Triple
T3192320
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | George Bancroft |
E66851
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entity |
| Predicate | positionHeld |
P8
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Collector of the Port of Boston
The Collector of the Port of Boston was a key federal customs post responsible for overseeing maritime trade, tariffs, and revenue collection at one of the United States’ most important early seaports.
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E335356
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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: Collector of the Port of Boston | Statement: [George Bancroft, positionHeld, Collector of the Port of Boston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Collector of the Port of Boston Context triple: [George Bancroft, positionHeld, Collector of the Port of Boston]
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A.
Collector of the Port of New York
The Collector of the Port of New York was a powerful 19th-century federal customs post responsible for overseeing and taxing the vast volume of imports entering through New York Harbor, making it one of the most politically influential patronage positions in the United States.
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B.
Revere
Revere is a surname most notably associated with American historical figure Paul Revere and various other individuals in politics, arts, and public life.
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C.
Old Ironsides
"Old Ironsides" is a famous 1830 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that helped rally public support to preserve the historic U.S. frigate USS Constitution.
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D.
Elizabeth Seaport
Elizabeth Seaport is a major commercial shipping and container terminal complex located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, forming part of the Port of New York and New Jersey.
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E.
Surveyor of the Port of Salem
Surveyor of the Port of Salem was a mid-19th-century U.S. customs post in Salem, Massachusetts, overseeing the inspection and regulation of maritime trade.
- 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: Collector of the Port of Boston Triple: [George Bancroft, positionHeld, Collector of the Port of Boston]
Generated description
The Collector of the Port of Boston was a key federal customs post responsible for overseeing maritime trade, tariffs, and revenue collection at one of the United States’ most important early seaports.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Collector of the Port of Boston Target entity description: The Collector of the Port of Boston was a key federal customs post responsible for overseeing maritime trade, tariffs, and revenue collection at one of the United States’ most important early seaports.
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A.
Collector of the Port of New York
The Collector of the Port of New York was a powerful 19th-century federal customs post responsible for overseeing and taxing the vast volume of imports entering through New York Harbor, making it one of the most politically influential patronage positions in the United States.
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B.
Revere
Revere is a surname most notably associated with American historical figure Paul Revere and various other individuals in politics, arts, and public life.
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C.
Old Ironsides
"Old Ironsides" is a famous 1830 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. that helped rally public support to preserve the historic U.S. frigate USS Constitution.
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D.
Elizabeth Seaport
Elizabeth Seaport is a major commercial shipping and container terminal complex located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, forming part of the Port of New York and New Jersey.
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E.
Surveyor of the Port of Salem
Surveyor of the Port of Salem was a mid-19th-century U.S. customs post in Salem, Massachusetts, overseeing the inspection and regulation of maritime trade.
- 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_69ad8588ba18819086a10951c32ecb80 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada6e8e4b48190bc7c6443fc6da900 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:42 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b24ba8a8b48190824dac45e37217cc |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:14 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b24d13ef908190b7b54d653e4d1ea4 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:20 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b24db9af3881909d3d89ad985356c6 |
completed | March 12, 2026, 5:23 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:07 p.m.