Triple

T8191643
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lyle Campbell E191322 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Historical Linguistics: An Introduction
Historical Linguistics: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Lyle Campbell that provides a comprehensive overview of methods and theories for studying language change over time.
E718282 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: Historical Linguistics: An Introduction | Statement: [Lyle Campbell, notableWork, Historical Linguistics: An Introduction]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Historical Linguistics: An Introduction
Context triple: [Lyle Campbell, notableWork, Historical Linguistics: An Introduction]
  • A. “Historical Linguistics”
    “Historical Linguistics” is a foundational work by Paul Kiparsky that explores how and why languages change over time, integrating phonological theory with the study of language history.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Of the Origin and Progress of Language
    Of the Origin and Progress of Language is an 18th-century multi-volume work by Scottish judge and philosopher James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, exploring the natural origins, development, and structure of human language within a broader theory of human nature and society.
  • E. Methods in Structural Linguistics
    Methods in Structural Linguistics is a foundational 1951 work in linguistics that systematically develops the principles and procedures of structural (distributional) analysis of 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: Historical Linguistics: An Introduction
Triple: [Lyle Campbell, notableWork, Historical Linguistics: An Introduction]
Generated description
Historical Linguistics: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Lyle Campbell that provides a comprehensive overview of methods and theories for studying language change over time.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Historical Linguistics: An Introduction
Target entity description: Historical Linguistics: An Introduction is a widely used textbook by Lyle Campbell that provides a comprehensive overview of methods and theories for studying language change over time.
  • A. “Historical Linguistics”
    “Historical Linguistics” is a foundational work by Paul Kiparsky that explores how and why languages change over time, integrating phonological theory with the study of language history.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Of the Origin and Progress of Language
    Of the Origin and Progress of Language is an 18th-century multi-volume work by Scottish judge and philosopher James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, exploring the natural origins, development, and structure of human language within a broader theory of human nature and society.
  • E. Methods in Structural Linguistics
    Methods in Structural Linguistics is a foundational 1951 work in linguistics that systematically develops the principles and procedures of structural (distributional) analysis of 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_69ca82c5b6948190a583c096fb0a6c71 completed March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cb4da4a6f08190be8088a28d928341 completed March 31, 2026, 4:29 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cced979d408190851088c6d3f4df24 completed April 1, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ccf1b5f95481909fdb08d00d06023e completed April 1, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cd059457788190a900402ee4cd50d5 completed April 1, 2026, 11:46 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:42 p.m.