Triple
T1544372
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Jamestown |
E32942
|
entity |
| Predicate | significantEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Starving Time (1609–1610)
The Starving Time (1609–1610) was a catastrophic period of famine, disease, and conflict that nearly wiped out the English settlers at Jamestown during the early years of the Virginia Colony.
|
E175574
|
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: Starving Time (1609–1610) | Statement: [Jamestown, significantEvent, Starving Time (1609–1610)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Starving Time (1609–1610) Context triple: [Jamestown, significantEvent, Starving Time (1609–1610)]
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A.
Kieft's War
Kieft's War was a violent 1643–1645 conflict between Dutch colonists of New Netherland and local Native American tribes, sparked by Governor Willem Kieft’s aggressive policies and raids.
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B.
Great Famine
The Great Famine was a catastrophic mid-19th-century potato blight in Ireland that caused mass starvation, disease, and a huge wave of emigration, particularly to North America.
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C.
Great Famine of 1315–1317
The Great Famine of 1315–1317 was a devastating pan-European food crisis marked by widespread crop failures, mass starvation, and social upheaval that profoundly weakened medieval European society.
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D.
Rampjaar (Disaster Year) 1672
Rampjaar (Disaster Year) 1672 was a catastrophic year in Dutch history marked by simultaneous invasions by France, England, and German states, leading to political upheaval and near-collapse of the Dutch Republic.
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E.
King Philip's War
King Philip's War was a devastating 17th-century conflict between Native American inhabitants of New England and English colonists that resulted in massive casualties, the destruction of many Indigenous communities, and a lasting shift in regional power.
- 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: Starving Time (1609–1610) Triple: [Jamestown, significantEvent, Starving Time (1609–1610)]
Generated description
The Starving Time (1609–1610) was a catastrophic period of famine, disease, and conflict that nearly wiped out the English settlers at Jamestown during the early years of the Virginia Colony.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Starving Time (1609–1610) Target entity description: The Starving Time (1609–1610) was a catastrophic period of famine, disease, and conflict that nearly wiped out the English settlers at Jamestown during the early years of the Virginia Colony.
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A.
Kieft's War
Kieft's War was a violent 1643–1645 conflict between Dutch colonists of New Netherland and local Native American tribes, sparked by Governor Willem Kieft’s aggressive policies and raids.
-
B.
Great Famine
The Great Famine was a catastrophic mid-19th-century potato blight in Ireland that caused mass starvation, disease, and a huge wave of emigration, particularly to North America.
-
C.
Great Famine of 1315–1317
The Great Famine of 1315–1317 was a devastating pan-European food crisis marked by widespread crop failures, mass starvation, and social upheaval that profoundly weakened medieval European society.
-
D.
Rampjaar (Disaster Year) 1672
Rampjaar (Disaster Year) 1672 was a catastrophic year in Dutch history marked by simultaneous invasions by France, England, and German states, leading to political upheaval and near-collapse of the Dutch Republic.
-
E.
King Philip's War
King Philip's War was a devastating 17th-century conflict between Native American inhabitants of New England and English colonists that resulted in massive casualties, the destruction of many Indigenous communities, and a lasting shift in regional power.
- 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_69a885ed29088190a3c2d5a3d100c16e |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90842a4788190a812b48987503624 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:36 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad309dcc3c819096a796a330a16de1 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:17 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad313ff5e48190bcd44f5211edf414 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad31edfb848190a3f7309fa1d2150a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 8:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:26 p.m.