Triple
T23543023
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Moffatt |
E577806
|
entity |
| Predicate | instanceOf |
P0
|
FINISHED |
| Object | New England merchant |
C7999
|
CONCEPT FINISHED |
How this triple was built (1 step)
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.
CD
Concept disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target class: New England merchant Context triple: [John Moffatt, instanceOf, New England merchant]
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A.
18th-century Boston merchant
An 18th-century Boston merchant is a colonial-era trader who engaged in transatlantic and coastal commerce, dealing in goods like molasses, rum, textiles, and dry goods while navigating British imperial regulations and the growing tensions that led to the American Revolution.
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B.
New Englander
chosen
A New Englander is a person from the New England region of the northeastern United States, often associated with a distinct cultural identity shaped by the area's history, climate, and traditions.
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C.
Italian merchant
An Italian merchant is a trader or businessperson from Italy who engages in the buying, selling, and distribution of goods, often across regional or international markets, to generate profit.
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D.
member of prominent New England family
A member of a prominent New England family is an individual born or married into a historically influential, socially distinguished lineage in the New England region, often associated with generational wealth, education, and civic or cultural leadership.
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E.
pioneer of the ice trade
A pioneer of the ice trade is an early innovator who developed methods to harvest, store, transport, and commercialize natural ice across regions and seasons, transforming it into a viable global commodity.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (1 batch)
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_69e245f9d5d08190a4a20004e1784e20 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 6:10 p.m.