Triple

T226620
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lake Huron E4327 entity
Predicate inflow P415 FINISHED
Object Saginaw River
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.
E72183 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: Saginaw River | Statement: [Lake Huron, inflow, Saginaw River]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saginaw River
Context triple: [Lake Huron, inflow, Saginaw River]
  • A. 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.
  • B. Muskegon River
    The Muskegon River is a major river in Michigan that flows westward across the state, supporting recreation, wildlife habitats, and local communities before emptying into Lake Michigan.
  • C. Pere Marquette River
    The Pere Marquette River is a scenic, free-flowing river in western Michigan renowned for its trout and salmon fishing, paddling opportunities, and largely undeveloped natural surroundings.
  • D. St. Clair River
    The St. Clair River is a major waterway forming part of the border between the United States and Canada, flowing south from Lake Huron toward Lake St. Clair as a key segment of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway.
  • E. White River (Michigan)
    White River (Michigan) is a river in western Michigan that flows through forested and rural areas before emptying into Lake Michigan near the town of Whitehall.
  • 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: Saginaw River
Triple: [Lake Huron, inflow, Saginaw River]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saginaw River
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. 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.
  • B. Muskegon River
    The Muskegon River is a major river in Michigan that flows westward across the state, supporting recreation, wildlife habitats, and local communities before emptying into Lake Michigan.
  • C. Pere Marquette River
    The Pere Marquette River is a scenic, free-flowing river in western Michigan renowned for its trout and salmon fishing, paddling opportunities, and largely undeveloped natural surroundings.
  • D. St. Clair River
    The St. Clair River is a major waterway forming part of the border between the United States and Canada, flowing south from Lake Huron toward Lake St. Clair as a key segment of the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway.
  • E. White River (Michigan)
    White River (Michigan) is a river in western Michigan that flows through forested and rural areas before emptying into Lake Michigan near the town of Whitehall.
  • 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a25c8d97d08190ad7c1c3e9322f34c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a501b9767c8190a3449503fa372c64 completed March 2, 2026, 3:19 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a5042b2dec81909660d83b5d472392 completed March 2, 2026, 3:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a504bef61c8190a83f8b2cb356be29 completed March 2, 2026, 3:32 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.