Triple

T2491418
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Oakland County, Michigan E52050 entity
Predicate largestCity P235 FINISHED
Object Troy, Michigan
Troy, Michigan is a major suburban city in the Detroit metropolitan area known for its strong business community, shopping centers, and highly rated schools.
E513535 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: Troy, Michigan | Statement: [Oakland County, Michigan, largestCity, Troy, Michigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Troy, Michigan
Context triple: [Oakland County, Michigan, largestCity, Troy, Michigan]
  • A. Trenton, Michigan
    Trenton, Michigan is a small city in southeastern Michigan along the Detroit River, known for its industrial history, riverfront parks, and role as part of the Downriver suburban communities near Detroit.
  • B. Birmingham, Michigan
    Birmingham, Michigan is an affluent suburban city in the Detroit metropolitan area known for its upscale shopping district, walkable downtown, and high quality of life.
  • C. Taylor, Michigan
    Taylor, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County that forms part of the Downriver area of metropolitan Detroit.
  • D. Ecorse, Michigan
    Ecorse, Michigan is a small industrial city in Wayne County along the Detroit River, historically known for its steel manufacturing and role in the Downriver Detroit region.
  • E. Portland, Michigan
    Portland, Michigan is a small city in Ionia County known for its historic downtown, multiple riverfront parks, and extensive network of pedestrian bridges and trails.
  • 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: Troy, Michigan
Triple: [Oakland County, Michigan, largestCity, Troy, Michigan]
Generated description
Troy, Michigan is a major suburban city in the Detroit metropolitan area known for its strong business community, shopping centers, and highly rated schools.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Troy, Michigan
Target entity description: Troy, Michigan is a major suburban city in the Detroit metropolitan area known for its strong business community, shopping centers, and highly rated schools.
  • A. Trenton, Michigan
    Trenton, Michigan is a small city in southeastern Michigan along the Detroit River, known for its industrial history, riverfront parks, and role as part of the Downriver suburban communities near Detroit.
  • B. Birmingham, Michigan
    Birmingham, Michigan is an affluent suburban city in the Detroit metropolitan area known for its upscale shopping district, walkable downtown, and high quality of life.
  • C. Taylor, Michigan
    Taylor, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County that forms part of the Downriver area of metropolitan Detroit.
  • D. Ecorse, Michigan
    Ecorse, Michigan is a small industrial city in Wayne County along the Detroit River, historically known for its steel manufacturing and role in the Downriver Detroit region.
  • E. Portland, Michigan
    Portland, Michigan is a small city in Ionia County known for its historic downtown, multiple riverfront parks, and extensive network of pedestrian bridges and trails.
  • 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_69ab4955111c8190835bf619adec21ff completed March 6, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abd1914ca48190ab0a6cc5f1bd2f56 completed March 7, 2026, 7:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69bf219021d081909d814d0dbf564501 completed March 21, 2026, 10:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69bf22669b4081909a0126e0d8e69fd2 completed March 21, 2026, 10:57 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69bf232ed3508190880aab032f8f0b34 completed March 21, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:45 p.m.