Triple

T15163515
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Great Basin linguistic area E362274 entity
Predicate hasLanguageFamily P1047 FINISHED
Object Washo language family
The Washo language family is a small, isolated Native American language group traditionally spoken by the Washoe people of the eastern Sierra Nevada region, often considered a linguistic isolate within the Great Basin area.
E1139870 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: Washo language family | Statement: [Great Basin linguistic area, hasLanguageFamily, Washo language family]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Washo language family
Context triple: [Great Basin linguistic area, hasLanguageFamily, Washo language family]
  • A. Khoe–Kwadi language family
    The Khoe–Kwadi language family is a proposed grouping of southern African languages that links the Khoe languages with the extinct Kwadi language, suggesting a broader historical relationship among non-Bantu languages in the region.
  • B. Ubangian languages
    The Ubangian languages are a group of closely related languages spoken primarily in the Central African Republic and surrounding regions, often considered a branch of the Niger–Congo or an independent language family.
  • C. Salinan language family
    The Salinan language family is a small group of closely related, now-extinct Native American languages once spoken by the Salinan people in central California.
  • D. Ayere–Ahan languages
    The Ayere–Ahan languages are a small subgroup of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southwestern Nigeria.
  • E. Oshiwambo languages
    The Oshiwambo languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily by the Ovambo people in northern Namibia and southern Angola.
  • 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: Washo language family
Triple: [Great Basin linguistic area, hasLanguageFamily, Washo language family]
Generated description
The Washo language family is a small, isolated Native American language group traditionally spoken by the Washoe people of the eastern Sierra Nevada region, often considered a linguistic isolate within the Great Basin area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Washo language family
Target entity description: The Washo language family is a small, isolated Native American language group traditionally spoken by the Washoe people of the eastern Sierra Nevada region, often considered a linguistic isolate within the Great Basin area.
  • A. Khoe–Kwadi language family
    The Khoe–Kwadi language family is a proposed grouping of southern African languages that links the Khoe languages with the extinct Kwadi language, suggesting a broader historical relationship among non-Bantu languages in the region.
  • B. Ubangian languages
    The Ubangian languages are a group of closely related languages spoken primarily in the Central African Republic and surrounding regions, often considered a branch of the Niger–Congo or an independent language family.
  • C. Salinan language family
    The Salinan language family is a small group of closely related, now-extinct Native American languages once spoken by the Salinan people in central California.
  • D. Ayere–Ahan languages
    The Ayere–Ahan languages are a small subgroup of closely related Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southwestern Nigeria.
  • E. Oshiwambo languages
    The Oshiwambo languages are a group of closely related Bantu languages spoken primarily by the Ovambo people in northern Namibia and southern Angola.
  • 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_69d85a087b7c81908baa94a53dac8d68 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0064b21ac81908b793bdbd741bcd8 completed April 15, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69febffc94e48190844e226c245a9ce3 completed May 9, 2026, 5:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fec1b27c5c8190b3b81cd10b11e973 completed May 9, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fec24105a48190a698de2b380f4dbc completed May 9, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:08 a.m.