Triple

T17041037
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Geoffrey Pullum E413445 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language
The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language is a collection of witty, critical essays by linguist Geoffrey Pullum that debunks popular myths and misconceptions about language and linguistics.
E1247519 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 Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language | Statement: [Geoffrey Pullum, notableWork, The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language
Context triple: [Geoffrey Pullum, notableWork, The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language]
  • A. Treatise on the Origin of Language
    Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
  • B. A Book of Human Language
    A Book of Human Language is a critically acclaimed 1997 hip-hop album by Los Angeles rapper Aceyalone, known for its complex lyricism and experimental, jazz-influenced production.
  • C. On the Origin of Language
    On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
  • D. On Language
    On Language is a popular collection of William Safire’s witty and insightful columns exploring usage, grammar, and the evolution of the English language.
  • E. The History of Language
    The History of Language is a scholarly work by philologist Henry Sweet that examines the development, structure, and evolution of human languages over time.
  • 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 Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language
Triple: [Geoffrey Pullum, notableWork, The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language]
Generated description
The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language is a collection of witty, critical essays by linguist Geoffrey Pullum that debunks popular myths and misconceptions about language and linguistics.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language
Target entity description: The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax and Other Irreverent Essays on the Study of Language is a collection of witty, critical essays by linguist Geoffrey Pullum that debunks popular myths and misconceptions about language and linguistics.
  • A. Treatise on the Origin of Language
    Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
  • B. A Book of Human Language
    A Book of Human Language is a critically acclaimed 1997 hip-hop album by Los Angeles rapper Aceyalone, known for its complex lyricism and experimental, jazz-influenced production.
  • C. On the Origin of Language
    On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
  • D. On Language
    On Language is a popular collection of William Safire’s witty and insightful columns exploring usage, grammar, and the evolution of the English language.
  • E. The History of Language
    The History of Language is a scholarly work by philologist Henry Sweet that examines the development, structure, and evolution of human languages over time.
  • 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_69d886cd18288190b006abab23f811b7 completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3d8f6a0c08190a838279b83b55b72 completed April 18, 2026, 7:18 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a012338a95c8190951db96209edb61a completed May 11, 2026, 12:30 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01241510048190ae1c459873f8a587 completed May 11, 2026, 12:34 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0124e389908190b2ee3121be2c9383 completed May 11, 2026, 12:37 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:33 a.m.