Triple

T7820407
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pendle witch trials E181113 entity
Predicate followedBy P78 FINISHED
Object Samlesbury witch trial
The Samlesbury witch trial was a 1612 English witchcraft case in Lancashire notable for its sensational but ultimately discredited accusations, highlighting the role of religious and social tensions in early modern witch hunts.
E695047 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: Samlesbury witch trial | Statement: [Pendle witch trials, followedBy, Samlesbury witch trial]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samlesbury witch trial
Context triple: [Pendle witch trials, followedBy, Samlesbury witch trial]
  • A. Pendle witch trials
    The Pendle witch trials were a series of notorious early 17th-century English witchcraft prosecutions in Lancashire that led to multiple executions and became some of the most famous witch trials in British history.
  • B. North Berwick witch trials
    The North Berwick witch trials were a series of late 16th-century Scottish prosecutions, closely associated with King James VI, in which dozens of people were accused of witchcraft and conspiracy, helping to ignite a broader wave of witch hunts in Scotland.
  • C. Winchester Assizes
    Winchester Assizes were a historic English criminal court session held in Winchester, best known for hosting some of the most infamous post-rebellion trials in the 17th century.
  • D. Hannah Goslar
    Hannah Goslar was a German-born Jewish Holocaust survivor, childhood friend of Anne Frank, and later a nurse and educator in Israel whose testimony became an important part of Holocaust remembrance.
  • E. Trial of the Sixteen
    The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
  • 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: Samlesbury witch trial
Triple: [Pendle witch trials, followedBy, Samlesbury witch trial]
Generated description
The Samlesbury witch trial was a 1612 English witchcraft case in Lancashire notable for its sensational but ultimately discredited accusations, highlighting the role of religious and social tensions in early modern witch hunts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Samlesbury witch trial
Target entity description: The Samlesbury witch trial was a 1612 English witchcraft case in Lancashire notable for its sensational but ultimately discredited accusations, highlighting the role of religious and social tensions in early modern witch hunts.
  • A. Pendle witch trials
    The Pendle witch trials were a series of notorious early 17th-century English witchcraft prosecutions in Lancashire that led to multiple executions and became some of the most famous witch trials in British history.
  • B. North Berwick witch trials
    The North Berwick witch trials were a series of late 16th-century Scottish prosecutions, closely associated with King James VI, in which dozens of people were accused of witchcraft and conspiracy, helping to ignite a broader wave of witch hunts in Scotland.
  • C. Winchester Assizes
    Winchester Assizes were a historic English criminal court session held in Winchester, best known for hosting some of the most infamous post-rebellion trials in the 17th century.
  • D. Hannah Goslar
    Hannah Goslar was a German-born Jewish Holocaust survivor, childhood friend of Anne Frank, and later a nurse and educator in Israel whose testimony became an important part of Holocaust remembrance.
  • E. Trial of the Sixteen
    The Trial of the Sixteen was a 1936 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks were accused of treason and summarily condemned, marking a key early stage of Stalin’s Great Purge.
  • 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_69cb149bae408190a931ecbc803b0850 completed March 31, 2026, 12:26 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb1734159881909590ed51e8920387 completed March 31, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb1a62569c81908709d814954f667e completed March 31, 2026, 12:50 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:41 p.m.