Triple

T21194951
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bactrian language E522302 entity
Predicate hasAlternativeName P39 FINISHED
Object Eteo-Tocharian (historical misnomer)
Eteo-Tocharian is a historically used but misleading name that was once applied to the Bactrian language, reflecting outdated assumptions about its connection to the Tocharian languages.
E522302 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: Eteo-Tocharian (historical misnomer) | Statement: [Bactrian language, hasAlternativeName, Eteo-Tocharian (historical misnomer)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eteo-Tocharian (historical misnomer)
Context triple: [Bactrian language, hasAlternativeName, Eteo-Tocharian (historical misnomer)]
  • A. Tocharian languages
    The Tocharian languages were an extinct branch of the Indo-European family once spoken in the Tarim Basin of Central Asia, known from early medieval manuscripts and notable for their archaic linguistic features.
  • B. Khotanese language
    The Khotanese language is an extinct Middle Iranian language once spoken in the Buddhist kingdom of Khotan along the southern Silk Road in what is now Xinjiang, China.
  • C. Bactrian language
    The Bactrian language is an extinct Eastern Iranian language once spoken in the ancient region of Bactria, known from inscriptions and manuscripts written in a modified Greek script.
  • D. Yuchi language
    The Yuchi language is a highly endangered isolate traditionally spoken by the Yuchi people of the southeastern United States, notable for its unique structure and lack of demonstrable relation to other language families.
  • E. Tocharians
    The Tocharians were an ancient Indo-European people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in what is now Xinjiang, China, and are known from their distinctive Indo-European language and Buddhist cultural remains along the Silk Road.
  • 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: Eteo-Tocharian (historical misnomer)
Triple: [Bactrian language, hasAlternativeName, Eteo-Tocharian (historical misnomer)]
Generated description
Eteo-Tocharian is a historically used but misleading name that was once applied to the Bactrian language, reflecting outdated assumptions about its connection to the Tocharian languages.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eteo-Tocharian (historical misnomer)
Target entity description: Eteo-Tocharian is a historically used but misleading name that was once applied to the Bactrian language, reflecting outdated assumptions about its connection to the Tocharian languages.
  • A. Tocharian languages
    The Tocharian languages were an extinct branch of the Indo-European family once spoken in the Tarim Basin of Central Asia, known from early medieval manuscripts and notable for their archaic linguistic features.
  • B. Khotanese language
    The Khotanese language is an extinct Middle Iranian language once spoken in the Buddhist kingdom of Khotan along the southern Silk Road in what is now Xinjiang, China.
  • C. Bactrian language chosen
    The Bactrian language is an extinct Eastern Iranian language once spoken in the ancient region of Bactria, known from inscriptions and manuscripts written in a modified Greek script.
  • D. Yuchi language
    The Yuchi language is a highly endangered isolate traditionally spoken by the Yuchi people of the southeastern United States, notable for its unique structure and lack of demonstrable relation to other language families.
  • E. Tocharians
    The Tocharians were an ancient Indo-European people who inhabited the Tarim Basin in what is now Xinjiang, China, and are known from their distinctive Indo-European language and Buddhist cultural remains along the Silk Road.
  • 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_69e0b51061388190aa03f19700d3ef04 completed April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e7333aa0fc81909b17eb6a26f389ec completed April 21, 2026, 8:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a097ec8db108190b2decdfe28a8af08 completed May 17, 2026, 8:39 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a097ff28ed0819081cea66e9ea5eaa2 completed May 17, 2026, 8:44 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0981477234819093bc90f3578ddccf completed May 17, 2026, 8:50 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 3:08 p.m.