Triple

T5095863
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Richard Saltonstall E114861 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Saltonstall
Saltonstall is an English surname historically associated with a prominent family involved in early American colonial leadership and public service.
 E179586 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: Saltonstall | Statement: [Richard Saltonstall, familyName, Saltonstall]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Saltonstall
Context triple: [Richard Saltonstall, familyName, Saltonstall]
  • A. Endicott Peabody Saltonstall
    Endicott Peabody Saltonstall was an American lawyer and public official from a prominent Massachusetts family who served as District Attorney of Suffolk County in the early 20th century.
  • B. Shaughnessy
    Shaughnessy is an affluent residential neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, known for its large heritage homes and tree-lined streets.
  • C. Woolsey
    Woolsey is a surname most notably associated with Theodore Dwight Woolsey, a prominent 19th-century American academic and president of Yale College.
  • D. Fiorello
    Fiorello is an Italian given name most famously borne by Fiorello H. La Guardia, the influential three-term mayor of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • E. Nunes
    Nunes is a common Portuguese surname borne by numerous individuals, including athletes, politicians, and public figures in Portuguese-speaking countries.
  • 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: Saltonstall
Triple: [Richard Saltonstall, familyName, Saltonstall]
Generated description
Saltonstall is an English surname historically associated with a prominent family involved in early American colonial leadership and public service.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Saltonstall
Target entity description: Saltonstall is an English surname historically associated with a prominent family involved in early American colonial leadership and public service.
  • A. Endicott Peabody Saltonstall chosen
    Endicott Peabody Saltonstall was an American lawyer and public official from a prominent Massachusetts family who served as District Attorney of Suffolk County in the early 20th century.
  • B. Shaughnessy
    Shaughnessy is an affluent residential neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, known for its large heritage homes and tree-lined streets.
  • C. Woolsey
    Woolsey is a surname most notably associated with Theodore Dwight Woolsey, a prominent 19th-century American academic and president of Yale College.
  • D. Fiorello
    Fiorello is an Italian given name most famously borne by Fiorello H. La Guardia, the influential three-term mayor of New York City in the 1930s and 1940s.
  • E. Nunes
    Nunes is a common Portuguese surname borne by numerous individuals, including athletes, politicians, and public figures in Portuguese-speaking countries.
  • F. None of above.

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_69bd443fc49c819089629c00e311310c completed March 20, 2026, 12:57 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd75652a8081908386718f1fdb1de3 completed March 20, 2026, 4:27 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69beba7b87c08190a2581c87f965fa9f completed March 21, 2026, 3:34 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bebd1572e08190a69d0d2a35a29fc4 completed March 21, 2026, 3:45 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bebe1069248190a767d0effefed515 completed March 21, 2026, 3:49 p.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:40 p.m.