Triple
T350161
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Michigan (most of state) |
E7423
|
entity |
| Predicate | contains |
P35
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Bay City
Bay City is a small industrial and port city in east-central Michigan located near Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron.
|
E49042
|
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: Bay City | Statement: [Michigan (most of state), contains, Bay City]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bay City Context triple: [Michigan (most of state), contains, Bay City]
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A.
Saginaw
Saginaw is a city in central Michigan known for its industrial history, location along the Saginaw River, and role as a regional economic and cultural center.
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B.
Jackson, Michigan
Jackson, Michigan is a mid-sized city in south-central Michigan historically notable as the birthplace of the Republican Party in the 1850s.
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C.
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo is a mid-sized city in southwestern Michigan known for its historic downtown, educational institutions like Western Michigan University, and a legacy of manufacturing and craft beer.
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D.
Traverse City, Michigan
Traverse City, Michigan is a popular northern Michigan destination known for its cherry production, vibrant downtown, and outdoor recreation along the shores of Grand Traverse Bay.
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E.
Youngstown
Youngstown is an industrial city in northeastern Ohio historically known for its steel production and central role in the Rust Belt’s economic rise and decline.
- 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: Bay City Triple: [Michigan (most of state), contains, Bay City]
Generated description
Bay City is a small industrial and port city in east-central Michigan located near Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bay City Target entity description: Bay City is a small industrial and port city in east-central Michigan located near Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron.
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A.
Saginaw
Saginaw is a city in central Michigan known for its industrial history, location along the Saginaw River, and role as a regional economic and cultural center.
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B.
Jackson, Michigan
Jackson, Michigan is a mid-sized city in south-central Michigan historically notable as the birthplace of the Republican Party in the 1850s.
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C.
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo is a mid-sized city in southwestern Michigan known for its historic downtown, educational institutions like Western Michigan University, and a legacy of manufacturing and craft beer.
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D.
Traverse City, Michigan
Traverse City, Michigan is a popular northern Michigan destination known for its cherry production, vibrant downtown, and outdoor recreation along the shores of Grand Traverse Bay.
-
E.
Youngstown
Youngstown is an industrial city in northeastern Ohio historically known for its steel production and central role in the Rust Belt’s economic rise and decline.
- 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_69a2e7e696948190bebc966535995e45 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a2eb1f028c819098fa6480b4ca5cf0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 1:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3fe8f7af481908942ab7872a45ab3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4024913b48190b3ac65a03aa8e727 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a402995c8081909ccc95b9a859b9d8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:10 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.