Triple

T2774826
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Houghton, Michigan E61542 entity
Predicate governingBody P46 FINISHED
Object Houghton City Council
Houghton City Council is the elected municipal legislative body responsible for setting policy and overseeing local governance in the city of Houghton, Michigan.
E297399 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: Houghton City Council | Statement: [Houghton, Michigan, governingBody, Houghton City Council]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houghton City Council
Context triple: [Houghton, Michigan, governingBody, Houghton City Council]
  • A. Hamilton City Council
    Hamilton City Council is the local governing authority responsible for municipal decision-making, services, and regulations in the city of Hamilton.
  • B. Saginaw City Council
    The Saginaw City Council is the elected municipal legislative body responsible for setting policy, passing local laws, and overseeing the governance of the city of Saginaw, Michigan.
  • C. Sault Ste. Marie City Council
    Sault Ste. Marie City Council is the municipal legislative body responsible for setting local policies, passing bylaws, and overseeing city governance in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
  • D. Menominee City Council
    The Menominee City Council is the elected municipal legislative body responsible for setting policy, passing local ordinances, and overseeing city governance in Menominee, Michigan.
  • E. Newton City Council
    Newton City Council is the elected legislative body that governs the city of Newton, Massachusetts, enacting local laws, budgets, and policies.
  • 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: Houghton City Council
Triple: [Houghton, Michigan, governingBody, Houghton City Council]
Generated description
Houghton City Council is the elected municipal legislative body responsible for setting policy and overseeing local governance in the city of Houghton, Michigan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houghton City Council
Target entity description: Houghton City Council is the elected municipal legislative body responsible for setting policy and overseeing local governance in the city of Houghton, Michigan.
  • A. Hamilton City Council
    Hamilton City Council is the local governing authority responsible for municipal decision-making, services, and regulations in the city of Hamilton.
  • B. Saginaw City Council
    The Saginaw City Council is the elected municipal legislative body responsible for setting policy, passing local laws, and overseeing the governance of the city of Saginaw, Michigan.
  • C. Sault Ste. Marie City Council
    Sault Ste. Marie City Council is the municipal legislative body responsible for setting local policies, passing bylaws, and overseeing city governance in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
  • D. Menominee City Council
    The Menominee City Council is the elected municipal legislative body responsible for setting policy, passing local ordinances, and overseeing city governance in Menominee, Michigan.
  • E. Newton City Council
    Newton City Council is the elected legislative body that governs the city of Newton, Massachusetts, enacting local laws, budgets, and policies.
  • 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.