Triple
T13892813
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bay City, Michigan |
E334015
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasRiver |
P165
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Saginaw River |
E72183
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Saginaw River | Statement: [Bay City, Michigan, hasRiver, Saginaw River]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saginaw River Context triple: [Bay City, Michigan, hasRiver, Saginaw River]
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A.
Saginaw River
chosen
The Saginaw River is a major river in Michigan that drains a large portion of the state's Lower Peninsula and flows into Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron.
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B.
Kalamazoo River
The Kalamazoo River is a river in southwestern Michigan that flows westward into Lake Michigan and is known for both its industrial history and significant environmental restoration efforts.
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C.
Black River (Macatawa River)
Black River, also known as the Macatawa River, is a waterway in western Michigan that flows through the Holland area before emptying into Lake Macatawa and ultimately Lake Michigan.
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D.
Huron River
The Huron River is a major river in southeastern Michigan known for flowing through communities like Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti and supporting extensive recreational activities and natural habitats.
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E.
Grand River (Michigan)
Grand River (Michigan) is the longest river entirely within the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing westward across the Lower Peninsula before emptying into Lake Michigan at Grand Haven.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69d81c5dd2d48190b7a5fc1e009de936 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de23a537d4819093c2bae2a244816a |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd5bb05bb481909a0ad528e998fdf1 |
completed | May 8, 2026, 3:42 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:15 p.m.