Triple

T2403382
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Central Sudanic languages E50218 entity
Predicate studiedBy P1945 FINISHED
Object linguist Christopher Ehret
Christopher Ehret is an American historian and historical linguist known for his influential work on African language classification, reconstruction, and the early history of African societies.
E262854 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: linguist Christopher Ehret | Statement: [Central Sudanic languages, studiedBy, linguist Christopher Ehret]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: linguist Christopher Ehret
Context triple: [Central Sudanic languages, studiedBy, linguist Christopher Ehret]
  • A. linguist Carobeth Laird
    Carobeth Laird was an American linguist and ethnographer known for her pioneering documentation of Native American languages and cultures, particularly among the Chemehuevi people.
  • B. Martin Haspelmath
    Martin Haspelmath is a prominent German linguist known for his influential work in linguistic typology, grammatical description, and the development of cross-linguistic databases.
  • C. linguist Margaret L. Press
    Margaret L. Press is a linguist known for her fieldwork and documentation of Indigenous languages of North America, including the Chemehuevi language.
  • D. linguist Jeff Leer
    Jeff Leer was an American linguist renowned for his extensive documentation and analysis of Tlingit and other Native Alaskan languages.
  • 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. 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: linguist Christopher Ehret
Triple: [Central Sudanic languages, studiedBy, linguist Christopher Ehret]
Generated description
Christopher Ehret is an American historian and historical linguist known for his influential work on African language classification, reconstruction, and the early history of African societies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: linguist Christopher Ehret
Target entity description: Christopher Ehret is an American historian and historical linguist known for his influential work on African language classification, reconstruction, and the early history of African societies.
  • A. linguist Carobeth Laird
    Carobeth Laird was an American linguist and ethnographer known for her pioneering documentation of Native American languages and cultures, particularly among the Chemehuevi people.
  • B. Martin Haspelmath
    Martin Haspelmath is a prominent German linguist known for his influential work in linguistic typology, grammatical description, and the development of cross-linguistic databases.
  • C. linguist Margaret L. Press
    Margaret L. Press is a linguist known for her fieldwork and documentation of Indigenous languages of North America, including the Chemehuevi language.
  • D. linguist Jeff Leer
    Jeff Leer was an American linguist renowned for his extensive documentation and analysis of Tlingit and other Native Alaskan languages.
  • 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. 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_69a88b0339a88190a1207333cd271cc9 completed March 4, 2026, 7:41 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc8f8aa2881909192920ee394f0b3 completed March 7, 2026, 6:43 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69aeb3e740c88190872aa1a7834d73b0 completed March 9, 2026, 11:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69aeb4b942b08190addc2885fbda0e41 completed March 9, 2026, 11:53 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69aeb557247c8190920ce3a5db388800 completed March 9, 2026, 11:56 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:58 p.m.