Triple

T1734369

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Grimm's law	`E37887`	entity
Predicate	influenced	`P9`	FINISHED
Object	Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws The Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws is a linguistic principle asserting that phonetic changes in a language occur regularly and without exceptions under the same conditions, forming the basis for systematic historical-comparative linguistics.	`E195336`	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: Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws | Statement: [Grimm's law, influenced, Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws
Context triple: [Grimm's law, influenced, Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws]

A. Verner's law
Verner's law is a historical linguistic principle explaining a systematic set of consonant alternations in the Germanic languages that refined and expanded upon Grimm's law.
B. Grimm's law
Grimm's law is a fundamental linguistic principle describing the systematic consonant shifts that distinguish the Germanic languages from other Indo-European branches.
C. Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law is a historical sound change in early Germanic languages that caused the loss of nasal consonants before fricatives, leaving characteristic vowel changes in Anglo-Frisian and related dialects.
D. 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 (and related varieties like Lombardic) from other West Germanic languages.
E. Indo-European phonology
Indo-European phonology is the branch of linguistics that reconstructs and analyzes the sound systems and sound changes of the Proto-Indo-European language and its descendant 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: Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws
Triple: [Grimm's law, influenced, Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws]

Generated description

The Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws is a linguistic principle asserting that phonetic changes in a language occur regularly and without exceptions under the same conditions, forming the basis for systematic historical-comparative linguistics.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws
Target entity description: The Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws is a linguistic principle asserting that phonetic changes in a language occur regularly and without exceptions under the same conditions, forming the basis for systematic historical-comparative linguistics.

A. Verner's law
Verner's law is a historical linguistic principle explaining a systematic set of consonant alternations in the Germanic languages that refined and expanded upon Grimm's law.
B. Grimm's law
Grimm's law is a fundamental linguistic principle describing the systematic consonant shifts that distinguish the Germanic languages from other Indo-European branches.
C. Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law is a historical sound change in early Germanic languages that caused the loss of nasal consonants before fricatives, leaving characteristic vowel changes in Anglo-Frisian and related dialects.
D. 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 (and related varieties like Lombardic) from other West Germanic languages.
E. Indo-European phonology
Indo-European phonology is the branch of linguistics that reconstructs and analyzes the sound systems and sound changes of the Proto-Indo-European language and its descendant 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_69a8861cc6ac8190ac0b2e31ccf62851`	completed	March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69aa63a2168c819093d302632ff4b7c2`	completed	March 6, 2026, 5:18 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ada0d999148190a889f761af05f431`	completed	March 8, 2026, 4:16 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ada207c50881909729bf565c2af9dd`	completed	March 8, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ada2c607fc819089d276ae9eca82a4`	completed	March 8, 2026, 4:24 p.m.

Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:30 p.m.