Triple

T20068968
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gillian Sankoff E499683 entity
Predicate fieldOfWork P3 FINISHED
Object French sociolinguistics
French sociolinguistics is the branch of sociolinguistics that examines how the French language varies and changes across different social groups, regions, and contexts.
 E1410538 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: French sociolinguistics | Statement: [Gillian Sankoff, fieldOfWork, French sociolinguistics]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: French sociolinguistics
Context triple: [Gillian Sankoff, fieldOfWork, French sociolinguistics]
  • A. Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach
    Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach is a seminal work that established the ethnography of communication as a central method for studying language use in its social and cultural contexts.
  • B. Creole linguistics
    Creole linguistics is the branch of linguistics that studies creole languages, focusing on their origins, structures, development, and sociocultural contexts.
  • C. Anthropological Linguistics
    Anthropological Linguistics is an academic journal focusing on the study of language in its cultural and social contexts, particularly from an anthropological perspective.
  • D. Language in Culture and Society
    Language in Culture and Society is a foundational anthology in linguistic anthropology that explores how language functions within social and cultural contexts.
  • E. Laboratoire de phonétique et phonologie
    Laboratoire de phonétique et phonologie is a French research laboratory specializing in the scientific study of speech sounds and phonological systems.
  • 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: French sociolinguistics
Triple: [Gillian Sankoff, fieldOfWork, French sociolinguistics]
Generated description
French sociolinguistics is the branch of sociolinguistics that examines how the French language varies and changes across different social groups, regions, and contexts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: French sociolinguistics
Target entity description: French sociolinguistics is the branch of sociolinguistics that examines how the French language varies and changes across different social groups, regions, and contexts.
  • A. Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach
    Foundations in Sociolinguistics: An Ethnographic Approach is a seminal work that established the ethnography of communication as a central method for studying language use in its social and cultural contexts.
  • B. Creole linguistics
    Creole linguistics is the branch of linguistics that studies creole languages, focusing on their origins, structures, development, and sociocultural contexts.
  • C. Anthropological Linguistics
    Anthropological Linguistics is an academic journal focusing on the study of language in its cultural and social contexts, particularly from an anthropological perspective.
  • D. Language in Culture and Society
    Language in Culture and Society is a foundational anthology in linguistic anthropology that explores how language functions within social and cultural contexts.
  • E. Laboratoire de phonétique et phonologie
    Laboratoire de phonétique et phonologie is a French research laboratory specializing in the scientific study of speech sounds and phonological systems.
  • 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_69da627770948190997f486f9a2e370f completed April 11, 2026, 3:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e664365ad0819089103b00d1cf8c9f completed April 20, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a081f3acb7881908e23b1d066c35051 completed May 16, 2026, 7:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a081fbb7f208190a032f9f312fd07de completed May 16, 2026, 7:41 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08208c203c819083abea34d10d5e4e completed May 16, 2026, 7:45 a.m.
Created at: April 11, 2026, 3:39 p.m.