Triple

T13664244
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Thumb region of Michigan E327074 entity
Predicate containsCity P294 FINISHED
Object Sandusky, Michigan
Sandusky, Michigan is a small city in Michigan’s Thumb region that serves as the county seat of Sanilac County and a local hub for the surrounding rural area.
E1057933 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: Sandusky, Michigan | Statement: [Thumb region of Michigan, containsCity, Sandusky, Michigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sandusky, Michigan
Context triple: [Thumb region of Michigan, containsCity, Sandusky, Michigan]
  • A. Westland, Michigan
    Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
  • B. St. Joseph, Michigan
    St. Joseph, Michigan is a small Lake Michigan shoreline city in southwestern Michigan known for its beaches, harbor, and historic downtown.
  • C. Niles, Michigan
    Niles, Michigan is a small city in southwestern Michigan known for its historic downtown, early settlement history, and scenic location along the St. Joseph River.
  • D. Riverview, Michigan
    Riverview, Michigan is a small suburban city in southeastern Michigan, located along the Detroit River and known for its residential character within the Downriver area near Detroit.
  • E. Marine City, Michigan
    Marine City, Michigan is a small riverside community in St. Clair County known for its historic downtown and location along the St. Clair River across from Ontario, 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: Sandusky, Michigan
Triple: [Thumb region of Michigan, containsCity, Sandusky, Michigan]
Generated description
Sandusky, Michigan is a small city in Michigan’s Thumb region that serves as the county seat of Sanilac County and a local hub for the surrounding rural area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sandusky, Michigan
Target entity description: Sandusky, Michigan is a small city in Michigan’s Thumb region that serves as the county seat of Sanilac County and a local hub for the surrounding rural area.
  • A. Westland, Michigan
    Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
  • B. St. Joseph, Michigan
    St. Joseph, Michigan is a small Lake Michigan shoreline city in southwestern Michigan known for its beaches, harbor, and historic downtown.
  • C. Niles, Michigan
    Niles, Michigan is a small city in southwestern Michigan known for its historic downtown, early settlement history, and scenic location along the St. Joseph River.
  • D. Riverview, Michigan
    Riverview, Michigan is a small suburban city in southeastern Michigan, located along the Detroit River and known for its residential character within the Downriver area near Detroit.
  • E. Marine City, Michigan
    Marine City, Michigan is a small riverside community in St. Clair County known for its historic downtown and location along the St. Clair River across from Ontario, 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_69d8076d8270819092afc2f0e9c359a8 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbc622a07c81909ef7fb55e719dd9a completed April 12, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f79d46c48c81908d64f1a32cf08c5b completed May 3, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7a15f3c908190be380355972def6e completed May 3, 2026, 7:26 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7a2234390819093814fd435f9c42c completed May 3, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:52 p.m.