Triple
T1264688
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Edward Sapir |
E12573
|
entity |
| Predicate | influenced |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Morris Swadesh
Morris Swadesh was an American linguist best known for pioneering lexicostatistics and glottochronology, methods for studying language classification and historical relationships through core vocabulary comparison.
|
E148463
|
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: Morris Swadesh | Statement: [Edward Sapir, influenced, Morris Swadesh]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Morris Swadesh Context triple: [Edward Sapir, influenced, Morris Swadesh]
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A.
Joseph Greenberg
Joseph Greenberg was an influential American linguist best known for his work on language classification and universals, including proposing major language families such as Nilo-Saharan.
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B.
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir was a pioneering American anthropologist-linguist whose work on language, culture, and cognition helped lay the foundations of modern linguistics and linguistic anthropology.
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C.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
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D.
Benjamin Lee Whorf
Benjamin Lee Whorf was an American linguist best known for the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, which proposes that the structure of a language influences its speakers’ cognition and worldview.
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E.
C. K. Ogden
C. K. Ogden was a British linguist, philosopher, and writer best known for his work on the theory of language, including the development of Basic English and influential studies in semantics.
- 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: Morris Swadesh Triple: [Edward Sapir, influenced, Morris Swadesh]
Generated description
Morris Swadesh was an American linguist best known for pioneering lexicostatistics and glottochronology, methods for studying language classification and historical relationships through core vocabulary comparison.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Morris Swadesh Target entity description: Morris Swadesh was an American linguist best known for pioneering lexicostatistics and glottochronology, methods for studying language classification and historical relationships through core vocabulary comparison.
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A.
Joseph Greenberg
Joseph Greenberg was an influential American linguist best known for his work on language classification and universals, including proposing major language families such as Nilo-Saharan.
-
B.
Edward Sapir
Edward Sapir was a pioneering American anthropologist-linguist whose work on language, culture, and cognition helped lay the foundations of modern linguistics and linguistic anthropology.
-
C.
Robert Blust
Robert Blust was an influential American linguist and Austronesian specialist known for his extensive comparative and historical work on the languages of the Pacific and Southeast Asia.
-
D.
Benjamin Lee Whorf
Benjamin Lee Whorf was an American linguist best known for the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, which proposes that the structure of a language influences its speakers’ cognition and worldview.
-
E.
C. K. Ogden
C. K. Ogden was a British linguist, philosopher, and writer best known for his work on the theory of language, including the development of Basic English and influential studies in semantics.
- 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_69a4933352e08190ac617291985e76c0 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:27 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a4c03573a48190b5851f0a734c2d6f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 10:39 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69acb2fa8aec8190ad68b9dc87c85cfc |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69acb364f2d88190b20ad87001349562 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:23 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69acb3ce7720819095558536e0a978b8 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 11:25 p.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:50 p.m.