Triple

T11578242
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Multicultural London English E274558 entity
Predicate researchedBy P1945 FINISHED
Object linguist Paul Kerswill
Paul Kerswill is a British sociolinguist known for his influential research on language variation and change in urban settings, particularly among youth in London.
E934526 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: linguist Paul Kerswill | Statement: [Multicultural London English, researchedBy, linguist Paul Kerswill]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: linguist Paul Kerswill
Context triple: [Multicultural London English, researchedBy, linguist Paul Kerswill]
  • A. linguist William Shipley
    William Shipley was an American linguist best known for his extensive work on and preservation of Native Californian languages, particularly the Maidu language.
  • B. linguist David Mead
    David Mead is a linguist specializing in Austronesian languages, particularly the Celebic subgroup, with notable work in historical and comparative linguistics.
  • C. linguist D. L. R. Lorimer
    D. L. R. Lorimer was a British linguist and philologist known for his pioneering descriptive and comparative work on lesser-studied languages of the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions.
  • D. Peter Roach
    Peter Roach is a British phonetician and pronunciation expert known for his influential work on English phonetics and his role in updating major pronunciation dictionaries.
  • E. Geoffrey Pullum
    Geoffrey Pullum is a British-American linguist and professor known for his influential work in syntax, his co-authorship of *The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language*, and his outspoken critiques of various generative grammar theories.
  • 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: linguist Paul Kerswill
Triple: [Multicultural London English, researchedBy, linguist Paul Kerswill]
Generated description
Paul Kerswill is a British sociolinguist known for his influential research on language variation and change in urban settings, particularly among youth in London.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: linguist Paul Kerswill
Target entity description: Paul Kerswill is a British sociolinguist known for his influential research on language variation and change in urban settings, particularly among youth in London.
  • A. linguist William Shipley
    William Shipley was an American linguist best known for his extensive work on and preservation of Native Californian languages, particularly the Maidu language.
  • B. linguist David Mead
    David Mead is a linguist specializing in Austronesian languages, particularly the Celebic subgroup, with notable work in historical and comparative linguistics.
  • C. linguist D. L. R. Lorimer
    D. L. R. Lorimer was a British linguist and philologist known for his pioneering descriptive and comparative work on lesser-studied languages of the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions.
  • D. Peter Roach
    Peter Roach is a British phonetician and pronunciation expert known for his influential work on English phonetics and his role in updating major pronunciation dictionaries.
  • E. Geoffrey Pullum
    Geoffrey Pullum is a British-American linguist and professor known for his influential work in syntax, his co-authorship of *The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language*, and his outspoken critiques of various generative grammar theories.
  • 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_69d6aae5ac3c81908d2b0a3a665665b2 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8904b46288190890ecafd6ceb0c3d completed April 10, 2026, 5:53 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e714080a60819095205355776c8637 completed April 21, 2026, 6:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e720f9a8588190aa766d2e1628207a completed April 21, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e72315dda08190996aa84587c5fc80 completed April 21, 2026, 7:11 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.