Triple
T4888337
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony |
E109495
|
entity |
| Predicate | region |
P40
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony |
E27100
|
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: Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony | Statement: [Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, region, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Context triple: [Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, region, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
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A.
Essex County, Massachusetts
chosen
Essex County, Massachusetts is a historic coastal county in northeastern Massachusetts that includes cities like Salem and Lawrence and is known for its maritime heritage and early colonial settlements.
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B.
York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a large early colonial county in New England whose territory later contributed to the formation of parts of present-day Maine.
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C.
Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Suffolk County, Massachusetts is an urban county in eastern Massachusetts that includes the city of Boston and several nearby municipalities.
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D.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Middlesex County, Massachusetts is a populous and historically significant county in eastern Massachusetts that includes major cities such as Cambridge, Lowell, and Somerville.
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E.
Essex, Massachusetts
Essex, Massachusetts is a small coastal town in northeastern Massachusetts known for its historic shipbuilding industry, salt marsh landscapes, and famous fried clam shacks.
- 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_69be68126b288190889b2cf6e400ec0b |
completed | March 21, 2026, 9:42 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:28 p.m.