Triple

T9466644
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject MIT Linguistics Section E228287 entity
Predicate notableFaculty P141 FINISHED
Object Kenneth Hale
Kenneth Hale was an influential American linguist renowned for his work on indigenous and endangered languages, especially in the Americas and Australia, and for his contributions to theoretical syntax and language preservation.
E800843 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: Kenneth Hale | Statement: [MIT Linguistics Section, notableFaculty, Kenneth Hale]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Hale
Context triple: [MIT Linguistics Section, notableFaculty, Kenneth Hale]
  • A. Paul Kiparsky
    Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
  • B. William C. Stokoe
    William C. Stokoe was a pioneering American linguist whose groundbreaking work established American Sign Language as a legitimate, fully structured natural language.
  • C. James A. Matisoff
    James A. Matisoff is an American linguist renowned for his pioneering work on Sino-Tibetan historical linguistics and language reconstruction.
  • D. Leonard Bloomfield
    Leonard Bloomfield was an influential American linguist whose work in the early 20th century helped establish structural linguistics as a rigorous, scientific discipline.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Kenneth Hale
Triple: [MIT Linguistics Section, notableFaculty, Kenneth Hale]
Generated description
Kenneth Hale was an influential American linguist renowned for his work on indigenous and endangered languages, especially in the Americas and Australia, and for his contributions to theoretical syntax and language preservation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kenneth Hale
Target entity description: Kenneth Hale was an influential American linguist renowned for his work on indigenous and endangered languages, especially in the Americas and Australia, and for his contributions to theoretical syntax and language preservation.
  • A. Paul Kiparsky
    Paul Kiparsky is a prominent linguist known for his influential work in generative phonology and historical linguistics.
  • B. William C. Stokoe
    William C. Stokoe was a pioneering American linguist whose groundbreaking work established American Sign Language as a legitimate, fully structured natural language.
  • C. James A. Matisoff
    James A. Matisoff is an American linguist renowned for his pioneering work on Sino-Tibetan historical linguistics and language reconstruction.
  • D. Leonard Bloomfield
    Leonard Bloomfield was an influential American linguist whose work in the early 20th century helped establish structural linguistics as a rigorous, scientific discipline.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69ca846fee388190a6ec273fd644b88b completed March 30, 2026, 2:10 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cd7fdc08f08190ad17de08d2c2eca2 completed April 1, 2026, 8:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d122ba3d948190a3fa947cd3cad63b completed April 4, 2026, 2:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d123bc10b88190bd8f5a543d32c788 completed April 4, 2026, 2:44 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1243ba18881909c2adf7c0b4b93b8 completed April 4, 2026, 2:46 p.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:53 p.m.