Triple

T21623388
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject George Lakoff E533633 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object Metaphors We Live By
Metaphors We Live By is a seminal 1980 book by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson that argues metaphor fundamentally shapes human thought, language, and everyday experience.
E1492215 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: Metaphors We Live By | Statement: [George Lakoff, notableWork, Metaphors We Live By]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metaphors We Live By
Context triple: [George Lakoff, notableWork, Metaphors We Live By]
  • A. How to Do Things with Words
    How to Do Things with Words is a foundational work in 20th-century philosophy of language by J. L. Austin that introduced speech act theory and transformed understandings of how language functions in practice.
  • B. Words and Rules
    Words and Rules is a book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that explores how the human mind processes language, particularly the interplay between memorized words and grammatical rules.
  • C. A Book of Human Language
    A Book of Human Language is a critically acclaimed 1997 hip-hop album by Los Angeles rapper Aceyalone, known for its complex lyricism and experimental, jazz-influenced production.
  • D. “The Social Life of Language”
    “The Social Life of Language” is a sociolinguistic work by Gillian Sankoff that examines how language use and change are shaped by social contexts and interactions.
  • E. Language and Mind
    Language and Mind is a collection of influential essays by Noam Chomsky that explores the nature of language, human cognition, and their implications for philosophy and psychology.
  • 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: Metaphors We Live By
Triple: [George Lakoff, notableWork, Metaphors We Live By]
Generated description
Metaphors We Live By is a seminal 1980 book by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson that argues metaphor fundamentally shapes human thought, language, and everyday experience.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metaphors We Live By
Target entity description: Metaphors We Live By is a seminal 1980 book by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson that argues metaphor fundamentally shapes human thought, language, and everyday experience.
  • A. How to Do Things with Words
    How to Do Things with Words is a foundational work in 20th-century philosophy of language by J. L. Austin that introduced speech act theory and transformed understandings of how language functions in practice.
  • B. Words and Rules
    Words and Rules is a book by cognitive scientist Steven Pinker that explores how the human mind processes language, particularly the interplay between memorized words and grammatical rules.
  • C. A Book of Human Language
    A Book of Human Language is a critically acclaimed 1997 hip-hop album by Los Angeles rapper Aceyalone, known for its complex lyricism and experimental, jazz-influenced production.
  • D. “The Social Life of Language”
    “The Social Life of Language” is a sociolinguistic work by Gillian Sankoff that examines how language use and change are shaped by social contexts and interactions.
  • E. Language and Mind
    Language and Mind is a collection of influential essays by Noam Chomsky that explores the nature of language, human cognition, and their implications for philosophy and psychology.
  • 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_69e0c464fba881908d0ff2ac80511ce1 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ef521125f481909ccfc95d884976e2 completed April 27, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a09fd4782308190a5fe7127e7047dfa completed May 17, 2026, 5:39 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a09fdc1ef648190b14f8e8c2d64e9bc completed May 17, 2026, 5:41 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a09fe2103e081909a36eec585b71b90 completed May 17, 2026, 5:42 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:34 p.m.