Triple

T10683362
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject south-central Michigan E251811 entity
Predicate hasCity P316 FINISHED
Object Sturgis, Michigan
Sturgis, Michigan is a small city in St. Joseph County known for its location near the Indiana border and its role as a regional commercial and industrial center in south-central Michigan.
E1073960 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: Sturgis, Michigan | Statement: [south-central Michigan, hasCity, Sturgis, Michigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sturgis, Michigan
Context triple: [south-central Michigan, hasCity, Sturgis, Michigan]
  • A. Grandville, Michigan
    Grandville, Michigan is a suburban city near Grand Rapids known for its location along the Grand River and its role as a regional retail and residential hub in western Michigan.
  • B. Williamston, Michigan
    Williamston, Michigan is a small city in central Michigan known for its historic downtown, community events, and proximity to the Lansing metropolitan area.
  • C. Stanton, Michigan
    Stanton, Michigan is a small city in central Michigan that serves as the administrative and governmental hub of Montcalm County.
  • D. Gladstone, Michigan
    Gladstone, Michigan is a small city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known for its waterfront location on Little Bay de Noc and its outdoor recreation opportunities.
  • E. Westland, Michigan
    Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
  • 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: Sturgis, Michigan
Triple: [south-central Michigan, hasCity, Sturgis, Michigan]
Generated description
Sturgis, Michigan is a small city in St. Joseph County known for its location near the Indiana border and its role as a regional commercial and industrial center in south-central Michigan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sturgis, Michigan
Target entity description: Sturgis, Michigan is a small city in St. Joseph County known for its location near the Indiana border and its role as a regional commercial and industrial center in south-central Michigan.
  • A. Grandville, Michigan
    Grandville, Michigan is a suburban city near Grand Rapids known for its location along the Grand River and its role as a regional retail and residential hub in western Michigan.
  • B. Williamston, Michigan
    Williamston, Michigan is a small city in central Michigan known for its historic downtown, community events, and proximity to the Lansing metropolitan area.
  • C. Stanton, Michigan
    Stanton, Michigan is a small city in central Michigan that serves as the administrative and governmental hub of Montcalm County.
  • D. Gladstone, Michigan
    Gladstone, Michigan is a small city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known for its waterfront location on Little Bay de Noc and its outdoor recreation opportunities.
  • E. Westland, Michigan
    Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
  • 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_69d6aa5bd7c08190a816e733b4045c23 completed April 8, 2026, 7:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d6fcc43b9481908f35490db93db76c completed April 9, 2026, 1:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fbac706dc4819093f06b368f03fe02 completed May 6, 2026, 9:02 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fbadb3dca08190a88376278c434fbf completed May 6, 2026, 9:08 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fbaf91632c8190a956aa40c4ba335d completed May 6, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:10 p.m.