Triple

T23396374
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Arikara language E559369 entity
Predicate documentedBy P4310 FINISHED
Object linguist Douglas R. Parks
Douglas R. Parks was an American linguist and anthropologist known for his extensive documentation and preservation of Native American languages, particularly those of the Plains, including Arikara.
 E1582847 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: linguist Douglas R. Parks | Statement: [Arikara language, documentedBy, linguist Douglas R. Parks]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: linguist Douglas R. Parks
Context triple: [Arikara language, documentedBy, linguist Douglas R. Parks]
  • A. William Labov
    William Labov is an American linguist regarded as a founder of modern sociolinguistics, known for his influential empirical studies of language variation and change in English.
  • B. linguist Gordon M. Day
    Gordon M. Day was a linguist and ethnographer known for his extensive documentation and preservation of the Western Abenaki language and culture.
  • C. linguist Roland B. Dixon
    Roland B. Dixon was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his influential work on Native American languages and cultures, particularly in California.
  • D. 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.
  • E. linguist David Mead
    David Mead is a linguist specializing in Austronesian languages, particularly the Celebic subgroup, with notable work in historical and comparative linguistics.
  • 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: linguist Douglas R. Parks
Triple: [Arikara language, documentedBy, linguist Douglas R. Parks]
Generated description
Douglas R. Parks was an American linguist and anthropologist known for his extensive documentation and preservation of Native American languages, particularly those of the Plains, including Arikara.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: linguist Douglas R. Parks
Target entity description: Douglas R. Parks was an American linguist and anthropologist known for his extensive documentation and preservation of Native American languages, particularly those of the Plains, including Arikara.
  • A. William Labov
    William Labov is an American linguist regarded as a founder of modern sociolinguistics, known for his influential empirical studies of language variation and change in English.
  • B. linguist Gordon M. Day
    Gordon M. Day was a linguist and ethnographer known for his extensive documentation and preservation of the Western Abenaki language and culture.
  • C. linguist Roland B. Dixon
    Roland B. Dixon was an American anthropologist and linguist known for his influential work on Native American languages and cultures, particularly in California.
  • D. 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.
  • E. linguist David Mead
    David Mead is a linguist specializing in Austronesian languages, particularly the Celebic subgroup, with notable work in historical and comparative linguistics.
  • 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_69e24549610c8190a069d6411ce5f661 completed April 17, 2026, 2:35 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f1a4dc48008190bdcf92f8d9a5232d completed April 29, 2026, 6:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c5def932881908633ef7c39ae5f37 completed May 19, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c5f90146c8190b5035747abcfdb6e completed May 19, 2026, 1:03 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c601b5d288190b5cf4f3e0c8cde15 completed May 19, 2026, 1:05 p.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 5:36 p.m.