Triple

T1264681
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Edward Sapir E12573 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Status of Linguistics as a Science
The Status of Linguistics as a Science is a seminal 1929 essay by Edward Sapir that argues for linguistics as a rigorous, autonomous scientific discipline and explores its methods and scope.
E145267 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: The Status of Linguistics as a Science | Statement: [Edward Sapir, notableWork, The Status of Linguistics as a Science]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Status of Linguistics as a Science
Context triple: [Edward Sapir, notableWork, The Status of Linguistics as a Science]
  • A. Methods in Structural Linguistics
    Methods in Structural Linguistics is a foundational 1951 work in linguistics that systematically develops the principles and procedures of structural (distributional) analysis of language.
  • B. Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics
    Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics is a collected volume of influential articles by linguist Zellig Harris that helped shape the development of structural and early transformational approaches to language analysis.
  • C. Cartesian Linguistics
    Cartesian Linguistics is a 1966 book by Noam Chomsky that explores the historical roots of modern linguistics in rationalist philosophy, particularly the Cartesian tradition.
  • D. Chomskyan linguistics
    Chomskyan linguistics is a theoretical approach to language pioneered by Noam Chomsky that emphasizes humans’ innate linguistic capacity and focuses on the formal, generative rules underlying all natural languages.
  • E. Boasian linguistics
    Boasian linguistics is a tradition in linguistic anthropology, founded by Franz Boas, that emphasizes detailed descriptive fieldwork, the study of indigenous languages in their cultural context, and the rejection of hierarchical or evolutionary rankings of languages.
  • 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: The Status of Linguistics as a Science
Triple: [Edward Sapir, notableWork, The Status of Linguistics as a Science]
Generated description
The Status of Linguistics as a Science is a seminal 1929 essay by Edward Sapir that argues for linguistics as a rigorous, autonomous scientific discipline and explores its methods and scope.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Status of Linguistics as a Science
Target entity description: The Status of Linguistics as a Science is a seminal 1929 essay by Edward Sapir that argues for linguistics as a rigorous, autonomous scientific discipline and explores its methods and scope.
  • A. Methods in Structural Linguistics
    Methods in Structural Linguistics is a foundational 1951 work in linguistics that systematically develops the principles and procedures of structural (distributional) analysis of language.
  • B. Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics
    Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics is a collected volume of influential articles by linguist Zellig Harris that helped shape the development of structural and early transformational approaches to language analysis.
  • C. Cartesian Linguistics
    Cartesian Linguistics is a 1966 book by Noam Chomsky that explores the historical roots of modern linguistics in rationalist philosophy, particularly the Cartesian tradition.
  • D. Chomskyan linguistics
    Chomskyan linguistics is a theoretical approach to language pioneered by Noam Chomsky that emphasizes humans’ innate linguistic capacity and focuses on the formal, generative rules underlying all natural languages.
  • E. Boasian linguistics
    Boasian linguistics is a tradition in linguistic anthropology, founded by Franz Boas, that emphasizes detailed descriptive fieldwork, the study of indigenous languages in their cultural context, and the rejection of hierarchical or evolutionary rankings of languages.
  • 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_69a4933352e08190ac617291985e76c0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4c03573a48190b5851f0a734c2d6f completed March 1, 2026, 10:39 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ac9984c21c8190a1cec6c9d2df217a completed March 7, 2026, 9:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ac9a6c81548190a1647ef797355d53 completed March 7, 2026, 9:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ac9ac980f48190a23da8b222ec7601 completed March 7, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.