Triple
T2254220
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Joseph Greenberg |
E49682
|
entity |
| Predicate | proposed |
P32
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas
Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas is a controversial linguistic hypothesis that groups most Indigenous languages of the Americas into a single, large language family.
|
E247238
|
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: Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas | Statement: [Joseph Greenberg, proposed, Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas Context triple: [Joseph Greenberg, proposed, Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas]
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A.
indigenous peoples of the Americas
Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the diverse original inhabitants of North, Central, and South America, encompassing numerous distinct cultures, languages, and societies that long predate European contact.
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B.
Mesoamerican linguistic area
The Mesoamerican linguistic area is a Sprachbund in which numerous indigenous language families, including Mayan, share convergent structural features due to long-term contact rather than common ancestry.
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C.
Andean linguistic area
The Andean linguistic area is a region of the central Andes where diverse languages have converged to share common structural features through long-term contact and interaction.
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D.
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas are the original Amerindian inhabitants of the Guiana region in northeastern South America, encompassing diverse tribes with distinct languages, cultures, and histories across areas including French Guiana.
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E.
Archaic period in the Americas
The Archaic period in the Americas was a long prehistoric era marked by hunter-gatherer societies gradually adopting more settled lifeways, regional diversification, and early plant domestication before the rise of complex agricultural civilizations.
- 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: Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas Triple: [Joseph Greenberg, proposed, Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas]
Generated description
Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas is a controversial linguistic hypothesis that groups most Indigenous languages of the Americas into a single, large language family.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas Target entity description: Amerind as a macro-family of the Americas is a controversial linguistic hypothesis that groups most Indigenous languages of the Americas into a single, large language family.
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A.
indigenous peoples of the Americas
Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the diverse original inhabitants of North, Central, and South America, encompassing numerous distinct cultures, languages, and societies that long predate European contact.
-
B.
Mesoamerican linguistic area
The Mesoamerican linguistic area is a Sprachbund in which numerous indigenous language families, including Mayan, share convergent structural features due to long-term contact rather than common ancestry.
-
C.
Andean linguistic area
The Andean linguistic area is a region of the central Andes where diverse languages have converged to share common structural features through long-term contact and interaction.
-
D.
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas
Indigenous peoples of the Guianas are the original Amerindian inhabitants of the Guiana region in northeastern South America, encompassing diverse tribes with distinct languages, cultures, and histories across areas including French Guiana.
-
E.
Archaic period in the Americas
The Archaic period in the Americas was a long prehistoric era marked by hunter-gatherer societies gradually adopting more settled lifeways, regional diversification, and early plant domestication before the rise of complex agricultural civilizations.
- 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_69a88aaa9250819095e127d0d77e8a32 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abc12029548190af9f2cdd7a4de2d6 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 6:09 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae6b1dd6fc8190bd762fb3a17258b0 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:39 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae6bbdef14819084b96389435ca080 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:42 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae6c2cfac48190b0425088e79cd122 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 6:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:47 p.m.