Triple

T21711448
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michael Halliday E535915 entity
Predicate notableWork P4 FINISHED
Object An Introduction to Functional Grammar
An Introduction to Functional Grammar is a foundational linguistics textbook by M.A.K. Halliday that presents and develops systemic functional grammar as a theory of language in context.
E1498621 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: An Introduction to Functional Grammar | Statement: [Michael Halliday, notableWork, An Introduction to Functional Grammar]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Introduction to Functional Grammar
Context triple: [Michael Halliday, notableWork, An Introduction to Functional Grammar]
  • A. Lexical-Functional Grammar
    Lexical-Functional Grammar is a non-transformational theory of syntax that models sentence structure through parallel levels of representation, emphasizing the relationship between grammatical functions and lexical information.
  • B. Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics
    Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics is a foundational textbook by Sir John Lyons that systematically presents the core concepts and methods of modern linguistic theory.
  • C. Methods in Structural Linguistics
    Methods in Structural Linguistics is a foundational 1951 work in linguistics that systematically develops the principles and procedures of structural (distributional) analysis of language.
  • D. Lectures on Government and Binding
    Lectures on Government and Binding is a foundational book by Noam Chomsky that systematically presents the Government and Binding framework in generative syntax.
  • E. An Introduction to Syntactic Theory
    An Introduction to Syntactic Theory is a foundational linguistics textbook that presents the core concepts and analytical tools of generative syntax.
  • 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: An Introduction to Functional Grammar
Triple: [Michael Halliday, notableWork, An Introduction to Functional Grammar]
Generated description
An Introduction to Functional Grammar is a foundational linguistics textbook by M.A.K. Halliday that presents and develops systemic functional grammar as a theory of language in context.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: An Introduction to Functional Grammar
Target entity description: An Introduction to Functional Grammar is a foundational linguistics textbook by M.A.K. Halliday that presents and develops systemic functional grammar as a theory of language in context.
  • A. Lexical-Functional Grammar
    Lexical-Functional Grammar is a non-transformational theory of syntax that models sentence structure through parallel levels of representation, emphasizing the relationship between grammatical functions and lexical information.
  • B. Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics
    Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics is a foundational textbook by Sir John Lyons that systematically presents the core concepts and methods of modern linguistic theory.
  • C. Methods in Structural Linguistics
    Methods in Structural Linguistics is a foundational 1951 work in linguistics that systematically develops the principles and procedures of structural (distributional) analysis of language.
  • D. Lectures on Government and Binding
    Lectures on Government and Binding is a foundational book by Noam Chomsky that systematically presents the Government and Binding framework in generative syntax.
  • E. An Introduction to Syntactic Theory
    An Introduction to Syntactic Theory is a foundational linguistics textbook that presents the core concepts and analytical tools of generative syntax.
  • 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_69e0c46b44c0819088ab883ebd44e0e8 completed April 16, 2026, 11:13 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69efb53450108190ba1c9e3cc3a0ab89 completed April 27, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a24afb170819082e8b5d06427140a completed May 17, 2026, 8:27 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a276da268819082c3e2551f05e020 completed May 17, 2026, 8:39 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a27d9bb248190b65da5cb50c332ec completed May 17, 2026, 8:40 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 6:46 p.m.