Triple
T21907333
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Great Vowel Shift |
E540972
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasAlternativeName |
P39
|
FINISHED |
| Object | English Vowel Shift |
—
|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: English Vowel Shift | Statement: [Great Vowel Shift, hasAlternativeName, English Vowel Shift]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English Vowel Shift Context triple: [Great Vowel Shift, hasAlternativeName, English Vowel Shift]
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A.
Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English
Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English is a distinctive Midwestern American English variety characterized by a systematic rotation of short vowel sounds, especially in cities around the Great Lakes.
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B.
Vowel Movement
Vowel Movement is a musical side project associated with Johnette Napolitano, best known as the lead singer and bassist of the alternative rock band Concrete Blonde.
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C.
Canadian Shift in short front vowels
The Canadian Shift in short front vowels is a systematic sound change in many Canadian English dialects where vowels like /æ/, /ɛ/, and /ɪ/ are lowered and/or retracted, altering the traditional vowel space.
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D.
Middle English vowel system
The Middle English vowel system was the set of long and short vowel sounds used in English between roughly the 12th and 15th centuries, whose structure and qualities were dramatically reorganized during the Great Vowel Shift.
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E.
Early Modern English vowel system
The Early Modern English vowel system was the transitional stage of English pronunciation, marked by the Great Vowel Shift and other changes that reshaped the long-vowel inventory into a form closer to that of Present-Day English.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: English Vowel Shift Target entity description: English Vowel Shift is a major historical change in the pronunciation of long vowels in English that occurred mainly between the 15th and 18th centuries, significantly shaping Modern English pronunciation.
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A.
Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English
Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English is a distinctive Midwestern American English variety characterized by a systematic rotation of short vowel sounds, especially in cities around the Great Lakes.
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B.
Vowel Movement
Vowel Movement is a musical side project associated with Johnette Napolitano, best known as the lead singer and bassist of the alternative rock band Concrete Blonde.
-
C.
Canadian Shift in short front vowels
The Canadian Shift in short front vowels is a systematic sound change in many Canadian English dialects where vowels like /æ/, /ɛ/, and /ɪ/ are lowered and/or retracted, altering the traditional vowel space.
-
D.
Middle English vowel system
The Middle English vowel system was the set of long and short vowel sounds used in English between roughly the 12th and 15th centuries, whose structure and qualities were dramatically reorganized during the Great Vowel Shift.
-
E.
Early Modern English vowel system
chosen
The Early Modern English vowel system was the transitional stage of English pronunciation, marked by the Great Vowel Shift and other changes that reshaped the long-vowel inventory into a form closer to that of Present-Day English.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (2 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_69e0c47b4e8c81908c8076eaa4c8e4f2 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 11:14 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f121d74d388190be58b937c486fa69 |
completed | April 28, 2026, 9:08 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 7:38 p.m.