Triple

T11845510
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Portage Charter Township, Michigan E281763 entity
Predicate locatedInMetropolitanArea P294 FINISHED
Object Houghton micropolitan area
The Houghton micropolitan area is a small population center in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula centered around the city of Houghton and its surrounding communities.
 E949304 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: Houghton micropolitan area | Statement: [Portage Charter Township, Michigan, locatedInMetropolitanArea, Houghton micropolitan area]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Houghton micropolitan area
Context triple: [Portage Charter Township, Michigan, locatedInMetropolitanArea, Houghton micropolitan area]
  • A. Marquette micropolitan area
    The Marquette micropolitan area is a small urban region in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula centered on the city of Marquette and its surrounding communities, serving as a local hub for education, healthcare, and commerce.
  • B. Petoskey micropolitan area
    The Petoskey micropolitan area is a small regional population and economic center in northern Michigan anchored by the city of Petoskey and its surrounding communities.
  • C. Sanford micropolitan area
    The Sanford micropolitan area is a small urban region in central North Carolina centered on the city of Sanford and its surrounding communities.
  • D. Traverse City micropolitan area
    The Traverse City micropolitan area is a U.S. Census-defined region in northwestern Michigan centered on Traverse City, encompassing surrounding communities that share its economic and social ties.
  • E. Vermillion micropolitan area
    The Vermillion micropolitan area is a small urban and surrounding rural region centered on the city of Vermillion in southeastern South Dakota, known for hosting the University of South Dakota.
  • 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: Houghton micropolitan area
Triple: [Portage Charter Township, Michigan, locatedInMetropolitanArea, Houghton micropolitan area]
Generated description
The Houghton micropolitan area is a small population center in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula centered around the city of Houghton and its surrounding communities.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Houghton micropolitan area
Target entity description: The Houghton micropolitan area is a small population center in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula centered around the city of Houghton and its surrounding communities.
  • A. Marquette micropolitan area
    The Marquette micropolitan area is a small urban region in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula centered on the city of Marquette and its surrounding communities, serving as a local hub for education, healthcare, and commerce.
  • B. Petoskey micropolitan area
    The Petoskey micropolitan area is a small regional population and economic center in northern Michigan anchored by the city of Petoskey and its surrounding communities.
  • C. Sanford micropolitan area
    The Sanford micropolitan area is a small urban region in central North Carolina centered on the city of Sanford and its surrounding communities.
  • D. Traverse City micropolitan area
    The Traverse City micropolitan area is a U.S. Census-defined region in northwestern Michigan centered on Traverse City, encompassing surrounding communities that share its economic and social ties.
  • E. Vermillion micropolitan area
    The Vermillion micropolitan area is a small urban and surrounding rural region centered on the city of Vermillion in southeastern South Dakota, known for hosting the University of South Dakota.
  • 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_69d6ab287ba48190a5178779fd19b9b7 completed April 8, 2026, 7:23 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a65b5ff08190bb58361f6a6acdca completed April 10, 2026, 7:27 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f167a876048190aeeeccebae9e46ad completed April 29, 2026, 2:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f17005c318819090e54bc64d135477 completed April 29, 2026, 2:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f17814de1881908973af026af5d1d1 completed April 29, 2026, 3:16 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:43 p.m.