Triple

T16527
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Middlesex County, Massachusetts E328 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Sherborn, Massachusetts
Sherborn, Massachusetts is a small, affluent, and largely rural residential town in the Greater Boston area known for its open space, conservation land, and high quality of life.
E111294 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: Sherborn, Massachusetts | Statement: [Middlesex County, Massachusetts, contains, Sherborn, Massachusetts]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherborn, Massachusetts
Context triple: [Middlesex County, Massachusetts, contains, Sherborn, Massachusetts]
  • A. Tewksbury, Massachusetts
    Tewksbury, Massachusetts is a suburban New England town known for its residential communities, historic character, and location between Lowell and Boston.
  • B. Waltham, Massachusetts
    Waltham, Massachusetts is a historic city just west of Boston known for its role in the American Industrial Revolution and as home to institutions like Brandeis University and Bentley University.
  • C. Holliston, Massachusetts
    Holliston, Massachusetts is a suburban New England town located southwest of Boston, known for its historic character and residential community within the Greater Boston area.
  • D. Westford, Massachusetts
    Westford, Massachusetts is a suburban town in northeastern Massachusetts known for its strong public schools, residential character, and proximity to the Greater Boston area.
  • E. Billerica, Massachusetts
    Billerica, Massachusetts is a suburban town in northeastern Massachusetts known for its residential communities, local history, and proximity to the Greater Boston area.
  • 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: Sherborn, Massachusetts
Triple: [Middlesex County, Massachusetts, contains, Sherborn, Massachusetts]
Generated description
Sherborn, Massachusetts is a small, affluent, and largely rural residential town in the Greater Boston area known for its open space, conservation land, and high quality of life.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sherborn, Massachusetts
Target entity description: Sherborn, Massachusetts is a small, affluent, and largely rural residential town in the Greater Boston area known for its open space, conservation land, and high quality of life.
  • A. Tewksbury, Massachusetts
    Tewksbury, Massachusetts is a suburban New England town known for its residential communities, historic character, and location between Lowell and Boston.
  • B. Waltham, Massachusetts
    Waltham, Massachusetts is a historic city just west of Boston known for its role in the American Industrial Revolution and as home to institutions like Brandeis University and Bentley University.
  • C. Holliston, Massachusetts
    Holliston, Massachusetts is a suburban New England town located southwest of Boston, known for its historic character and residential community within the Greater Boston area.
  • D. Westford, Massachusetts
    Westford, Massachusetts is a suburban town in northeastern Massachusetts known for its strong public schools, residential character, and proximity to the Greater Boston area.
  • E. Billerica, Massachusetts
    Billerica, Massachusetts is a suburban town in northeastern Massachusetts known for its residential communities, local history, and proximity to the Greater Boston area.
  • 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_69a23d7ad88c8190bffe8ab091d86642 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24003aca48190b98c2df43d65e496 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a826b9cb28819096d851acd4350526 completed March 4, 2026, 12:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a83f0495dc8190bee8bfc9f32dafb3 completed March 4, 2026, 2:17 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a83f3698388190b58eec7be7d2a72e completed March 4, 2026, 2:18 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:02 a.m.