Triple
T2731943
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Great Vowel Shift (early phase) |
E60332
|
entity |
| Predicate | relatedConcept |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Middle English vowel system
The Middle English vowel system was the set of long and short vowel sounds used in English between roughly the 12th and 15th centuries, whose structure and qualities were dramatically reorganized during the Great Vowel Shift.
|
E292592
|
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: Middle English vowel system | Statement: [Great Vowel Shift (early phase), relatedConcept, Middle English vowel system]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle English vowel system Context triple: [Great Vowel Shift (early phase), relatedConcept, Middle English vowel system]
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A.
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law is a historical sound change in early Germanic languages that caused the loss of nasal consonants before fricatives, leaving characteristic vowel changes in Anglo-Frisian and related dialects.
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B.
Old Norse phonology
Old Norse phonology is the sound system of the Old Norse language, characterized by a rich set of vowels, consonant clusters, and distinctive prosodic features that influenced the phonologies of modern North Germanic languages.
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C.
High German consonant shift
The High German consonant shift was a major sound change in early Germanic dialects that transformed the consonant system and helped distinguish High German (and related varieties like Lombardic) from other West Germanic languages.
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D.
The Sound Pattern of English
The Sound Pattern of English is a foundational 1968 work in generative phonology by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle that systematically analyzes the phonological component of grammar within the framework of transformational-generative linguistics.
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E.
Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws
The Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws is a linguistic principle asserting that phonetic changes in a language occur regularly and without exceptions under the same conditions, forming the basis for systematic historical-comparative linguistics.
- 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: Middle English vowel system Triple: [Great Vowel Shift (early phase), relatedConcept, Middle English vowel system]
Generated description
The Middle English vowel system was the set of long and short vowel sounds used in English between roughly the 12th and 15th centuries, whose structure and qualities were dramatically reorganized during the Great Vowel Shift.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle English vowel system Target entity description: The Middle English vowel system was the set of long and short vowel sounds used in English between roughly the 12th and 15th centuries, whose structure and qualities were dramatically reorganized during the Great Vowel Shift.
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A.
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law
Ingvaeonic nasal spirant law is a historical sound change in early Germanic languages that caused the loss of nasal consonants before fricatives, leaving characteristic vowel changes in Anglo-Frisian and related dialects.
-
B.
Old Norse phonology
Old Norse phonology is the sound system of the Old Norse language, characterized by a rich set of vowels, consonant clusters, and distinctive prosodic features that influenced the phonologies of modern North Germanic languages.
-
C.
High German consonant shift
The High German consonant shift was a major sound change in early Germanic dialects that transformed the consonant system and helped distinguish High German (and related varieties like Lombardic) from other West Germanic languages.
-
D.
The Sound Pattern of English
The Sound Pattern of English is a foundational 1968 work in generative phonology by Noam Chomsky and Morris Halle that systematically analyzes the phonological component of grammar within the framework of transformational-generative linguistics.
-
E.
Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws
The Neogrammarian hypothesis of sound laws is a linguistic principle asserting that phonetic changes in a language occur regularly and without exceptions under the same conditions, forming the basis for systematic historical-comparative linguistics.
- 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_69ab4b75cd908190b691ef0d1801acda |
completed | March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abdaf011548190beb9c3feee7b743f |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:59 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69afb69eeedc81908ad654de9e1259ea |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:13 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69afb703a5f8819097b71e19db11feaf |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69afb7acf3588190813bde4428dfe5f4 |
completed | March 10, 2026, 6:18 a.m. |
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:56 p.m.