Triple

T13765874
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area E330738 entity
Predicate containsTownship P847 FINISHED
Object Hartford Township, Michigan
Hartford Township, Michigan is a small civil township in Van Buren County in the southwestern part of the state, situated within the broader Kalamazoo-Portage metropolitan region.
E1082482 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: Hartford Township, Michigan | Statement: [Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, containsTownship, Hartford Township, Michigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hartford Township, Michigan
Context triple: [Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, containsTownship, Hartford Township, Michigan]
  • A. Hartland Township, Michigan
    Hartland Township, Michigan is a charter township in southeastern Michigan known for its suburban-rural character, growing residential communities, and location along major transportation routes between Lansing and Detroit.
  • B. Houghton Township, Michigan
    Houghton Township, Michigan is a small, sparsely populated civil township located on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, known for its remote wilderness and Lake Superior shoreline.
  • C. Hinton Township, Michigan
    Hinton Township, Michigan is a rural civil township located in Mecosta County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Tompkins Township, Michigan
    Tompkins Township, Michigan is a rural civil township located in Jackson County in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Michigan.
  • 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: Hartford Township, Michigan
Triple: [Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, containsTownship, Hartford Township, Michigan]
Generated description
Hartford Township, Michigan is a small civil township in Van Buren County in the southwestern part of the state, situated within the broader Kalamazoo-Portage metropolitan region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hartford Township, Michigan
Target entity description: Hartford Township, Michigan is a small civil township in Van Buren County in the southwestern part of the state, situated within the broader Kalamazoo-Portage metropolitan region.
  • A. Hartland Township, Michigan
    Hartland Township, Michigan is a charter township in southeastern Michigan known for its suburban-rural character, growing residential communities, and location along major transportation routes between Lansing and Detroit.
  • B. Houghton Township, Michigan
    Houghton Township, Michigan is a small, sparsely populated civil township located on the Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, known for its remote wilderness and Lake Superior shoreline.
  • C. Hinton Township, Michigan
    Hinton Township, Michigan is a rural civil township located in Mecosta County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Tompkins Township, Michigan
    Tompkins Township, Michigan is a rural civil township located in Jackson County in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Michigan.
  • 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_69d81c583b0081909e408a17db517a21 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de0227f2c48190983ccc9395e4e7a2 completed April 14, 2026, 9 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fcdeefd61c81908d189237af45467a completed May 7, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fce422792081909cba57a8e6c556a1 completed May 7, 2026, 7:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fce479514c819099e5841a012446e6 completed May 7, 2026, 7:14 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:10 p.m.