Triple

T1918569

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Northwestern Iranian languages	`E40074`	entity
Predicate	partOf	`P40`	FINISHED
Object	Western Iranian languages Western Iranian languages are a major branch of the Iranian language family that includes groups such as Northwestern and Southwestern Iranian languages, spoken historically and currently across much of Iran and surrounding regions.	`E220473`	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: Western Iranian languages | Statement: [Northwestern Iranian languages, partOf, Western Iranian languages]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Western Iranian languages
Context triple: [Northwestern Iranian languages, partOf, Western Iranian languages]

A. Eastern Iranian languages
Eastern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, comprising languages such as Pashto and Ossetian spoken mainly in eastern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
B. Northwestern Iranian languages
Northwestern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, encompassing several related languages spoken primarily in western Iran, the Caucasus, and surrounding regions.
C. Southeastern Iranian languages
Southeastern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, historically spoken in eastern Iran and surrounding regions and including languages such as Pashto and Ossetian.
D. Southwestern Iranian languages
Southwestern Iranian languages are a branch of the Iranian language family that includes major languages such as Persian, Luri, and Tat, primarily spoken in Iran and surrounding regions.
E. Middle Iranian languages
Middle Iranian languages are the historically intermediate stage of the Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian, spoken roughly between the 4th century BCE and the 9th century CE and including languages such as Middle Persian, Parthian, and Sogdian.
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: Western Iranian languages
Triple: [Northwestern Iranian languages, partOf, Western Iranian languages]

Generated description

Western Iranian languages are a major branch of the Iranian language family that includes groups such as Northwestern and Southwestern Iranian languages, spoken historically and currently across much of Iran and surrounding regions.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Western Iranian languages
Target entity description: Western Iranian languages are a major branch of the Iranian language family that includes groups such as Northwestern and Southwestern Iranian languages, spoken historically and currently across much of Iran and surrounding regions.

A. Eastern Iranian languages
Eastern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, comprising languages such as Pashto and Ossetian spoken mainly in eastern Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of Central Asia and the Caucasus.
B. Northwestern Iranian languages
Northwestern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, encompassing several related languages spoken primarily in western Iran, the Caucasus, and surrounding regions.
C. Southeastern Iranian languages
Southeastern Iranian languages are a subgroup of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family, historically spoken in eastern Iran and surrounding regions and including languages such as Pashto and Ossetian.
D. Southwestern Iranian languages
Southwestern Iranian languages are a branch of the Iranian language family that includes major languages such as Persian, Luri, and Tat, primarily spoken in Iran and surrounding regions.
E. Middle Iranian languages
Middle Iranian languages are the historically intermediate stage of the Iranian branch of Indo-Iranian, spoken roughly between the 4th century BCE and the 9th century CE and including languages such as Middle Persian, Parthian, and Sogdian.
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_69a8864298748190a2f2fd34f7ef8d77`	completed	March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69abb211eda88190865de7a0522a453d`	completed	March 7, 2026, 5:05 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69adfbae5760819083c046d0941513de`	completed	March 8, 2026, 10:43 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69adfc50a3488190afe44ee5125d9ebd`	completed	March 8, 2026, 10:46 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69adfcdccce48190a2591b90c81ad084`	completed	March 8, 2026, 10:49 p.m.

Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:35 p.m.