Triple

T12962582
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject William Labov E321180 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Principles of Linguistic Change
Principles of Linguistic Change is a foundational multi-volume work in sociolinguistics that analyzes how and why language varies and evolves over time within speech communities.
E1014359 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: Principles of Linguistic Change | Statement: [William Labov, notableWork, Principles of Linguistic Change]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Principles of Linguistic Change
Context triple: [William Labov, notableWork, Principles of Linguistic Change]
  • A. 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.
  • B. The History of Language
    The History of Language is a scholarly work by philologist Henry Sweet that examines the development, structure, and evolution of human languages over time.
  • C. Foundations of Language
    Foundations of Language is a major theoretical work by linguist Ray Jackendoff that proposes an integrated, cognitive-science-based account of how linguistic structure relates to meaning, perception, and the mind.
  • 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. “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.
  • 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: Principles of Linguistic Change
Triple: [William Labov, notableWork, Principles of Linguistic Change]
Generated description
Principles of Linguistic Change is a foundational multi-volume work in sociolinguistics that analyzes how and why language varies and evolves over time within speech communities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Principles of Linguistic Change
Target entity description: Principles of Linguistic Change is a foundational multi-volume work in sociolinguistics that analyzes how and why language varies and evolves over time within speech communities.
  • A. 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.
  • B. The History of Language
    The History of Language is a scholarly work by philologist Henry Sweet that examines the development, structure, and evolution of human languages over time.
  • C. Foundations of Language
    Foundations of Language is a major theoretical work by linguist Ray Jackendoff that proposes an integrated, cognitive-science-based account of how linguistic structure relates to meaning, perception, and the mind.
  • 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. “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.
  • 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_69d80763bd6c819094437da5b20b01d2 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d97e2f5e448190b56e74602c43358d completed April 10, 2026, 10:48 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6b8e227948190a2d08db97b4e41aa completed May 3, 2026, 2:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f6b9dac2c88190850304023f156969 completed May 3, 2026, 2:58 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f6bb304f7c8190a02aa2c5f71cea89 completed May 3, 2026, 3:04 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 8:23 p.m.