Triple

T20069000
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Gillian Sankoff E499683 entity
Predicate hasPublication P80 FINISHED
Object “The Social Life of Language”
“The Social Life of Language” is a sociolinguistic work by Gillian Sankoff that examines how language use and change are shaped by social contexts and interactions.
E1410540 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: “The Social Life of Language” | Statement: [Gillian Sankoff, hasPublication, “The Social Life of Language”]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Social Life of Language”
Context triple: [Gillian Sankoff, hasPublication, “The Social Life of Language”]
  • A. A Book of Human Language
    A Book of Human Language is a critically acclaimed 1997 hip-hop album by Los Angeles rapper Aceyalone, known for its complex lyricism and experimental, jazz-influenced production.
  • B. On the Origin of Language
    On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
  • C. The Architecture of Language
    The Architecture of Language is a poetry collection by Quincy Troupe that showcases his innovative, jazz-inflected style and exploration of African American experience, history, and identity.
  • D. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
    "Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: “The Social Life of Language”
Triple: [Gillian Sankoff, hasPublication, “The Social Life of Language”]
Generated description
“The Social Life of Language” is a sociolinguistic work by Gillian Sankoff that examines how language use and change are shaped by social contexts and interactions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “The Social Life of Language”
Target entity description: “The Social Life of Language” is a sociolinguistic work by Gillian Sankoff that examines how language use and change are shaped by social contexts and interactions.
  • A. A Book of Human Language
    A Book of Human Language is a critically acclaimed 1997 hip-hop album by Los Angeles rapper Aceyalone, known for its complex lyricism and experimental, jazz-influenced production.
  • B. On the Origin of Language
    On the Origin of Language is a 19th-century work by philologist Hensleigh Wedgwood that explores the origins and development of human speech and linguistic forms.
  • C. The Architecture of Language
    The Architecture of Language is a poetry collection by Quincy Troupe that showcases his innovative, jazz-inflected style and exploration of African American experience, history, and identity.
  • D. Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech
    "Language: An Introduction to the Study of Speech" is a foundational 1921 work in linguistics that systematically explores the nature, structure, and function of human language.
  • E. 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.
  • 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.