Triple

T15470382
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Scott Valley Shasta E372143 entity
Predicate linguisticArea P17400 FINISHED
Object Northwestern California linguistic area
The Northwestern California linguistic area is a region of northern California where several indigenous languages, including Scott Valley Shasta, share convergent structural features due to long-term contact and interaction.
E1159794 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: Northwestern California linguistic area | Statement: [Scott Valley Shasta, linguisticArea, Northwestern California linguistic area]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northwestern California linguistic area
Context triple: [Scott Valley Shasta, linguisticArea, Northwestern California linguistic area]
  • A. Great Basin linguistic area
    The Great Basin linguistic area is a region of the western United States where prolonged contact among Indigenous languages has led to shared structural features and convergent linguistic traits.
  • B. California Penutian languages
    California Penutian languages are a proposed subgroup of the Penutian language family comprising several indigenous languages historically spoken in what is now the state of California.
  • C. Southern Patwin language
    The Southern Patwin language is an extinct Wintuan language once spoken by the Patwin people of north-central California.
  • D. Southeastern Pomo
    Southeastern Pomo is one of the distinct Pomoan languages traditionally spoken by the Pomo people of Northern California.
  • E. Plains linguistic area
    The Plains linguistic area is a region of North America where diverse Indigenous languages, including the Caddoan family, have converged and shared structural features through long-term contact.
  • 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: Northwestern California linguistic area
Triple: [Scott Valley Shasta, linguisticArea, Northwestern California linguistic area]
Generated description
The Northwestern California linguistic area is a region of northern California where several indigenous languages, including Scott Valley Shasta, share convergent structural features due to long-term contact and interaction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Northwestern California linguistic area
Target entity description: The Northwestern California linguistic area is a region of northern California where several indigenous languages, including Scott Valley Shasta, share convergent structural features due to long-term contact and interaction.
  • A. Great Basin linguistic area
    The Great Basin linguistic area is a region of the western United States where prolonged contact among Indigenous languages has led to shared structural features and convergent linguistic traits.
  • B. California Penutian languages
    California Penutian languages are a proposed subgroup of the Penutian language family comprising several indigenous languages historically spoken in what is now the state of California.
  • C. Southern Patwin language
    The Southern Patwin language is an extinct Wintuan language once spoken by the Patwin people of north-central California.
  • D. Southeastern Pomo
    Southeastern Pomo is one of the distinct Pomoan languages traditionally spoken by the Pomo people of Northern California.
  • E. Plains linguistic area
    The Plains linguistic area is a region of North America where diverse Indigenous languages, including the Caddoan family, have converged and shared structural features through long-term contact.
  • 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_69d85cc8bd308190886949510b42e764 completed April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03f6b49788190b270fdfe92646842 completed April 16, 2026, 1:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff2d0543f881909dfbbc77f2a96a1a completed May 9, 2026, 12:48 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff2e7bf8c881909fecb6cf86bc32f2 completed May 9, 2026, 12:54 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff331c267c8190bbc26ddd47273be7 completed May 9, 2026, 1:14 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:33 a.m.