Triple
T4678325
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Josiah Quincy III |
E103735
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entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
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FINISHED |
| Object |
A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston
A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston is a historical work by Josiah Quincy III that chronicles the development and governance of Boston from its early days through its growth into a major American city.
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E462007
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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: A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston | Statement: [Josiah Quincy III, notableWork, A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston Context triple: [Josiah Quincy III, notableWork, A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston]
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A.
Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People
"Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People" is a mid-20th-century Federal Writers' Project travel guide that offers historical, cultural, and geographic insights into the state of Massachusetts.
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B.
Historic Boston Incorporated
Historic Boston Incorporated is a nonprofit preservation organization dedicated to saving and revitalizing historically significant buildings and neighborhoods in Boston.
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C.
Massachusetts Historical Review
Massachusetts Historical Review is a scholarly journal featuring research and essays on the history and culture of Massachusetts and New England.
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D.
History of Salem, Massachusetts
The History of Salem, Massachusetts encompasses the city's evolution from a prominent colonial seaport and site of the infamous 1692 witch trials to a modern community shaped by maritime trade, industry, and cultural tourism.
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E.
Colonial Boston
Colonial Boston was a major 17th- and 18th-century New England port and political center that became a focal point of religious life, commerce, and revolutionary activity in British North America.
- 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: A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston Triple: [Josiah Quincy III, notableWork, A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston]
Generated description
A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston is a historical work by Josiah Quincy III that chronicles the development and governance of Boston from its early days through its growth into a major American city.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston Target entity description: A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston is a historical work by Josiah Quincy III that chronicles the development and governance of Boston from its early days through its growth into a major American city.
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A.
Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People
"Massachusetts: A Guide to Its Places and People" is a mid-20th-century Federal Writers' Project travel guide that offers historical, cultural, and geographic insights into the state of Massachusetts.
-
B.
Historic Boston Incorporated
Historic Boston Incorporated is a nonprofit preservation organization dedicated to saving and revitalizing historically significant buildings and neighborhoods in Boston.
-
C.
Massachusetts Historical Review
Massachusetts Historical Review is a scholarly journal featuring research and essays on the history and culture of Massachusetts and New England.
-
D.
History of Salem, Massachusetts
The History of Salem, Massachusetts encompasses the city's evolution from a prominent colonial seaport and site of the infamous 1692 witch trials to a modern community shaped by maritime trade, industry, and cultural tourism.
-
E.
Colonial Boston
Colonial Boston was a major 17th- and 18th-century New England port and political center that became a focal point of religious life, commerce, and revolutionary activity in British North America.
- 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_69bd43dda32c8190938b37744ca270fc |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd636acffc819094e03c5bb53203d8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be03a497ac8190bd278a4bd531aa45 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:34 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be050e0f488190804c512e7cc17c56 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:40 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be05a6bed081909c8d8830fb103610 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 2:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:16 p.m.