Triple
T854655
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Burroughs |
E18463
|
entity |
| Predicate | residence |
P75
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony |
E966
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony | Statement: [George Burroughs, residence, Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony Context triple: [George Burroughs, residence, Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
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A.
Salem Village (now Danvers, Massachusetts)
chosen
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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B.
Salem Village meetinghouse
The Salem Village meetinghouse was the central Puritan church and gathering place in Salem Village, Massachusetts, and a primary setting for the events of the 1692 Salem witch trials.
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C.
Salem, Massachusetts
Salem, Massachusetts is a historic coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts best known for the 1692 witch trials and its enduring maritime and colonial heritage.
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D.
Winthrop, Massachusetts
Winthrop, Massachusetts is a small coastal town just northeast of Boston, known for its residential seaside character and proximity to Logan International Airport.
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E.
Putnam family faction in Salem Village
The Putnam family faction in Salem Village was a powerful and influential kinship group that played a leading role in instigating and sustaining the Salem witch trials of 1692.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4938bdd3c8190a954a3c11844d9cf |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4ac3a48c08190b4677d825fcbfaf9 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a792a29f448190b96d934656e5399e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 2:02 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:39 p.m.