Triple

T8218800

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Michigan Technological University	`E192004`	entity
Predicate	hasFacility	`P105`	FINISHED
Object	Great Lakes Research Center The Great Lakes Research Center is a multidisciplinary research facility at Michigan Technological University focused on advancing science, engineering, and policy related to the Great Lakes and freshwater systems.	`E719062`	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: Great Lakes Research Center | Statement: [Michigan Technological University, hasFacility, Great Lakes Research Center]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Great Lakes Research Center
Context triple: [Michigan Technological University, hasFacility, Great Lakes Research Center]

A. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
The Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory is a NOAA research center dedicated to studying and monitoring the Great Lakes’ ecosystems, water quality, and environmental conditions to support resource management and policy.
B. University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Limnology
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Limnology is a leading research institute focused on the ecology, management, and conservation of freshwater lakes and other inland waters.
C. Horn Point Laboratory
Horn Point Laboratory is a marine and environmental research facility of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, known for its work on coastal ecosystems and Chesapeake Bay.
D. Great Lakes Science Center
The Great Lakes Science Center is a major science and technology museum and educational facility located on the Lake Erie waterfront in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
E. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory is a leading marine and environmental research facility on the Chesapeake Bay that focuses on coastal ecosystem science and education.
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: Great Lakes Research Center
Triple: [Michigan Technological University, hasFacility, Great Lakes Research Center]

Generated description

The Great Lakes Research Center is a multidisciplinary research facility at Michigan Technological University focused on advancing science, engineering, and policy related to the Great Lakes and freshwater systems.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Great Lakes Research Center
Target entity description: The Great Lakes Research Center is a multidisciplinary research facility at Michigan Technological University focused on advancing science, engineering, and policy related to the Great Lakes and freshwater systems.

A. Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
The Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory is a NOAA research center dedicated to studying and monitoring the Great Lakes’ ecosystems, water quality, and environmental conditions to support resource management and policy.
B. University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Limnology
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Center for Limnology is a leading research institute focused on the ecology, management, and conservation of freshwater lakes and other inland waters.
C. Horn Point Laboratory
Horn Point Laboratory is a marine and environmental research facility of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, known for its work on coastal ecosystems and Chesapeake Bay.
D. Great Lakes Science Center
The Great Lakes Science Center is a major science and technology museum and educational facility located on the Lake Erie waterfront in downtown Cleveland, Ohio.
E. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory is a leading marine and environmental research facility on the Chesapeake Bay that focuses on coastal ecosystem science and education.
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_69ca82c9a8ac81908b011c38698456e4`	completed	March 30, 2026, 2:03 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69cb7770cee881908ade560d49427895`	completed	March 31, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69ccedfb6f608190aebfa720b56325e5`	completed	April 1, 2026, 10:05 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69ccf1bbbd2481908400436e05911326`	completed	April 1, 2026, 10:21 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69cd05eaba1c81908510a20b1ca93821`	completed	April 1, 2026, 11:47 a.m.

Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:45 p.m.