Triple
T1581916
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sarah Wildes |
E33782
|
entity |
| Predicate | historicalEvent |
P259
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Salem witch hysteria of 1692 |
E150
|
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: Salem witch hysteria of 1692 | Statement: [Sarah Wildes, historicalEvent, Salem witch hysteria of 1692]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salem witch hysteria of 1692 Context triple: [Sarah Wildes, historicalEvent, Salem witch hysteria of 1692]
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A.
Salem witch trials
chosen
The Salem witch trials were a series of infamous 1692–1693 prosecutions in colonial New England where mass hysteria and superstition led to the execution and imprisonment of people accused of witchcraft.
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B.
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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C.
Putnam family faction in Salem Village
The Putnam family faction in Salem Village was a powerful and influential kinship group that played a leading role in instigating and sustaining the Salem witch trials of 1692.
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D.
Trial of the Sixteen
The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
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E.
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.
- 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_69a885f27a4c8190a4622252cdf54c00 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aa6213b6a481908f321d1468be436d |
completed | March 6, 2026, 5:11 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad51b2b4d4819093f2ae3759838757 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 10:38 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:27 p.m.