Triple

T147307
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Old High German E3358 entity
Predicate characteristicFeature P662 FINISHED
Object High German consonant shift
The High German consonant shift was a major sound change in early Germanic dialects that transformed the consonant system and helped distinguish High German from other West Germanic languages.
E3358 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: High German consonant shift | Statement: [Old High German, characteristicFeature, High German consonant shift]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: High German consonant shift
Context triple: [Old High German, characteristicFeature, High German consonant shift]
  • A. The Sound Pattern of English
    The Sound Pattern of English is a foundational 1968 work in generative phonology by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle that systematically analyzes the phonological component of grammar within the framework of transformational-generative linguistics.
  • B. Old High German
    Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
  • C. Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues
    Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues is a seminal linguistic-philosophical work by Wilhelm von Humboldt that explores the diversity of human language structures and their relation to thought and culture.
  • D. Great Vowel Shift (late phase)
    The Great Vowel Shift (late phase) was the final stage of a major historical change in English pronunciation during which many long vowel sounds in Middle English moved closer to their modern English values.
  • E. Germanic languages
    Germanic languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes languages such as English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages, sharing common historical origins and linguistic features.
  • 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: High German consonant shift
Triple: [Old High German, characteristicFeature, High German consonant shift]
Generated description
The High German consonant shift was a major sound change in early Germanic dialects that transformed the consonant system and helped distinguish High German from other West Germanic languages.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: High German consonant shift
Target entity description: The High German consonant shift was a major sound change in early Germanic dialects that transformed the consonant system and helped distinguish High German from other West Germanic languages.
  • A. The Sound Pattern of English
    The Sound Pattern of English is a foundational 1968 work in generative phonology by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle that systematically analyzes the phonological component of grammar within the framework of transformational-generative linguistics.
  • B. Old High German chosen
    Old High German is the earliest recorded stage of the German language, spoken in parts of what is now Germany, Austria, and Switzerland roughly between the 6th and 11th centuries.
  • C. Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues
    Über die Verschiedenheit des menschlichen Sprachbaues is a seminal linguistic-philosophical work by Wilhelm von Humboldt that explores the diversity of human language structures and their relation to thought and culture.
  • D. Great Vowel Shift (late phase)
    The Great Vowel Shift (late phase) was the final stage of a major historical change in English pronunciation during which many long vowel sounds in Middle English moved closer to their modern English values.
  • E. Germanic languages
    Germanic languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes languages such as English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages, sharing common historical origins and linguistic features.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a252868de4819080e21c9938bfe8b6 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:27 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25bab43608190ba5ebfbee6b5b6e4 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:06 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a2c2763ce481908c12046de9003a84 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a2c2f02810819092e3263ac91b5fe3 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a2c369498481908c4213b04aea9c97 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 10:28 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:31 a.m.