Triple
T10223585
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hugh Trevor-Roper |
E242642
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
The European Witch-Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries
The European Witch-Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries is a historical study by Hugh Trevor-Roper that analyzes the social, religious, and political factors behind the major witch hunts in early modern Europe.
|
E850525
|
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 European Witch-Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries | Statement: [Hugh Trevor-Roper, notableWork, The European Witch-Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The European Witch-Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Context triple: [Hugh Trevor-Roper, notableWork, The European Witch-Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries]
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A.
European witch hunts
European witch hunts were a series of widespread persecutions, trials, and executions of people accused of witchcraft across Europe from roughly the 15th to 18th centuries, driven by religious, social, and political tensions.
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B.
Witchcraft Today
Witchcraft Today is a 1954 book by Gerald Gardner that popularized modern Wicca by presenting it as a surviving pre-Christian pagan religion.
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C.
Fulda witch trials
The Fulda witch trials were a series of severe early 17th-century witch persecutions in the Prince-Bishopric of Fulda, Germany, that resulted in numerous executions and are remembered as one of the major witch hunts of the period.
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D.
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.
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E.
The Meaning of Witchcraft
The Meaning of Witchcraft is a seminal 1959 book by Gerald Gardner that outlines the beliefs, practices, and history of modern Wicca and helped popularize contemporary witchcraft.
- 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 European Witch-Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Triple: [Hugh Trevor-Roper, notableWork, The European Witch-Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries]
Generated description
The European Witch-Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries is a historical study by Hugh Trevor-Roper that analyzes the social, religious, and political factors behind the major witch hunts in early modern Europe.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The European Witch-Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Target entity description: The European Witch-Craze of the 16th and 17th Centuries is a historical study by Hugh Trevor-Roper that analyzes the social, religious, and political factors behind the major witch hunts in early modern Europe.
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A.
European witch hunts
European witch hunts were a series of widespread persecutions, trials, and executions of people accused of witchcraft across Europe from roughly the 15th to 18th centuries, driven by religious, social, and political tensions.
-
B.
Witchcraft Today
Witchcraft Today is a 1954 book by Gerald Gardner that popularized modern Wicca by presenting it as a surviving pre-Christian pagan religion.
-
C.
Fulda witch trials
The Fulda witch trials were a series of severe early 17th-century witch persecutions in the Prince-Bishopric of Fulda, Germany, that resulted in numerous executions and are remembered as one of the major witch hunts of the period.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
The Meaning of Witchcraft
The Meaning of Witchcraft is a seminal 1959 book by Gerald Gardner that outlines the beliefs, practices, and history of modern Wicca and helped popularize contemporary witchcraft.
- 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_69d381ae26c48190985abd0e25ee5d04 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d3aa84a9ac819093d551005a1c8f3d |
completed | April 6, 2026, 12:43 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d6a8457e9c819085f222bb002be892 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 7:11 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d6d00220ec81909d189e64eda2a28f |
completed | April 8, 2026, 10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d6df44ad5481909100b596d2bf3b07 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 11:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:10 a.m.