Triple

T293990
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Germanic languages E6053 entity
Predicate underwentSoundChange P6390 FINISHED
Object Grimm's law
Grimm's law is a fundamental linguistic principle describing the systematic consonant shifts that distinguish the Germanic languages from other Indo-European branches.
E37887 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Grimm's law | Statement: [Germanic languages, underwentSoundChange, Grimm's law]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grimm's law
Context triple: [Germanic languages, underwentSoundChange, Grimm's law]
  • 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. Germanic languages
    Germanic languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes languages such as English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages, sharing common historical origins and linguistic features.
  • C. Proto-Germanic
    Proto-Germanic is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English, German, and the Norse languages.
  • D. Lombardic
    Lombardic is an extinct West Germanic language once spoken by the Lombards in parts of Italy during the early Middle Ages.
  • E. Osco-Umbrian languages
    The Osco-Umbrian languages are an extinct branch of ancient Italic languages once spoken in central and southern Italy, including Oscan and Umbrian.
  • 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: Grimm's law
Triple: [Germanic languages, underwentSoundChange, Grimm's law]
Generated description
Grimm's law is a fundamental linguistic principle describing the systematic consonant shifts that distinguish the Germanic languages from other Indo-European branches.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grimm's law
Target entity description: Grimm's law is a fundamental linguistic principle describing the systematic consonant shifts that distinguish the Germanic languages from other Indo-European branches.
  • 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. Germanic languages
    Germanic languages are a major branch of the Indo-European language family that includes languages such as English, German, Dutch, and the Scandinavian languages, sharing common historical origins and linguistic features.
  • C. Proto-Germanic
    Proto-Germanic is the reconstructed common ancestor of all Germanic languages, including English, German, and the Norse languages.
  • D. Lombardic
    Lombardic is an extinct West Germanic language once spoken by the Lombards in parts of Italy during the early Middle Ages.
  • E. Osco-Umbrian languages
    The Osco-Umbrian languages are an extinct branch of ancient Italic languages once spoken in central and southern Italy, including Oscan and Umbrian.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: underwentSoundChange
Context triple: [Germanic languages, underwentSoundChange, Grimm's law]
  • A. hasPhonologicalChange
    Indicates a relationship where one linguistic form undergoes a change in its sound structure relative to another form or earlier state.
  • B. lexicalChange
    Indicates a relationship where one linguistic form is replaced, modified, or evolves into another form over time or across language varieties.
  • C. hasPronunciationDifferenceFrom
    Indicates that two linguistic items differ in how they are pronounced.
  • D. underwent chosen
    Indicates that an entity experienced or was subjected to a process, event, or change, typically as the patient of an action.
  • E. hasPhonologicalSimilarityTo
    Indicates that two linguistic elements share similar sound patterns or phonological features.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a2e79114b081909490b3bf5a5dbb51 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ea0dd1dc8190aecd5afdeb2fd74b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:13 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3a5d514388190ac0f748a406ae43e completed March 1, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3a63b33408190bea3a099165d1233 completed March 1, 2026, 2:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3a69b4e488190ae092d6989c75556 completed March 1, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69a2e934b4408190b53a17f57a02df65 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:06 p.m.