Triple

T19775981
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alexander Vovin E475002 entity
Predicate fieldOfWork P3 FINISHED
Object Middle Japanese
Middle Japanese is the historical stage of the Japanese language spoken roughly between the late 8th and 12th centuries, known from classical literature and key to understanding the development of modern Japanese.
E570527 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: Middle Japanese | Statement: [Alexander Vovin, fieldOfWork, Middle Japanese]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle Japanese
Context triple: [Alexander Vovin, fieldOfWork, Middle Japanese]
  • A. Late Middle Japanese
    Late Middle Japanese is a historical stage of the Japanese language, spoken roughly between the 12th and 16th centuries, that marks the transition from Old Japanese to Early Modern Japanese in phonology, grammar, and vocabulary.
  • B. Early Middle Japanese
    Early Middle Japanese is the historical stage of the Japanese language used roughly from the late 8th to the 12th century, marked by significant phonological and grammatical changes and documented in early Heian-period literature.
  • C. Eastern Old Japanese dialects
    Eastern Old Japanese dialects are early regional varieties of the Japanese language spoken in eastern Japan during the Old Japanese period, reflecting distinctive phonological and grammatical developments from Proto-Japonic.
  • D. Izumo dialect
    Izumo dialect is a regional variety of the Japanese language spoken around the city of Izumo in Shimane Prefecture, known for its distinctive phonology and vocabulary within the Chūgoku dialect group.
  • E. Classical Japanese
    Classical Japanese is the historical form of the Japanese language used in premodern literature, official documents, and legal texts, characterized by distinct grammar and vocabulary from modern Japanese.
  • 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: Middle Japanese
Triple: [Alexander Vovin, fieldOfWork, Middle Japanese]
Generated description
Middle Japanese is the historical stage of the Japanese language spoken roughly between the late 8th and 12th centuries, known from classical literature and key to understanding the development of modern Japanese.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Middle Japanese
Target entity description: Middle Japanese is the historical stage of the Japanese language spoken roughly between the late 8th and 12th centuries, known from classical literature and key to understanding the development of modern Japanese.
  • A. Late Middle Japanese
    Late Middle Japanese is a historical stage of the Japanese language, spoken roughly between the 12th and 16th centuries, that marks the transition from Old Japanese to Early Modern Japanese in phonology, grammar, and vocabulary.
  • B. Early Middle Japanese chosen
    Early Middle Japanese is the historical stage of the Japanese language used roughly from the late 8th to the 12th century, marked by significant phonological and grammatical changes and documented in early Heian-period literature.
  • C. Eastern Old Japanese dialects
    Eastern Old Japanese dialects are early regional varieties of the Japanese language spoken in eastern Japan during the Old Japanese period, reflecting distinctive phonological and grammatical developments from Proto-Japonic.
  • D. Izumo dialect
    Izumo dialect is a regional variety of the Japanese language spoken around the city of Izumo in Shimane Prefecture, known for its distinctive phonology and vocabulary within the Chūgoku dialect group.
  • E. Classical Japanese
    Classical Japanese is the historical form of the Japanese language used in premodern literature, official documents, and legal texts, characterized by distinct grammar and vocabulary from modern Japanese.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d8e51a43a08190956bc6df13c91a77 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6535fb114819089911ed3ba6565c0 completed April 20, 2026, 4:25 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07bd76afe08190b958bd49acf21c4a completed May 16, 2026, 12:42 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07be5426c48190bb7b0fc315fa2f6a completed May 16, 2026, 12:46 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07bf9682fc8190a33ea75dba8d88d6 completed May 16, 2026, 12:51 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:48 p.m.