Triple

T7618077
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michigan Central Railroad E172412 entity
Predicate connectedCity P4245 FINISHED
Object Albion, Michigan
Albion, Michigan is a small city in south-central Michigan known historically as an industrial and railroad hub and as the home of Albion College.
E848668 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: Albion, Michigan | Statement: [Michigan Central Railroad, connectedCity, Albion, Michigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albion, Michigan
Context triple: [Michigan Central Railroad, connectedCity, Albion, Michigan]
  • A. Westland, Michigan
    Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
  • B. Hesperia, Michigan
    Hesperia, Michigan is a small village in western Michigan known for its rural character, outdoor recreation opportunities, and location near the White River.
  • C. Caledonia, Michigan
    Caledonia, Michigan is a small village in western Michigan known for its suburban-rural character and proximity to the Grand Rapids metropolitan area.
  • D. Ionia, Michigan
    Ionia, Michigan is a small city in central Michigan known for its historic downtown, annual Ionia Free Fair, and location along the Grand River.
  • E. Gwinn, Michigan
    Gwinn, Michigan is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known historically as a planned company town for the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company.
  • 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: Albion, Michigan
Triple: [Michigan Central Railroad, connectedCity, Albion, Michigan]
Generated description
Albion, Michigan is a small city in south-central Michigan known historically as an industrial and railroad hub and as the home of Albion College.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albion, Michigan
Target entity description: Albion, Michigan is a small city in south-central Michigan known historically as an industrial and railroad hub and as the home of Albion College.
  • A. Westland, Michigan
    Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
  • B. Hesperia, Michigan
    Hesperia, Michigan is a small village in western Michigan known for its rural character, outdoor recreation opportunities, and location near the White River.
  • C. Caledonia, Michigan
    Caledonia, Michigan is a small village in western Michigan known for its suburban-rural character and proximity to the Grand Rapids metropolitan area.
  • D. Ionia, Michigan
    Ionia, Michigan is a small city in central Michigan known for its historic downtown, annual Ionia Free Fair, and location along the Grand River.
  • E. Gwinn, Michigan
    Gwinn, Michigan is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known historically as a planned company town for the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company.
  • 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_69c699506b308190826894dab1d9ea86 completed March 27, 2026, 2:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6fa4886ac819084188f54d280df35 completed March 27, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d380b6a39c8190ade06ba0249ffa79 completed April 6, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d381a622f481908e32b02c08df6e5b completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d394f1e7f481908123af847a4ce9b1 completed April 6, 2026, 11:11 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 3:55 p.m.