Triple
T8191645
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Lyle Campbell |
E191322
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective is a scholarly work by linguist Lyle Campbell that examines how syntactic structures change over time across diverse languages, integrating comparative and historical methods.
|
E718283
|
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 Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective | Statement: [Lyle Campbell, notableWork, Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective Context triple: [Lyle Campbell, notableWork, Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective]
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A.
Indo-European syntax
Indo-European syntax is the study of sentence structure and grammatical relationships in Indo-European languages, often reconstructed and compared across ancient and modern members of the language family.
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B.
“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.
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C.
Adverbs and Functional Heads: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Adverbs and Functional Heads: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective is a seminal syntactic study by Guglielmo Cinque that argues for a richly articulated hierarchy of functional projections to explain the distribution of adverbs and related elements across languages.
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D.
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.
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E.
Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics
Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics is a collected volume of influential articles by linguist Zellig Harris that helped shape the development of structural and early transformational approaches to language analysis.
- 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 Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective Triple: [Lyle Campbell, notableWork, Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective]
Generated description
Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective is a scholarly work by linguist Lyle Campbell that examines how syntactic structures change over time across diverse languages, integrating comparative and historical methods.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective Target entity description: Historical Syntax in Cross-Linguistic Perspective is a scholarly work by linguist Lyle Campbell that examines how syntactic structures change over time across diverse languages, integrating comparative and historical methods.
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A.
Indo-European syntax
Indo-European syntax is the study of sentence structure and grammatical relationships in Indo-European languages, often reconstructed and compared across ancient and modern members of the language family.
-
B.
“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.
-
C.
Adverbs and Functional Heads: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Adverbs and Functional Heads: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective is a seminal syntactic study by Guglielmo Cinque that argues for a richly articulated hierarchy of functional projections to explain the distribution of adverbs and related elements across languages.
-
D.
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.
-
E.
Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics
Papers in Structural and Transformational Linguistics is a collected volume of influential articles by linguist Zellig Harris that helped shape the development of structural and early transformational approaches to language analysis.
- 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.