Triple
T2247682
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Horace Bénédict de Saussure |
E49544
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
de Saussure
De Saussure is a notable Swiss family name associated with influential figures in science and the humanities, including the naturalist Horace Bénédict de Saussure and linguist Ferdinand de Saussure.
|
E172769
|
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: de Saussure | Statement: [Horace Bénédict de Saussure, familyName, de Saussure]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: de Saussure Context triple: [Horace Bénédict de Saussure, familyName, de Saussure]
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A.
Ferdinand de Saussure
Ferdinand de Saussure was a Swiss linguist whose foundational work in structural linguistics profoundly shaped 20th-century humanities and social sciences.
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B.
Roman Jakobson
Roman Jakobson was a pioneering Russian-American linguist and literary theorist whose work in structuralism and phonology profoundly shaped modern linguistics and semiotics.
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C.
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir was a pioneering American anthropologist-linguist whose work on language, culture, and cognition helped lay the foundations of modern linguistics and linguistic anthropology.
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D.
Benjamin Lee Whorf
Benjamin Lee Whorf was an American linguist best known for the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, which proposes that the structure of a language influences its speakers’ cognition and worldview.
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E.
C. K. Ogden
C. K. Ogden was a British linguist, philosopher, and writer best known for his work on the theory of language, including the development of Basic English and influential studies in semantics.
- 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: de Saussure Triple: [Horace Bénédict de Saussure, familyName, de Saussure]
Generated description
De Saussure is a notable Swiss family name associated with influential figures in science and the humanities, including the naturalist Horace Bénédict de Saussure and linguist Ferdinand de Saussure.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: de Saussure Target entity description: De Saussure is a notable Swiss family name associated with influential figures in science and the humanities, including the naturalist Horace Bénédict de Saussure and linguist Ferdinand de Saussure.
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A.
Ferdinand de Saussure
chosen
Ferdinand de Saussure was a Swiss linguist whose foundational work in structural linguistics profoundly shaped 20th-century humanities and social sciences.
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B.
Roman Jakobson
Roman Jakobson was a pioneering Russian-American linguist and literary theorist whose work in structuralism and phonology profoundly shaped modern linguistics and semiotics.
-
C.
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir was a pioneering American anthropologist-linguist whose work on language, culture, and cognition helped lay the foundations of modern linguistics and linguistic anthropology.
-
D.
Benjamin Lee Whorf
Benjamin Lee Whorf was an American linguist best known for the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, which proposes that the structure of a language influences its speakers’ cognition and worldview.
-
E.
C. K. Ogden
C. K. Ogden was a British linguist, philosopher, and writer best known for his work on the theory of language, including the development of Basic English and influential studies in semantics.
- F. None of above.
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_69a88aa979788190ad6500f1d8eee2fc |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc0ed5c38819080b45ea398fb59f2 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:08 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae6b1719c481909ec3ff03d2a6f3bd |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae6bcfd2c481908f69df77f40655e2 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae6c4d9c04819086e3091bbbf16099 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.