Triple

T13765877
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area E330738 entity
Predicate containsTownship P847 FINISHED
Object Porter Township, Van Buren County, Michigan
Porter Township is a rural civil township in Van Buren County in southwestern Michigan, forming part of the broader Kalamazoo-Portage metropolitan region.
E1058595 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: Porter Township, Van Buren County, Michigan | Statement: [Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, containsTownship, Porter Township, Van Buren County, Michigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Porter Township, Van Buren County, Michigan
Context triple: [Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, containsTownship, Porter Township, Van Buren County, Michigan]
  • A. Van Buren Township, Michigan
    Van Buren Township, Michigan is a charter township in Wayne County in the Detroit metropolitan area, known for encompassing parts of Belleville Lake and the Willow Run Airport region.
  • B. Portage Township, Mackinac County, Michigan
    Portage Township is a small civil township located in Mackinac County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, known for its rural character and proximity to the region’s forests and waterways.
  • C. Portage Charter Township, Michigan
    Portage Charter Township, Michigan is a charter township in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known for encompassing suburban and rural areas around the city of Houghton along the Keweenaw Waterway.
  • D. Sumpter Township, Michigan
    Sumpter Township, Michigan is a rural charter township in Wayne County known for its residential communities, open farmland, and proximity to both Detroit and Ann Arbor.
  • E. Waterford Township, Michigan
    Waterford Township, Michigan is a charter township in Oakland County known for its numerous lakes, residential communities, and suburban character within the Detroit metropolitan area.
  • 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: Porter Township, Van Buren County, Michigan
Triple: [Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolitan Statistical Area, containsTownship, Porter Township, Van Buren County, Michigan]
Generated description
Porter Township is a rural civil township in Van Buren County in southwestern Michigan, forming part of the broader Kalamazoo-Portage metropolitan region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Porter Township, Van Buren County, Michigan
Target entity description: Porter Township is a rural civil township in Van Buren County in southwestern Michigan, forming part of the broader Kalamazoo-Portage metropolitan region.
  • A. Van Buren Township, Michigan
    Van Buren Township, Michigan is a charter township in Wayne County in the Detroit metropolitan area, known for encompassing parts of Belleville Lake and the Willow Run Airport region.
  • B. Portage Township, Mackinac County, Michigan
    Portage Township is a small civil township located in Mackinac County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, known for its rural character and proximity to the region’s forests and waterways.
  • C. Portage Charter Township, Michigan
    Portage Charter Township, Michigan is a charter township in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known for encompassing suburban and rural areas around the city of Houghton along the Keweenaw Waterway.
  • D. Sumpter Township, Michigan
    Sumpter Township, Michigan is a rural charter township in Wayne County known for its residential communities, open farmland, and proximity to both Detroit and Ann Arbor.
  • E. Waterford Township, Michigan
    Waterford Township, Michigan is a charter township in Oakland County known for its numerous lakes, residential communities, and suburban character within the Detroit metropolitan area.
  • 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_69f7a864c0ac81909e5fcd134ea66414 completed May 3, 2026, 7:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f7a94390988190bcaedcda0b691fbb completed May 3, 2026, 8 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f7a9fe250c8190b66062e7fcea8d86 completed May 3, 2026, 8:03 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:10 p.m.