Triple

T10296445
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Plymouth Township, Michigan E241501 entity
Predicate borders P224 FINISHED
Object Salem Township, Michigan
Salem Township, Michigan is a rural charter township in Washtenaw County known for its agricultural character and location between the Ann Arbor and Detroit metropolitan areas.
 E856012 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: Salem Township, Michigan | Statement: [Plymouth Township, Michigan, borders, Salem Township, Michigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Salem Township, Michigan
Context triple: [Plymouth Township, Michigan, borders, Salem Township, Michigan]
  • A. La Salle Township, Michigan
    La Salle Township, Michigan is a small civil township located in southeastern Michigan along the western shore of Lake Erie.
  • B. Saline Township, Michigan
    Saline Township, Michigan is a civil township in Washtenaw County known for its rural character, agricultural land, and proximity to the city of Saline.
  • C. Green Township, Michigan
    Green Township, Michigan is a civil township located in Mecosta County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
  • D. Watertown Township, Michigan
    Watertown Township, Michigan is a civil township located in Clinton County that forms part of the Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area.
  • E. Sylvan Township, Michigan
    Sylvan Township, Michigan is a small rural township located in Washtenaw County in the southeastern part of the state.
  • 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: Salem Township, Michigan
Triple: [Plymouth Township, Michigan, borders, Salem Township, Michigan]
Generated description
Salem Township, Michigan is a rural charter township in Washtenaw County known for its agricultural character and location between the Ann Arbor and Detroit metropolitan areas.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Salem Township, Michigan
Target entity description: Salem Township, Michigan is a rural charter township in Washtenaw County known for its agricultural character and location between the Ann Arbor and Detroit metropolitan areas.
  • A. La Salle Township, Michigan
    La Salle Township, Michigan is a small civil township located in southeastern Michigan along the western shore of Lake Erie.
  • B. Saline Township, Michigan
    Saline Township, Michigan is a civil township in Washtenaw County known for its rural character, agricultural land, and proximity to the city of Saline.
  • C. Green Township, Michigan
    Green Township, Michigan is a civil township located in Mecosta County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
  • D. Watertown Township, Michigan
    Watertown Township, Michigan is a civil township located in Clinton County that forms part of the Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area.
  • E. Sylvan Township, Michigan
    Sylvan Township, Michigan is a small rural township located in Washtenaw County in the southeastern part of the state.
  • 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_69d381aaafc08190af475ef58dc16aba completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d2ea9b3c8190b11518b259d5825c completed April 7, 2026, 9:48 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d71d2cc9c48190bc36f6a4f8144b7f completed April 9, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d73182d7548190ac15093aa7001db7 completed April 9, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d7336c06308190ac72154134a26842 completed April 9, 2026, 5:04 a.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:43 a.m.