Triple
T20068989
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gillian Sankoff |
E499683
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableStudent |
P4838
|
FINISHED |
| Object | William Labov |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: William Labov | Statement: [Gillian Sankoff, notableStudent, William Labov]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Labov Context triple: [Gillian Sankoff, notableStudent, William Labov]
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A.
William Labov
chosen
William Labov is an American linguist regarded as a founder of modern sociolinguistics, known for his influential empirical studies of language variation and change in English.
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B.
Paul Kiparsky
Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
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C.
Kenneth Hale
Kenneth Hale was an influential American linguist renowned for his work on indigenous and endangered languages, especially in the Americas and Australia, and for his contributions to theoretical syntax and language preservation.
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D.
Geoffrey Pullum
Geoffrey Pullum is a British-American linguist and professor known for his influential work in syntax, his co-authorship of *The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language*, and his outspoken critiques of various generative grammar theories.
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E.
Michael Kenstowicz
Michael Kenstowicz is an American linguist and phonologist known for his influential work on generative phonology and for co-authoring widely used textbooks in the field.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69da627770948190997f486f9a2e370f |
completed | April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e664365ad0819089103b00d1cf8c9f |
completed | April 20, 2026, 5:36 p.m. |
Created at: April 11, 2026, 3:39 p.m.