Triple

T7820391
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pendle witch trials E181113 entity
Predicate notableDefendant P304 FINISHED
Object Katherine Hewitt
Katherine Hewitt was one of the accused women in the 1612 Pendle witch trials in Lancashire, England, a notorious early modern witchcraft prosecution.
E711996 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: Katherine Hewitt | Statement: [Pendle witch trials, notableDefendant, Katherine Hewitt]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katherine Hewitt
Context triple: [Pendle witch trials, notableDefendant, Katherine Hewitt]
  • A. Katherine Smith
    Katherine Smith is an individual known primarily as the daughter of Benjamin A. Smith II, a former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.
  • B. Katherine Wilkinson
    Katherine Wilkinson is a climate strategist, author, and speaker known for her work on solutions-focused climate communication and leadership, including co-editing the influential book "All We Can Save."
  • C. Katherine Willis
    Katherine Willis is an American actress known for her work in film and television, including a role in the action drama "Mercury Plains."
  • D. Katherine Hudson
    Katherine Hudson is the mother of Richard Hudson.
  • E. Katherine Hudson
    Katherine Hudson was the wife of English explorer Henry Hudson, known primarily through historical records of his voyages and family.
  • 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: Katherine Hewitt
Triple: [Pendle witch trials, notableDefendant, Katherine Hewitt]
Generated description
Katherine Hewitt was one of the accused women in the 1612 Pendle witch trials in Lancashire, England, a notorious early modern witchcraft prosecution.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Katherine Hewitt
Target entity description: Katherine Hewitt was one of the accused women in the 1612 Pendle witch trials in Lancashire, England, a notorious early modern witchcraft prosecution.
  • A. Katherine Smith
    Katherine Smith is an individual known primarily as the daughter of Benjamin A. Smith II, a former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.
  • B. Katherine Wilkinson
    Katherine Wilkinson is a climate strategist, author, and speaker known for her work on solutions-focused climate communication and leadership, including co-editing the influential book "All We Can Save."
  • C. Katherine Willis
    Katherine Willis is an American actress known for her work in film and television, including a role in the action drama "Mercury Plains."
  • D. Katherine Hudson
    Katherine Hudson is the mother of Richard Hudson.
  • E. Katherine Hudson
    Katherine Hudson was the wife of English explorer Henry Hudson, known primarily through historical records of his voyages and family.
  • 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_69ca828153f48190bdb27ac46f8e0745 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cafa06d28881908d62d4c02b45cedd completed March 30, 2026, 10:32 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cc9336e14c8190ad925da158d98596 completed April 1, 2026, 3:38 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cc955542fc8190a84be60f4efea915 completed April 1, 2026, 3:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cc964c6b308190ae121072b1180268 completed April 1, 2026, 3:51 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:41 p.m.