Triple
T21712074
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Massachusetts Bay region |
E535929
|
entity |
| Predicate | majorPortInColonialEra |
P61284
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Boston
Boston is a historic New England city that grew into a leading American center of commerce, culture, and politics from its early colonial roots.
|
E906091
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Boston | Statement: [Massachusetts Bay region, majorPortInColonialEra, Boston]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston Context triple: [Massachusetts Bay region, majorPortInColonialEra, Boston]
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A.
Boston
Boston is a historic market town and port in Lincolnshire, England, known for its medieval church St Botolph's ("The Stump") and its role in early English Puritan emigration to America.
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B.
Boston
Boston is a historic market town and port in Lincolnshire, England, known for its medieval church St Botolph's ("The Stump") and its role in the origins of the Pilgrim Fathers.
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C.
Boston
Boston is a World War II-era American light bomber aircraft, also known as the Douglas A-20 Havoc, used extensively by Allied air forces.
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D.
Boston
Boston is a coastal municipality in the province of Davao Oriental on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.
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E.
Boston
Boston is a small town located in Wayne County, Indiana, in the United States.
- 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: Boston Triple: [Massachusetts Bay region, majorPortInColonialEra, Boston]
Generated description
Boston is a historic New England city that grew into a leading American center of commerce, culture, and politics from its early colonial roots.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boston Target entity description: Boston is a historic New England city that grew into a leading American center of commerce, culture, and politics from its early colonial roots.
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A.
Boston
chosen
Boston is a historic coastal city in Massachusetts known for its leading universities, financial and biotech industries, and pivotal role in American history.
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B.
Boston
Boston is a historic market town and port in Lincolnshire, England, known for its medieval church St Botolph's ("The Stump") and its role in early English Puritan emigration to America.
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C.
Boston
Boston is a historic market and port town in Lincolnshire, England, known for its medieval church St Botolph's ("The Stump") and its role in early Puritan emigration to America.
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D.
Boston
Boston is a historic market town and port in Lincolnshire, England, known for its medieval church St Botolph's ("The Stump") and its role in the origins of the Pilgrim Fathers.
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E.
Boston
Boston is a small town located in Wayne County, Indiana, in the United States.
- F. None of above.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: majorPortInColonialEra Context triple: [Massachusetts Bay region, majorPortInColonialEra, Boston]
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A.
colonialPort
chosen
Indicates that a location functioned as a port under colonial control, serving as a hub for trade, transport, or administration during a colonial period.
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B.
foundedInColonialEra
Indicates that the entity was established or came into existence during a historical period of colonial rule.
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C.
usedInColonialPeriod
Indicates that something was utilized or in active use during a historical colonial period.
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D.
navalEra
Indicates the historical period or era in which a naval-related event, activity, or condition takes place.
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E.
hasColonialInfrastructure
Indicates that one entity possesses or is characterized by infrastructure established or developed during a period of colonial rule by another entity.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (6 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_69e0c46c6dd88190a595375fa6ebd701 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69efb53450108190ba1c9e3cc3a0ab89 |
completed | April 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0af0c3ccc0819089f78016552e8553 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 10:58 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0af24f7d748190a1bcff53ba987dc7 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 11:04 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0af2e63a748190bb9743841a3c9f73 |
completed | May 18, 2026, 11:07 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e6969725bc81908e7ad19619ba2688 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 9:11 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:46 p.m.