Triple

T9359818
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject History of Salem, Massachusetts E225248 entity
Predicate majorDisaster P19547 FINISHED
Object Great Salem Fire of 1914
The Great Salem Fire of 1914 was a devastating urban conflagration in Salem, Massachusetts, that destroyed a large portion of the city’s industrial and residential areas and displaced thousands of residents.
E794122 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: Great Salem Fire of 1914 | Statement: [History of Salem, Massachusetts, majorDisaster, Great Salem Fire of 1914]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Salem Fire of 1914
Context triple: [History of Salem, Massachusetts, majorDisaster, Great Salem Fire of 1914]
  • A. Great Boston Fire of 1872
    The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was a devastating urban conflagration that destroyed a large portion of Boston’s downtown business district and prompted major changes in the city’s building codes and fire safety practices.
  • B. Great Fire of Portland 1866
    The Great Fire of Portland 1866 was a devastating conflagration that swept through much of Portland, Maine on July 4, 1866, destroying large portions of the city’s downtown and waterfront and becoming one of the most destructive urban fires in 19th-century America.
  • C. Great Chicago Fire of 1871
    The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was a catastrophic urban conflagration that destroyed much of Chicago, killed hundreds, left thousands homeless, and spurred major changes in building codes and city planning.
  • D. Great Midwest Fires of 1871
    The Great Midwest Fires of 1871 were a series of devastating wildfires across several Midwestern U.S. states, including the infamous Peshtigo Fire, that caused massive destruction and loss of life in early October 1871.
  • E. Fire of 1823
    The Fire of 1823 was a devastating blaze that largely destroyed Rome’s ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, prompting its extensive 19th-century reconstruction.
  • 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: Great Salem Fire of 1914
Triple: [History of Salem, Massachusetts, majorDisaster, Great Salem Fire of 1914]
Generated description
The Great Salem Fire of 1914 was a devastating urban conflagration in Salem, Massachusetts, that destroyed a large portion of the city’s industrial and residential areas and displaced thousands of residents.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Salem Fire of 1914
Target entity description: The Great Salem Fire of 1914 was a devastating urban conflagration in Salem, Massachusetts, that destroyed a large portion of the city’s industrial and residential areas and displaced thousands of residents.
  • A. Great Boston Fire of 1872
    The Great Boston Fire of 1872 was a devastating urban conflagration that destroyed a large portion of Boston’s downtown business district and prompted major changes in the city’s building codes and fire safety practices.
  • B. Great Fire of Portland 1866
    The Great Fire of Portland 1866 was a devastating conflagration that swept through much of Portland, Maine on July 4, 1866, destroying large portions of the city’s downtown and waterfront and becoming one of the most destructive urban fires in 19th-century America.
  • C. Great Chicago Fire of 1871
    The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 was a catastrophic urban conflagration that destroyed much of Chicago, killed hundreds, left thousands homeless, and spurred major changes in building codes and city planning.
  • D. Great Midwest Fires of 1871
    The Great Midwest Fires of 1871 were a series of devastating wildfires across several Midwestern U.S. states, including the infamous Peshtigo Fire, that caused massive destruction and loss of life in early October 1871.
  • E. Fire of 1823
    The Fire of 1823 was a devastating blaze that largely destroyed Rome’s ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, prompting its extensive 19th-century reconstruction.
  • 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_69ca842bdd648190904131d58620d448 completed March 30, 2026, 2:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd4ff2ca9081908ccc88651640ed84 completed April 1, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d0f3e27cac8190a48393fa4bdff6b8 completed April 4, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d0f60136408190a9d629d9fc0e7d9c completed April 4, 2026, 11:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d0f65fb4e0819090b88e39485be235 completed April 4, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:42 p.m.