Triple
T1431023
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Maria Cotton |
E30445
|
entity |
| Predicate | memberOf |
P10
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Cotton–Mather family |
E30955
|
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: Cotton–Mather family | Statement: [Maria Cotton, memberOf, Cotton–Mather family]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cotton–Mather family Context triple: [Maria Cotton, memberOf, Cotton–Mather family]
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A.
Mather family
chosen
The Mather family was a prominent New England Puritan dynasty influential in colonial religious, political, and educational life.
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B.
Winthrop family
The Winthrop family is a prominent New England lineage known for its influential role in early American colonial history and politics.
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C.
Nathaniel Mather
Nathaniel Mather was a 17th-century English-born Puritan minister and theologian, known for his pastoral work in England and Ireland and as a member of the prominent Mather clerical family.
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D.
Cotton Mather
Cotton Mather was a prominent late 17th-century New England Puritan minister and prolific writer whose religious zeal and influence made him a central and controversial figure in early American history.
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E.
Eleazar Mather
Eleazar Mather was a 17th-century Puritan minister in New England and the older brother of prominent clergyman Increase Mather.
- 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_69a498fc69ec8190b61722bd4b67c4d2 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:52 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c4dc3e2081909ff951fe73db277b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad016bf2608190a675cbd42e474082 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:56 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 8 p.m.