Triple
T3958807
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Stoughton Hall at Harvard College (original benefactor) |
E85849
|
entity |
| Predicate | namedAfter |
P63
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Stoughton |
E14821
|
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: William Stoughton | Statement: [Stoughton Hall at Harvard College (original benefactor), namedAfter, William Stoughton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Stoughton Context triple: [Stoughton Hall at Harvard College (original benefactor), namedAfter, William Stoughton]
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A.
William Stoughton
chosen
William Stoughton was a colonial New England magistrate and politician best known for serving as chief justice during the Salem witch trials.
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B.
John Hathorne
John Hathorne was a prominent 17th-century Massachusetts magistrate best known for his zealous role as an examining judge during the Salem witch trials.
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C.
William Brattle Jr.
William Brattle Jr. was a prominent colonial-era landowner and public figure in New England whose influence led to the Vermont town of Brattleboro being named in his honor.
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D.
John Cotton
John Cotton was a prominent 17th-century Puritan minister and theologian in colonial New England, influential in shaping early American religious thought.
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E.
Samuel Sewall
Samuel Sewall was a colonial New England judge and diarist best known for his role in the Salem witch trials and later public repentance for that involvement.
- 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_69aed93a96908190bcbdbfa718f155bd |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aef95d47a88190a374ea92dd0ab0b8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 4:46 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b54c412f6481908e2da2e3de365f20 |
completed | March 14, 2026, 11:53 a.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:31 p.m.