Triple
T19776254
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony |
E475009
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasSettlement |
P1068
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Topsham, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Topsham, Massachusetts Bay Colony was an early colonial settlement located within what was then York County in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England.
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E1394410
|
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: Topsham, Massachusetts Bay Colony | Statement: [York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, hasSettlement, Topsham, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Topsham, Massachusetts Bay Colony Context triple: [York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, hasSettlement, Topsham, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
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A.
Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a small 17th-century Puritan farming community in northeastern Massachusetts notable for its involvement in the events surrounding the Salem witch trials.
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B.
Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony was an important 18th-century New England town known as a center of religious life and revivalism in colonial Massachusetts.
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C.
Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony was an early English settlement in New England that developed into a key frontier trading and agricultural community along the Connecticut River in the 17th century.
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D.
Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Marshfield, Plymouth Colony was a 17th-century English settlement in what is now Massachusetts, notable as the home of several early colonial leaders.
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E.
Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century English settlement in northeastern Massachusetts, known as one of the early coastal towns established in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 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: Topsham, Massachusetts Bay Colony Triple: [York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, hasSettlement, Topsham, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
Generated description
Topsham, Massachusetts Bay Colony was an early colonial settlement located within what was then York County in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Topsham, Massachusetts Bay Colony Target entity description: Topsham, Massachusetts Bay Colony was an early colonial settlement located within what was then York County in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England.
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A.
Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Topsfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a small 17th-century Puritan farming community in northeastern Massachusetts notable for its involvement in the events surrounding the Salem witch trials.
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B.
Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony was an important 18th-century New England town known as a center of religious life and revivalism in colonial Massachusetts.
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C.
Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Springfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony was an early English settlement in New England that developed into a key frontier trading and agricultural community along the Connecticut River in the 17th century.
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D.
Marshfield, Plymouth Colony
Marshfield, Plymouth Colony was a 17th-century English settlement in what is now Massachusetts, notable as the home of several early colonial leaders.
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E.
Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Salisbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a 17th-century English settlement in northeastern Massachusetts, known as one of the early coastal towns established in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- 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_69d8e51a43a08190956bc6df13c91a77 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e65360cca08190957c36b1a440542c |
completed | April 20, 2026, 4:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a07bd76afe08190b958bd49acf21c4a |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a07be5426c48190bb7b0fc315fa2f6a |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a07bf9682fc8190a33ea75dba8d88d6 |
completed | May 16, 2026, 12:51 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.