Triple

T4888336
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony E109495 entity
Predicate near P350 FINISHED
Object Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony E23727 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: Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony | Statement: [Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, near, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Context triple: [Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, near, Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
  • A. Salem, Massachusetts chosen
    Salem, Massachusetts is a historic coastal city in northeastern Massachusetts best known for the 1692 witch trials and its enduring maritime and colonial heritage.
  • B. Winthrop, Massachusetts
    Winthrop, Massachusetts is a small coastal town just northeast of Boston, known for its residential seaside character and proximity to Logan International Airport.
  • C. Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
    Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century English settlement in northeastern Massachusetts, known as one of the early coastal towns established in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
  • D. Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony
    Andover, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century New England Puritan settlement that became known for its involvement in the Salem witch trials and early colonial life in what is now Massachusetts.
  • E. Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
    Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony was one of the earliest English settlements in New England, located across the Charles River from Boston and serving as an important colonial town in the 17th century.
  • 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_69bd440f71348190b99938e59fb7f9a1 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6e053db8819087828e753c78d341 completed March 20, 2026, 3:55 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be89de55c48190a280ae0719b5a8b6 completed March 21, 2026, 12:06 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.