Triple

T6231031
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ward Cunningham E139352 entity
Predicate birthPlace P1 FINISHED
Object Michigan City, Indiana, United States E92608 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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: Michigan City, Indiana, United States | Statement: [Ward Cunningham, birthPlace, Michigan City, Indiana, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michigan City, Indiana, United States
Context triple: [Ward Cunningham, birthPlace, Michigan City, Indiana, United States]
  • A. Michigan City, Indiana chosen
    Michigan City, Indiana is a small city on the southern shore of Lake Michigan known as a gateway to the Indiana Dunes and a regional hub for lakefront recreation and tourism.
  • B. Merrillville, Indiana
    Merrillville, Indiana is a suburban town in Lake County within the Chicago metropolitan area, known as a regional retail and commercial hub in northwest Indiana.
  • C. Burns Harbor, Indiana
    Burns Harbor, Indiana is a small industrial town on the shore of Lake Michigan known for its steel production facilities and proximity to the Indiana Dunes.
  • D. Hammond, Indiana
    Hammond, Indiana is an industrial city in northwestern Indiana near Chicago, known for its location along the Calumet River and its role in the Calumet Region’s manufacturing and transportation network.
  • E. Whiting, Indiana
    Whiting, Indiana is a small industrial city on the southern shore of Lake Michigan near Chicago, known for its oil refinery, lakeside location, and historic downtown.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69c008afd3148190b71e9eaa60420dd1 completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c062ec5be4819084d6df2e8dd2a542 completed March 22, 2026, 9:45 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c20de90ba08190be1e0c44b5b13f53 completed March 24, 2026, 4:07 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:22 p.m.