Triple

T19219908
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cowlitz Salish E480583 entity
Predicate documentedBy P4310 FINISHED
Object Melville Jacobs (regional language materials)
Melville Jacobs (regional language materials) is a collection of linguistic and ethnographic documentation compiled by anthropologist Melville Jacobs, focusing on the Cowlitz Salish language and related cultural materials from the Pacific Northwest.
 E1365178 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: Melville Jacobs (regional language materials) | Statement: [Cowlitz Salish, documentedBy, Melville Jacobs (regional language materials)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Melville Jacobs (regional language materials)
Context triple: [Cowlitz Salish, documentedBy, Melville Jacobs (regional language materials)]
  • A. linguist David Mead
    David Mead is a linguist specializing in Austronesian languages, particularly the Celebic subgroup, with notable work in historical and comparative linguistics.
  • B. R. M. W. Dixon
    R. M. W. Dixon is an influential Australian linguist renowned for his extensive work on Australian Aboriginal languages and contributions to linguistic typology and language documentation.
  • 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. linguist D. L. R. Lorimer
    D. L. R. Lorimer was a British linguist and philologist known for his pioneering descriptive and comparative work on lesser-studied languages of the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions.
  • E. linguist Karl V. Teeter
    Karl V. Teeter was an American linguist known for his work on Native American languages, particularly in documenting and analyzing endangered Algonquian and related languages.
  • 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: Melville Jacobs (regional language materials)
Triple: [Cowlitz Salish, documentedBy, Melville Jacobs (regional language materials)]
Generated description
Melville Jacobs (regional language materials) is a collection of linguistic and ethnographic documentation compiled by anthropologist Melville Jacobs, focusing on the Cowlitz Salish language and related cultural materials from the Pacific Northwest.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Melville Jacobs (regional language materials)
Target entity description: Melville Jacobs (regional language materials) is a collection of linguistic and ethnographic documentation compiled by anthropologist Melville Jacobs, focusing on the Cowlitz Salish language and related cultural materials from the Pacific Northwest.
  • A. linguist David Mead
    David Mead is a linguist specializing in Austronesian languages, particularly the Celebic subgroup, with notable work in historical and comparative linguistics.
  • B. R. M. W. Dixon
    R. M. W. Dixon is an influential Australian linguist renowned for his extensive work on Australian Aboriginal languages and contributions to linguistic typology and language documentation.
  • 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. linguist D. L. R. Lorimer
    D. L. R. Lorimer was a British linguist and philologist known for his pioneering descriptive and comparative work on lesser-studied languages of the Indian subcontinent and surrounding regions.
  • E. linguist Karl V. Teeter
    Karl V. Teeter was an American linguist known for his work on Native American languages, particularly in documenting and analyzing endangered Algonquian and related languages.
  • 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_69d8e8cb8c348190b52075823911c869 completed April 10, 2026, 12:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e5fa3e8d488190a93fb743dabd0ffb completed April 20, 2026, 10:04 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0700eaa4fc81909270487adaa2872f completed May 15, 2026, 11:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07016bb570819088cf919e5839535b completed May 15, 2026, 11:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0701ee333081909ecefccf59d0294e completed May 15, 2026, 11:22 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:23 p.m.