Triple

T2774800
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Houghton, Michigan E61542 entity
Predicate locatedNear P294 FINISHED
Object Keweenaw Waterway
The Keweenaw Waterway is a navigable canal and natural waterway system in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting Lake Superior’s north and south shores.
E297397 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: Keweenaw Waterway | Statement: [Houghton, Michigan, locatedNear, Keweenaw Waterway]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Keweenaw Waterway
Context triple: [Houghton, Michigan, locatedNear, Keweenaw Waterway]
  • A. Straits of Mackinac
    The Straits of Mackinac are a narrow waterway in the U.S. state of Michigan that connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and separate Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
  • B. Sault Ste. Marie Canal
    The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
  • C. Inland Waterway (Michigan)
    Inland Waterway (Michigan) is a connected chain of rivers and lakes in northern Michigan popular for boating, fishing, and scenic recreation.
  • D. Hood Canal
    Hood Canal is a long, narrow fjord-like arm of Puget Sound in western Washington known for its scenic shorelines, shellfish beds, and recreational boating and fishing.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Keweenaw Waterway
Triple: [Houghton, Michigan, locatedNear, Keweenaw Waterway]
Generated description
The Keweenaw Waterway is a navigable canal and natural waterway system in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting Lake Superior’s north and south shores.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Keweenaw Waterway
Target entity description: The Keweenaw Waterway is a navigable canal and natural waterway system in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that cuts across the Keweenaw Peninsula, connecting Lake Superior’s north and south shores.
  • A. Straits of Mackinac
    The Straits of Mackinac are a narrow waterway in the U.S. state of Michigan that connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and separate Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas.
  • B. Sault Ste. Marie Canal
    The Sault Ste. Marie Canal is a historic Canadian lock and canal system in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, that once formed a key part of Great Lakes shipping and is now a National Historic Site.
  • C. Inland Waterway (Michigan)
    Inland Waterway (Michigan) is a connected chain of rivers and lakes in northern Michigan popular for boating, fishing, and scenic recreation.
  • D. Hood Canal
    Hood Canal is a long, narrow fjord-like arm of Puget Sound in western Washington known for its scenic shorelines, shellfish beds, and recreational boating and fishing.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69ab4b7cd13481909174bca9809ed259 completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdd7f9570819087f1b1cb59d68586 completed March 7, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc058c8a48190bbd151251678b4ee completed March 10, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc15513f48190a22f83571be2e0bd completed March 10, 2026, 6:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc1c9440c8190abf9dc063109af45 completed March 10, 2026, 7:01 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.