Triple

T19776282
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony E475009 entity
Predicate bordersOn P224 FINISHED
Object Cumberland County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Cumberland County, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a former administrative county in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, located in what is now southern Maine during the colonial period.
E1396725 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: Cumberland County, Massachusetts Bay Colony | Statement: [York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, bordersOn, Cumberland County, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cumberland County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Context triple: [York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, bordersOn, Cumberland County, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
  • A. York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
    York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a large early colonial county in New England whose territory later contributed to the formation of parts of present-day Maine.
  • B. Sagadahoc County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
    Sagadahoc County, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a short-lived colonial county in what is now Maine, established by the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the 17th century along the lower Kennebec River region.
  • C. Suffolk County, Massachusetts
    Suffolk County, Massachusetts is an urban county in eastern Massachusetts that includes the city of Boston and several nearby municipalities.
  • D. Essex County, Massachusetts
    Essex County, Massachusetts is a historic coastal county in northeastern Massachusetts that includes cities like Salem and Lawrence and is known for its maritime heritage and early colonial settlements.
  • E. Bristol County, Massachusetts
    Bristol County, Massachusetts is a southeastern Massachusetts county that includes cities such as New Bedford, Fall River, and Taunton and is known for its historic maritime and industrial heritage.
  • 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: Cumberland County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Triple: [York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, bordersOn, Cumberland County, Massachusetts Bay Colony]
Generated description
Cumberland County, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a former administrative county in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, located in what is now southern Maine during the colonial period.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cumberland County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Target entity description: Cumberland County, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a former administrative county in the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, located in what is now southern Maine during the colonial period.
  • A. York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
    York County, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a large early colonial county in New England whose territory later contributed to the formation of parts of present-day Maine.
  • B. Sagadahoc County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
    Sagadahoc County, Massachusetts Bay Colony was a short-lived colonial county in what is now Maine, established by the Province of Massachusetts Bay in the 17th century along the lower Kennebec River region.
  • C. Suffolk County, Massachusetts
    Suffolk County, Massachusetts is an urban county in eastern Massachusetts that includes the city of Boston and several nearby municipalities.
  • D. Essex County, Massachusetts
    Essex County, Massachusetts is a historic coastal county in northeastern Massachusetts that includes cities like Salem and Lawrence and is known for its maritime heritage and early colonial settlements.
  • E. Bristol County, Massachusetts
    Bristol County, Massachusetts is a southeastern Massachusetts county that includes cities such as New Bedford, Fall River, and Taunton and is known for its historic maritime and industrial heritage.
  • 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_6a07ccc015a8819092d086e2a0906132 completed May 16, 2026, 1:47 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07ce282658819096ff374b1605146f completed May 16, 2026, 1:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07cf0327408190be73a41d2663836a completed May 16, 2026, 1:57 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.