Triple

T12756296
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Ann Arbor metropolitan area E304868 entity
Predicate containsTownship P847 FINISHED
Object Webster Township
Webster Township is a civil township in Washtenaw County, Michigan, that forms part of the Ann Arbor metropolitan area.
E1033958 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: Webster Township | Statement: [Ann Arbor metropolitan area, containsTownship, Webster Township]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Webster Township
Context triple: [Ann Arbor metropolitan area, containsTownship, Webster Township]
  • A. Hilliard Township
    Hilliard Township is a small rural municipality located within Ontario’s Timiskaming District in Canada.
  • B. Landis Township
    Landis Township was a former municipality in Cumberland County, New Jersey, that was eventually incorporated into the city of Vineland.
  • C. Walcott Township
    Walcott Township is a small rural township located in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
  • D. Russell Township
    Russell Township is a rural municipality in eastern Ontario, Canada, situated just southeast of Ottawa within the National Capital Region.
  • E. Warren Township
    Warren Township is a rural civil township located within Poweshiek County in the U.S. state of Iowa.
  • 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: Webster Township
Triple: [Ann Arbor metropolitan area, containsTownship, Webster Township]
Generated description
Webster Township is a civil township in Washtenaw County, Michigan, that forms part of the Ann Arbor metropolitan area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Webster Township
Target entity description: Webster Township is a civil township in Washtenaw County, Michigan, that forms part of the Ann Arbor metropolitan area.
  • A. Hilliard Township
    Hilliard Township is a small rural municipality located within Ontario’s Timiskaming District in Canada.
  • B. Landis Township
    Landis Township was a former municipality in Cumberland County, New Jersey, that was eventually incorporated into the city of Vineland.
  • C. Walcott Township
    Walcott Township is a small rural township located in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
  • D. Russell Township
    Russell Township is a rural municipality in eastern Ontario, Canada, situated just southeast of Ottawa within the National Capital Region.
  • E. Warren Township
    Warren Township is a rural civil township located within Poweshiek County in the U.S. state of Iowa.
  • 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_69f716b3d28881908053df1928b18264 completed May 3, 2026, 9:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f71af8d8c08190ae3fbc9767d783f5 completed May 3, 2026, 9:52 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f71b6dcc588190aa9274969f18b0ef completed May 3, 2026, 9:54 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:27 p.m.