Triple
T7255401
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vassall |
E157705
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNotableBearer |
P458
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Vassall
William Vassall was a 17th-century English colonial figure and early settler in Massachusetts known for his opposition to the Puritan theocracy and advocacy of religious tolerance.
|
E652125
|
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: William Vassall | Statement: [Vassall, hasNotableBearer, William Vassall]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Vassall Context triple: [Vassall, hasNotableBearer, William Vassall]
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A.
John Vassall Jr.
John Vassall Jr. was an 18th-century Loyalist landowner in colonial Massachusetts whose former mansion later became the Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site.
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B.
William Vans Murray
William Vans Murray was an American diplomat and politician best known for helping negotiate peace with France during the Quasi-War at the turn of the 19th century.
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C.
William Hutchinson
William Hutchinson was a 17th-century English merchant and colonial settler in Massachusetts Bay, best known as the husband of religious dissenter Anne Hutchinson.
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D.
Samuel Vetch
Samuel Vetch was a Scottish-born colonial governor and military leader in early 18th-century Nova Scotia, notable for his role in British campaigns against French Acadia.
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E.
George Howard
George Howard is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Howard.
- 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: William Vassall Triple: [Vassall, hasNotableBearer, William Vassall]
Generated description
William Vassall was a 17th-century English colonial figure and early settler in Massachusetts known for his opposition to the Puritan theocracy and advocacy of religious tolerance.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Vassall Target entity description: William Vassall was a 17th-century English colonial figure and early settler in Massachusetts known for his opposition to the Puritan theocracy and advocacy of religious tolerance.
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A.
John Vassall Jr.
John Vassall Jr. was an 18th-century Loyalist landowner in colonial Massachusetts whose former mansion later became the Longfellow House–Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site.
-
B.
William Vans Murray
William Vans Murray was an American diplomat and politician best known for helping negotiate peace with France during the Quasi-War at the turn of the 19th century.
-
C.
William Hutchinson
William Hutchinson was a 17th-century English merchant and colonial settler in Massachusetts Bay, best known as the husband of religious dissenter Anne Hutchinson.
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D.
Samuel Vetch
Samuel Vetch was a Scottish-born colonial governor and military leader in early 18th-century Nova Scotia, notable for his role in British campaigns against French Acadia.
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E.
George Howard
George Howard is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Howard.
- 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_69c6882d81d4819085f7ff862951ee4f |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:37 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6eaa0c76c81909fe43ed6938a13ea |
completed | March 27, 2026, 8:37 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c7d3b053248190802b11212a8a668f |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:12 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c7d44e67848190ac52eca99ef18f28 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:14 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7d4fc837c81909827352be19f64b4 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 1:17 p.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:56 p.m.