Triple

T3023990
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English E82531 entity
Predicate documentedBy P4310 FINISHED
Object William Labov
William Labov is an American linguist regarded as a founder of modern sociolinguistics, known for his influential empirical studies of language variation and change in English.
 E321180 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: William Labov | Statement: [Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English, documentedBy, William Labov]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Labov
Context triple: [Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English, documentedBy, William Labov]
  • A. Paul Kiparsky
    Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Dell Hymes
    Dell Hymes was an American linguist, anthropologist, and folklorist best known for founding the field of ethnography of communication and advancing sociolinguistics.
  • D. 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.
  • E. John R. Rickford
    John R. Rickford is a prominent sociolinguist known for his influential work on varieties of English, especially African American Vernacular English and other ethnic dialects in the United States.
  • 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: William Labov
Triple: [Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English, documentedBy, William Labov]
Generated description
William Labov is an American linguist regarded as a founder of modern sociolinguistics, known for his influential empirical studies of language variation and change in English.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: William Labov
Target entity description: William Labov is an American linguist regarded as a founder of modern sociolinguistics, known for his influential empirical studies of language variation and change in English.
  • A. Paul Kiparsky
    Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Dell Hymes
    Dell Hymes was an American linguist, anthropologist, and folklorist best known for founding the field of ethnography of communication and advancing sociolinguistics.
  • D. 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.
  • E. John R. Rickford
    John R. Rickford is a prominent sociolinguist known for his influential work on varieties of English, especially African American Vernacular English and other ethnic dialects in the United States.
  • 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_69ad8b1fb34081908c1b873e2b7273e1 completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ad9ab8e0a48190ac79e674abd181cf completed March 8, 2026, 3:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b1deb342008190bec8fbaa4074d40c completed March 11, 2026, 9:29 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b1e2b963988190ae803402481ef0f6 completed March 11, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b1e33d6d848190a40e7c136aff17c0 completed March 11, 2026, 9:48 p.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3 p.m.