Triple

T5600141
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Benjamin Lee Whorf E147097 entity
Predicate influenced P9 FINISHED
Object George Lakoff
George Lakoff is an American cognitive linguist known for his work on conceptual metaphor and the role of embodied cognition in shaping human thought and language.
E533633 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: George Lakoff | Statement: [Benjamin Lee Whorf, influenced, George Lakoff]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Lakoff
Context triple: [Benjamin Lee Whorf, influenced, George Lakoff]
  • A. Richard Levinson
    Richard Levinson was an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the iconic detective series Columbo.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Noam Chomsky
    Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist widely regarded as the founder of modern linguistics and a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy.
  • D. Steven Pinker
    Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author known for his work on language, the mind, and human nature.
  • E. Michael Lerner
    Michael Lerner was an American character actor known for his prolific film and television career, including an Academy Award–nominated role in "Barton Fink."
  • 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: George Lakoff
Triple: [Benjamin Lee Whorf, influenced, George Lakoff]
Generated description
George Lakoff is an American cognitive linguist known for his work on conceptual metaphor and the role of embodied cognition in shaping human thought and language.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Lakoff
Target entity description: George Lakoff is an American cognitive linguist known for his work on conceptual metaphor and the role of embodied cognition in shaping human thought and language.
  • A. Richard Levinson
    Richard Levinson was an American television writer and producer best known for co-creating the iconic detective series Columbo.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Noam Chomsky
    Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, and political activist widely regarded as the founder of modern linguistics and a prominent critic of U.S. foreign policy.
  • D. Steven Pinker
    Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and popular science author known for his work on language, the mind, and human nature.
  • E. Michael Lerner
    Michael Lerner was an American character actor known for his prolific film and television career, including an Academy Award–nominated role in "Barton Fink."
  • 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_69c009043d648190a7af89698ccf1e3e completed March 22, 2026, 3:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c020d936dc8190a2e599f1df9fdd91 completed March 22, 2026, 5:03 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c02873b1dc8190b11a6c069f3e4f7e completed March 22, 2026, 5:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c035f54f6c8190badbfd800012c399 completed March 22, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c036f0edb48190bfa74f7f2c9d9ab1 completed March 22, 2026, 6:37 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 3:38 p.m.