Triple

T13811808
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Silas Talbot E331909 entity
Predicate birthPlace P1 FINISHED
Object Dighton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Dighton, Province of Massachusetts Bay, was a colonial New England town in what is now Massachusetts, known in the 18th century as a small riverside community involved in maritime trade and early American life.
E1064474 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: Dighton, Province of Massachusetts Bay | Statement: [Silas Talbot, birthPlace, Dighton, Province of Massachusetts Bay]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dighton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Context triple: [Silas Talbot, birthPlace, Dighton, Province of Massachusetts Bay]
  • A. Stoughton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
    Stoughton, Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colonial-era New England town located in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, known historically as part of the early administrative divisions of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • B. Weymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
    Weymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colonial New England town in what is now Massachusetts, notable as the birthplace of future First Lady Abigail Adams.
  • C. Stoneham, Massachusetts
    Stoneham, Massachusetts is a suburban town north of Boston known for its residential character and proximity to the Middlesex Fells Reservation.
  • D. Hingham, Massachusetts
    Hingham, Massachusetts is a historic coastal town in eastern Massachusetts known for its colonial heritage, scenic harbor, and affluent residential character.
  • E. Westborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay
    Westborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay was an 18th-century New England town in colonial Massachusetts, notable as the birthplace of inventor Eli Whitney.
  • 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: Dighton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Triple: [Silas Talbot, birthPlace, Dighton, Province of Massachusetts Bay]
Generated description
Dighton, Province of Massachusetts Bay, was a colonial New England town in what is now Massachusetts, known in the 18th century as a small riverside community involved in maritime trade and early American life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dighton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Target entity description: Dighton, Province of Massachusetts Bay, was a colonial New England town in what is now Massachusetts, known in the 18th century as a small riverside community involved in maritime trade and early American life.
  • A. Stoughton, Province of Massachusetts Bay
    Stoughton, Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colonial-era New England town located in what is now southeastern Massachusetts, known historically as part of the early administrative divisions of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • B. Weymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
    Weymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay was a colonial New England town in what is now Massachusetts, notable as the birthplace of future First Lady Abigail Adams.
  • C. Stoneham, Massachusetts
    Stoneham, Massachusetts is a suburban town north of Boston known for its residential character and proximity to the Middlesex Fells Reservation.
  • D. Hingham, Massachusetts
    Hingham, Massachusetts is a historic coastal town in eastern Massachusetts known for its colonial heritage, scenic harbor, and affluent residential character.
  • E. Westborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay
    Westborough, Province of Massachusetts Bay was an 18th-century New England town in colonial Massachusetts, notable as the birthplace of inventor Eli Whitney.
  • 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_69d81c59f8808190a851bc56afdc55e9 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de026ff6b481908066d6bf27064417 completed April 14, 2026, 9:01 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f7b8dc1ec0819098c4f32eb3991613 completed May 3, 2026, 9:06 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7ba6558fc819082dae55863a9a3b1 completed May 3, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7bb15d31c81909959e50219c4d905 completed May 3, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:12 p.m.