Triple
T8019432
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | William Safire |
E186700
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
On Language
On Language is a popular collection of William Safire’s witty and insightful columns exploring usage, grammar, and the evolution of the English language.
|
E707709
|
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: On Language | Statement: [William Safire, notableWork, On Language]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Language Context triple: [William Safire, notableWork, On Language]
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A.
The Prison-House of Language
The Prison-House of Language is a critical study by Fredric Jameson that examines structuralism and post-structuralism, exploring how language systems constrain thought and interpretation in modern literary theory.
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B.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
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C.
The American Language
The American Language is H. L. Mencken’s influential study of American English, examining its history, vocabulary, and divergence from British usage.
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D.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
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E.
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
- 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: On Language Triple: [William Safire, notableWork, On Language]
Generated description
On Language is a popular collection of William Safire’s witty and insightful columns exploring usage, grammar, and the evolution of the English language.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Language Target entity description: On Language is a popular collection of William Safire’s witty and insightful columns exploring usage, grammar, and the evolution of the English language.
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A.
The Prison-House of Language
The Prison-House of Language is a critical study by Fredric Jameson that examines structuralism and post-structuralism, exploring how language systems constrain thought and interpretation in modern literary theory.
-
B.
Treatise on the Origin of Language
Treatise on the Origin of Language is an influential 18th-century philosophical work that explores the natural, cultural, and historical origins of human language.
-
C.
The American Language
The American Language is H. L. Mencken’s influential study of American English, examining its history, vocabulary, and divergence from British usage.
-
D.
On the Origin of Language
On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
-
E.
Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
"Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
- 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_69ca82ac7fc081909b1398cf025423af |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb3e8bc90081909f6f5878e6f1f241 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:24 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cc56c213ec8190b3bd96c42d1357e4 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:20 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69cc58a9e94081908980e2c60be38642 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:28 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69cc5cbaefb481909eb325f0d27675c0 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 11:46 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:20 p.m.