuel Sewall, fatherInLaw, John Hull]
  • A. John Brett
    John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
  • B. David Seidler
    David Seidler is a British-American screenwriter best known for writing the Academy Award-winning screenplay for the historical drama film "The King’s Speech."
  • C. Robert Mann
    Robert Mann was a 19th-century American man best known as the son of influential education reformer Horace Mann.
  • D. Ian Black
    Ian Black is a name shared by several notable individuals, including a British journalist and author known for his work on Middle Eastern affairs.
  • E. Ken Lewis
    Ken Lewis is an American record producer, mixer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work on numerous major hip-hop and pop albums.
  • 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: John Hull
Triple: [Samuel Sewall, fatherInLaw, John Hull]
Generated description
John Hull was a prominent 17th-century Boston merchant, silversmith, and colonial official best known for serving as the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s mintmaster.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: John Hull
Target entity description: John Hull was a prominent 17th-century Boston merchant, silversmith, and colonial official best known for serving as the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s mintmaster.
  • A. John Brett
    John Brett was a 19th-century British painter associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement, renowned for his highly detailed landscapes and maritime scenes.
  • B. David Seidler
    David Seidler is a British-American screenwriter best known for writing the Academy Award-winning screenplay for the historical drama film "The King’s Speech."
  • C. Robert Mann
    Robert Mann was a 19th-century American man best known as the son of influential education reformer Horace Mann.
  • D. Ian Black
    Ian Black is a name shared by several notable individuals, including a British journalist and author known for his work on Middle Eastern affairs.
  • E. Ken Lewis
    Ken Lewis is an American record producer, mixer, and multi-instrumentalist known for his work on numerous major hip-hop and pop albums.
  • 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_69a4936ad1fc81908f190208059ccf78 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4a7686d0881908c2a4395059be02c completed March 1, 2026, 8:54 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ad230463f08190b9434172264078f2 completed March 8, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ad23ac782481909575f00ce3d7b382 completed March 8, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ad24411d0081909ab2fab326eecd6d completed March 8, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:37 p.m.