Triple

T12648695
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Waterford Township, Michigan E302097 entity
Predicate adjacentTo P224 FINISHED
Object Independence Township, Michigan E395608 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Independence Township, Michigan | Statement: [Waterford Township, Michigan, adjacentTo, Independence Township, Michigan]

Disambiguation candidates (1 decision)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Independence Township, Michigan
Context triple: [Waterford Township, Michigan, adjacentTo, Independence Township, Michigan]
  • A. Independence Township, Michigan chosen
    Independence Township, Michigan is a charter township in Oakland County known for its suburban communities, parks, and proximity to the city of Clarkston and the Detroit metropolitan area.
  • B. Liberty Township, Michigan
    Liberty Township, Michigan is a rural civil township located in Jackson County in the south-central part of the state of Michigan.
  • C. Lansing Township, Michigan
    Lansing Township, Michigan is a charter township located adjacent to the city of Lansing in central Michigan, functioning as a suburban community within the Lansing metropolitan area.
  • D. Newton Township, Michigan
    Newton Township, Michigan is a small civil township located in Calhoun County in the south-central region of the state.
  • E. Calumet Township, Michigan
    Calumet Township, Michigan is a historic township on the Keweenaw Peninsula known for its copper mining heritage and location near the village of Calumet in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69d7bdec9f9c8190b4bac675b7588211 elicitation completed
NER batch_69d9615cf6f48190bd0983cf7465ab15 ner completed
NED1 batch_69f6687bbb408190b80da2d0310f82c5 ned_source_triple completed
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:18 p.m.