Triple

T12756293
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ann Arbor metropolitan area E304868 entity
Predicate containsTownship P847 FINISHED
Object Salem Township
Salem Township is a civil township located in southeastern Michigan that forms part of the Ann Arbor metropolitan area.
E1029161 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: Salem Township | Statement: [Ann Arbor metropolitan area, containsTownship, Salem Township]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salem Township
Context triple: [Ann Arbor metropolitan area, containsTownship, Salem Township]
  • A. Salem Township
    Salem Township is a local civil township located within Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
  • B. Sylvania Township
    Sylvania Township is a suburban township in northwest Ohio that serves as a residential and commercial community within the Toledo metropolitan area.
  • C. Milton Township
    Milton Township is a small civil township located in northern Michigan, known for its rural character and proximity to the scenic lakes and forests of Antrim County.
  • D. Milton Township
    Milton Township is a civil township in DuPage County, Illinois, encompassing communities such as Wheaton and Glen Ellyn in the Chicago metropolitan area.
  • E. Hilliard Township
    Hilliard Township is a small rural municipality located within Ontario’s Timiskaming District in Canada.
  • 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: Salem Township
Triple: [Ann Arbor metropolitan area, containsTownship, Salem Township]
Generated description
Salem Township is a civil township located in southeastern Michigan that forms part of the Ann Arbor metropolitan area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Salem Township
Target entity description: Salem Township is a civil township located in southeastern Michigan that forms part of the Ann Arbor metropolitan area.
  • A. Salem Township
    Salem Township is a local civil township located within Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
  • B. Sylvania Township
    Sylvania Township is a suburban township in northwest Ohio that serves as a residential and commercial community within the Toledo metropolitan area.
  • C. Milton Township
    Milton Township is a civil township in DuPage County, Illinois, encompassing communities such as Wheaton and Glen Ellyn in the Chicago metropolitan area.
  • D. Milton Township
    Milton Township is a small civil township located in northern Michigan, known for its rural character and proximity to the scenic lakes and forests of Antrim County.
  • E. Hilliard Township
    Hilliard Township is a small rural municipality located within Ontario’s Timiskaming District in Canada.
  • 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_69d7bdf1fcd081909ffb0e0d6fa3a07d completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96d8b57b88190b29b8fdca415c81c completed April 10, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f6fefabc8081908e46ffcaef22cce1 completed May 3, 2026, 7:53 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f702263edc8190ad775eb876837296 completed May 3, 2026, 8:07 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7031a4490819081da260edd969ee8 completed May 3, 2026, 8:11 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:27 p.m.