Triple

T16254489
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Indo-Pacific hypothesis E394593 entity
Predicate contrastsWith P278 FINISHED
Object Trans-New Guinea hypothesis
The Trans-New Guinea hypothesis is a major linguistic proposal that posits a large family of related Papuan languages spread across much of New Guinea and nearby islands.
E1202476 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: Trans-New Guinea hypothesis | Statement: [Indo-Pacific hypothesis, contrastsWith, Trans-New Guinea hypothesis]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trans-New Guinea hypothesis
Context triple: [Indo-Pacific hypothesis, contrastsWith, Trans-New Guinea hypothesis]
  • A. Sunda-Sulawesi hypothesis
    The Sunda-Sulawesi hypothesis is a proposed subgrouping within the Austronesian language family that suggests a closer genetic relationship among certain languages spoken in western Indonesia and surrounding regions.
  • B. Macro-Tucanoan hypothesis
    The Macro-Tucanoan hypothesis is a proposed large-scale language family grouping that suggests a distant genetic relationship among several indigenous language families of the western Amazon, including Tucanoan and possibly Cahuapanan.
  • C. Austro-Tai hypothesis
    The Austro-Tai hypothesis is a proposed macro-family in historical linguistics that suggests a genetic relationship between the Tai–Kadai languages and the Austronesian language family.
  • D. Austric hypothesis
    The Austric hypothesis is a proposed but controversial macro-family theory suggesting a common origin for several language families of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Austroasiatic and Austronesian.
  • E. Hokan hypothesis
    The Hokan hypothesis is a proposed linguistic grouping that suggests several Native American language families of western North America may share a common ancestral origin.
  • 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: Trans-New Guinea hypothesis
Triple: [Indo-Pacific hypothesis, contrastsWith, Trans-New Guinea hypothesis]
Generated description
The Trans-New Guinea hypothesis is a major linguistic proposal that posits a large family of related Papuan languages spread across much of New Guinea and nearby islands.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trans-New Guinea hypothesis
Target entity description: The Trans-New Guinea hypothesis is a major linguistic proposal that posits a large family of related Papuan languages spread across much of New Guinea and nearby islands.
  • A. Sunda-Sulawesi hypothesis
    The Sunda-Sulawesi hypothesis is a proposed subgrouping within the Austronesian language family that suggests a closer genetic relationship among certain languages spoken in western Indonesia and surrounding regions.
  • B. Macro-Tucanoan hypothesis
    The Macro-Tucanoan hypothesis is a proposed large-scale language family grouping that suggests a distant genetic relationship among several indigenous language families of the western Amazon, including Tucanoan and possibly Cahuapanan.
  • C. Austro-Tai hypothesis
    The Austro-Tai hypothesis is a proposed macro-family in historical linguistics that suggests a genetic relationship between the Tai–Kadai languages and the Austronesian language family.
  • D. Austric hypothesis
    The Austric hypothesis is a proposed but controversial macro-family theory suggesting a common origin for several language families of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Austroasiatic and Austronesian.
  • E. Hokan hypothesis
    The Hokan hypothesis is a proposed linguistic grouping that suggests several Native American language families of western North America may share a common ancestral origin.
  • 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_69d87f2171208190951025e526947816 completed April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e24599861881908b9235f005d80a96 completed April 17, 2026, 2:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a000ee9bc4c8190bb7e54ed2ad162b3 completed May 10, 2026, 4:51 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0011995ff481908bbca9f9cfb41bf0 completed May 10, 2026, 5:03 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0012669ff48190884367b92962a6d4 completed May 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:04 a.m.