Triple

T11114692
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Christopher Ehret E262854 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object History and the Testimony of Language
"History and the Testimony of Language" is a scholarly work by Christopher Ehret that uses comparative historical linguistics to reconstruct aspects of early human history, cultures, and migrations, particularly in Africa.
E905172 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: History and the Testimony of Language | Statement: [Christopher Ehret, notableWork, History and the Testimony of Language]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: History and the Testimony of Language
Context triple: [Christopher Ehret, notableWork, History and the Testimony of Language]
  • A. Historical Linguistics: An Introduction
    Historical Linguistics: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Lyle Campbell that provides a comprehensive overview of methods and theories for studying language change over time.
  • B. On Language
    On Language is a popular collection of William Safire’s witty and insightful columns exploring usage, grammar, and the evolution of the English language.
  • C. On the Origin of Language
    On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
  • D. Of the Origin and Progress of Language
    Of the Origin and Progress of Language is an 18th-century multi-volume work by Scottish judge and philosopher James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, exploring the natural origins, development, and structure of human language within a broader theory of human nature and society.
  • E. Treatise on the Origin of Language
    Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
  • 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: History and the Testimony of Language
Triple: [Christopher Ehret, notableWork, History and the Testimony of Language]
Generated description
"History and the Testimony of Language" is a scholarly work by Christopher Ehret that uses comparative historical linguistics to reconstruct aspects of early human history, cultures, and migrations, particularly in Africa.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: History and the Testimony of Language
Target entity description: "History and the Testimony of Language" is a scholarly work by Christopher Ehret that uses comparative historical linguistics to reconstruct aspects of early human history, cultures, and migrations, particularly in Africa.
  • A. Historical Linguistics: An Introduction
    Historical Linguistics: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Lyle Campbell that provides a comprehensive overview of methods and theories for studying language change over time.
  • B. On Language
    On Language is a popular collection of William Safire’s witty and insightful columns exploring usage, grammar, and the evolution of the English language.
  • C. On the Origin of Language
    On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
  • D. Of the Origin and Progress of Language
    Of the Origin and Progress of Language is an 18th-century multi-volume work by Scottish judge and philosopher James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, exploring the natural origins, development, and structure of human language within a broader theory of human nature and society.
  • E. Treatise on the Origin of Language
    Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
  • 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_69d6aa9b46cc8190b19f9f0cc45bf322 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d79aa637888190935e852281408356 completed April 9, 2026, 12:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e42d7da99881908d38ea66c37dfb92 completed April 19, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e42e67724481908bd9e73487a80d44 completed April 19, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e4308103c48190b32ee3047d9a0860 completed April 19, 2026, 1:31 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:27 p.m.