The Indian Grammar Begun
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The Indian Grammar Begun is a 17th-century linguistic work by missionary John Eliot that systematically documents and analyzes the grammar of the Massachusett (Algonquian) Native American language.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Indian Grammar Begun canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12393642 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Indian Grammar Begun Context triple: [John Eliot, notableWork, The Indian Grammar Begun]
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A.
Grammatical Institute of the English Language
Grammatical Institute of the English Language is Noah Webster’s influential late-18th-century American textbook series that helped standardize American English spelling, grammar, and education.
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B.
A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical
A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical is Henry Sweet’s influential multi-volume study of English that combines detailed grammatical description with historical and logical analysis of the language’s development.
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C.
Bhartṛhari’s school of sphoṭa theory
Bhartṛhari’s school of sphoṭa theory is a classical Indian linguistic-philosophical tradition that holds that meaning is grasped through an indivisible, holistic burst of language rather than through discrete words or sounds.
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D.
The Sanskrit Language (1786 discourse)
The Sanskrit Language (1786 discourse) is Sir William Jones’s landmark 1786 address to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, in which he famously argued for a common origin of Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and other languages, helping to found the field of comparative linguistics and Indo-European studies.
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E.
Mahābhāṣya
Mahābhāṣya is Patañjali’s monumental and authoritative commentary on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, foundational to the classical Sanskrit grammatical tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Indian Grammar Begun Target entity description: The Indian Grammar Begun is a 17th-century linguistic work by missionary John Eliot that systematically documents and analyzes the grammar of the Massachusett (Algonquian) Native American language.
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A.
Grammatical Institute of the English Language
Grammatical Institute of the English Language is Noah Webster’s influential late-18th-century American textbook series that helped standardize American English spelling, grammar, and education.
-
B.
A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical
A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical is Henry Sweet’s influential multi-volume study of English that combines detailed grammatical description with historical and logical analysis of the language’s development.
-
C.
Bhartṛhari’s school of sphoṭa theory
Bhartṛhari’s school of sphoṭa theory is a classical Indian linguistic-philosophical tradition that holds that meaning is grasped through an indivisible, holistic burst of language rather than through discrete words or sounds.
-
D.
The Sanskrit Language (1786 discourse)
The Sanskrit Language (1786 discourse) is Sir William Jones’s landmark 1786 address to the Asiatic Society of Bengal, in which he famously argued for a common origin of Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and other languages, helping to found the field of comparative linguistics and Indo-European studies.
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E.
Mahābhāṣya
Mahābhāṣya is Patañjali’s monumental and authoritative commentary on Pāṇini’s Aṣṭādhyāyī, foundational to the classical Sanskrit grammatical tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
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