Triple
T1173209
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sino-Tibetan languages |
E24959
|
entity |
| Predicate | protoLanguage |
P2179
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Proto-Sino-Tibetan is the hypothesized common ancestral language from which all modern Sino-Tibetan languages, such as Chinese and Tibetan, are believed to have descended.
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E137137
|
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: Proto-Sino-Tibetan | Statement: [Sino-Tibetan languages, protoLanguage, Proto-Sino-Tibetan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proto-Sino-Tibetan Context triple: [Sino-Tibetan languages, protoLanguage, Proto-Sino-Tibetan]
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A.
Sino-Tibetan languages
The Sino-Tibetan languages are a major language family of East, Southeast, and South Asia that includes Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, and numerous related languages spoken by over a billion people.
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B.
Transeurasian languages
Transeurasian languages are a proposed macro-family of languages stretching from Eastern Europe across Siberia to East Asia, hypothesized to include Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and Japonic.
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C.
Qiangic languages
Qiangic languages are a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken primarily by ethnic groups in Sichuan and nearby regions of southwestern China, noted for their complex phonology and grammatical structures.
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D.
Austroasiatic
Austroasiatic is a large and ancient language family of mainland Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia, including languages such as Khmer, Vietnamese, and Mon.
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E.
Tocharian languages
The Tocharian languages were an extinct branch of the Indo-European family once spoken in the Tarim Basin of Central Asia, known from early medieval manuscripts and notable for their archaic linguistic features.
- 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: Proto-Sino-Tibetan Triple: [Sino-Tibetan languages, protoLanguage, Proto-Sino-Tibetan]
Generated description
Proto-Sino-Tibetan is the hypothesized common ancestral language from which all modern Sino-Tibetan languages, such as Chinese and Tibetan, are believed to have descended.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proto-Sino-Tibetan Target entity description: Proto-Sino-Tibetan is the hypothesized common ancestral language from which all modern Sino-Tibetan languages, such as Chinese and Tibetan, are believed to have descended.
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A.
Sino-Tibetan languages
The Sino-Tibetan languages are a major language family of East, Southeast, and South Asia that includes Chinese, Tibetan, Burmese, and numerous related languages spoken by over a billion people.
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B.
Transeurasian languages
Transeurasian languages are a proposed macro-family of languages stretching from Eastern Europe across Siberia to East Asia, hypothesized to include Turkic, Mongolic, Tungusic, Koreanic, and Japonic.
-
C.
Qiangic languages
Qiangic languages are a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family spoken primarily by ethnic groups in Sichuan and nearby regions of southwestern China, noted for their complex phonology and grammatical structures.
-
D.
Austroasiatic
Austroasiatic is a large and ancient language family of mainland Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia, including languages such as Khmer, Vietnamese, and Mon.
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E.
Tocharian languages
The Tocharian languages were an extinct branch of the Indo-European family once spoken in the Tarim Basin of Central Asia, known from early medieval manuscripts and notable for their archaic linguistic features.
- 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_69a494082a7c819095004f423f294a64 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:31 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4bcecab688190b21a926874cd98d1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:25 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ac7645abc8819086de42185bd403ed |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:02 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ac76f20f308190be3c831eb2d59763 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:05 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ac77585c708190b5f4b239d9574cd7 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 7:07 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:45 p.m.