Triple

T2042535

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Eastern Iranian languages	`E44775`	entity
Predicate	hasProtoLanguage	`P2179`	FINISHED
Object	Proto-Eastern Iranian Proto-Eastern Iranian is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Eastern Iranian branch of the Iranian languages, inferred through comparative linguistic methods.	`E228144`	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: Proto-Eastern Iranian | Statement: [Eastern Iranian languages, hasProtoLanguage, Proto-Eastern Iranian]

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

Target entity: Proto-Eastern Iranian
Context triple: [Eastern Iranian languages, hasProtoLanguage, Proto-Eastern Iranian]

A. Proto-Iranian language
The Proto-Iranian language is the reconstructed prehistoric ancestor of all Iranian languages, from which branches like Southwestern Iranian (including Persian) later developed.
B. Eastern Iranian languages
Eastern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, comprising languages such as Pashto and Ossetian spoken mainly in eastern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
C. Middle Iranian languages
Middle Iranian languages are the historically intermediate stage of the Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian, spoken roughly between the 4th century BCE and the 9th century CE and including languages such as Middle Persian, Parthian, and Sogdian.
D. Northwestern Iranian languages
Northwestern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, encompassing several related languages spoken primarily in western Iran, the Caucasus, and surrounding regions.
E. Judeo-Iranian languages
Judeo-Iranian languages are a group of Iranian languages traditionally spoken and written by Jewish communities in Iran and surrounding regions, often featuring Hebrew and Aramaic influences.
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: Proto-Eastern Iranian
Triple: [Eastern Iranian languages, hasProtoLanguage, Proto-Eastern Iranian]

Generated description

Proto-Eastern Iranian is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Eastern Iranian branch of the Iranian languages, inferred through comparative linguistic methods.

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

Target entity: Proto-Eastern Iranian
Target entity description: Proto-Eastern Iranian is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Eastern Iranian branch of the Iranian languages, inferred through comparative linguistic methods.

A. Proto-Iranian language
The Proto-Iranian language is the reconstructed prehistoric ancestor of all Iranian languages, from which branches like Southwestern Iranian (including Persian) later developed.
B. Eastern Iranian languages
Eastern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, comprising languages such as Pashto and Ossetian spoken mainly in eastern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
C. Middle Iranian languages
Middle Iranian languages are the historically intermediate stage of the Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian, spoken roughly between the 4th century BCE and the 9th century CE and including languages such as Middle Persian, Parthian, and Sogdian.
D. Northwestern Iranian languages
Northwestern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, encompassing several related languages spoken primarily in western Iran, the Caucasus, and surrounding regions.
E. Judeo-Iranian languages
Judeo-Iranian languages are a group of Iranian languages traditionally spoken and written by Jewish communities in Iran and surrounding regions, often featuring Hebrew and Aramaic influences.
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_69a889159ec481908f9e4472d9f480c7`	completed	March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69abb95587348190bb5719faeaf0aa5d`	completed	March 7, 2026, 5:36 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ae1ffbbf948190a89932013b463f85`	completed	March 9, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ae20946a288190a3bd2a19e3608e86`	completed	March 9, 2026, 1:21 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69ae2109d17c819094a298a822064052`	completed	March 9, 2026, 1:23 a.m.

Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:39 p.m.