Triple

T88000
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Governor William Phips later prohibited further arrests for witchcraft E1768 entity
Predicate documentedIn P309 FINISHED
Object colonial records of Massachusetts Bay
The colonial records of Massachusetts Bay are official 17th-century governmental documents of the Massachusetts Bay Colony that chronicle its laws, administration, and notable events, including actions taken during the Salem witch trials.
E6485 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: colonial records of Massachusetts Bay | Statement: [Governor William Phips later prohibited further arrests for witchcraft, documentedIn, colonial records of Massachusetts Bay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: colonial records of Massachusetts Bay
Context triple: [Governor William Phips later prohibited further arrests for witchcraft, documentedIn, colonial records of Massachusetts Bay]
  • A. Massachusetts colonial legislature
    The Massachusetts colonial legislature was the governing body of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the colonial era, responsible for making laws, levying taxes, and overseeing public institutions in the colony.
  • B. New England political institutions
    New England political institutions were early colonial systems of self-government characterized by town meetings, covenant-based governance, and a strong intertwining of religious and civic authority.
  • C. royal charter of Massachusetts Bay
    The royal charter of Massachusetts Bay was a 17th-century English legal document that established the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s government and granted it broad powers of self-rule under the Crown.
  • D. Massachusetts Bay Colony
    The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century English Puritan settlement in New England that became a major political, religious, and cultural center and a foundation for the future state of Massachusetts.
  • E. Mayflower Compact
    The Mayflower Compact was a 1620 agreement among the Pilgrim settlers establishing a framework for self-government and majority rule in the Plymouth Colony.
  • 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: colonial records of Massachusetts Bay
Triple: [Governor William Phips later prohibited further arrests for witchcraft, documentedIn, colonial records of Massachusetts Bay]
Generated description
The colonial records of Massachusetts Bay are official 17th-century governmental documents of the Massachusetts Bay Colony that chronicle its laws, administration, and notable events, including actions taken during the Salem witch trials.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: colonial records of Massachusetts Bay
Target entity description: The colonial records of Massachusetts Bay are official 17th-century governmental documents of the Massachusetts Bay Colony that chronicle its laws, administration, and notable events, including actions taken during the Salem witch trials.
  • A. Massachusetts colonial legislature
    The Massachusetts colonial legislature was the governing body of the Province of Massachusetts Bay during the colonial era, responsible for making laws, levying taxes, and overseeing public institutions in the colony.
  • B. New England political institutions
    New England political institutions were early colonial systems of self-government characterized by town meetings, covenant-based governance, and a strong intertwining of religious and civic authority.
  • C. royal charter of Massachusetts Bay
    The royal charter of Massachusetts Bay was a 17th-century English legal document that established the Massachusetts Bay Colony’s government and granted it broad powers of self-rule under the Crown.
  • D. Massachusetts Bay Colony
    The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century English Puritan settlement in New England that became a major political, religious, and cultural center and a foundation for the future state of Massachusetts.
  • E. Mayflower Compact
    The Mayflower Compact was a 1620 agreement among the Pilgrim settlers establishing a framework for self-government and majority rule in the Plymouth Colony.
  • 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_69a24c8150408190910a693eb51c1f71 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24f6997c081908b202f937eb2b14f completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a25abf2e9c8190bb09baca150145ed completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a25ba974948190bb064dca99613bc6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a25c2b29e08190af62c6753c4fdd11 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:08 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:06 a.m.