Triple

T17889578
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject James MacMillan E447278 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie is a contemporary orchestral work by Scottish composer James MacMillan that dramatizes the 17th-century witch trials through intense, emotionally charged music.
E1293930 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: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie | Statement: [James MacMillan, notableWork, The Confession of Isobel Gowdie]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
Context triple: [James MacMillan, notableWork, The Confession of Isobel Gowdie]
  • A. The Vengeance of the Witch-finder
    The Vengeance of the Witch-finder is a young adult fantasy novel by Brad Strickland, set in John Bellairs’ Lewis Barnavelt series and featuring supernatural mystery and occult threats in a gothic small-town setting.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
Triple: [James MacMillan, notableWork, The Confession of Isobel Gowdie]
Generated description
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie is a contemporary orchestral work by Scottish composer James MacMillan that dramatizes the 17th-century witch trials through intense, emotionally charged music.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
Target entity description: The Confession of Isobel Gowdie is a contemporary orchestral work by Scottish composer James MacMillan that dramatizes the 17th-century witch trials through intense, emotionally charged music.
  • A. The Vengeance of the Witch-finder
    The Vengeance of the Witch-finder is a young adult fantasy novel by Brad Strickland, set in John Bellairs’ Lewis Barnavelt series and featuring supernatural mystery and occult threats in a gothic small-town setting.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69d8b9f59bd48190a6fc925a855b8bac completed April 10, 2026, 8:51 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e49d7828b481909b645fceb37a7ca3 completed April 19, 2026, 9:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0313deda808190853bfcfb16c7909e completed May 12, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a03153fdc848190af79246027864a48 completed May 12, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a03164881ec8190a783b095f3cf47b3 completed May 12, 2026, noon
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:18 a.m.