Triple

T13957098
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Shiawassee River E335692 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Saginaw River watershed
The Saginaw River watershed is a major drainage basin in central Michigan that collects water from several rivers and streams before emptying into Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron.
E72183 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: Saginaw River watershed | Statement: [Shiawassee River, partOf, Saginaw River watershed]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saginaw River watershed
Context triple: [Shiawassee River, partOf, Saginaw River watershed]
  • A. Saginaw River
    The Saginaw River is a major river in Michigan that drains a large portion of the state's Lower Peninsula and flows into Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron.
  • B. Grand River (Michigan)
    Grand River (Michigan) is the longest river entirely within the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing westward across the Lower Peninsula before emptying into Lake Michigan at Grand Haven.
  • C. Tittabawassee River
    The Tittabawassee River is a central waterway in central Michigan that flows through several counties and communities before joining the Saginaw River.
  • D. Huron River
    The Huron River is a major river in southeastern Michigan known for flowing through communities like Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti and supporting extensive recreational activities and natural habitats.
  • E. Kalamazoo River
    The Kalamazoo River is a river in southwestern Michigan that flows westward into Lake Michigan and is known for both its industrial history and significant environmental restoration efforts.
  • 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: Saginaw River watershed
Triple: [Shiawassee River, partOf, Saginaw River watershed]
Generated description
The Saginaw River watershed is a major drainage basin in central Michigan that collects water from several rivers and streams before emptying into Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saginaw River watershed
Target entity description: The Saginaw River watershed is a major drainage basin in central Michigan that collects water from several rivers and streams before emptying into Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron.
  • A. Saginaw River chosen
    The Saginaw River is a major river in Michigan that drains a large portion of the state's Lower Peninsula and flows into Saginaw Bay on Lake Huron.
  • B. Grand River (Michigan)
    Grand River (Michigan) is the longest river entirely within the U.S. state of Michigan, flowing westward across the Lower Peninsula before emptying into Lake Michigan at Grand Haven.
  • C. Tittabawassee River
    The Tittabawassee River is a central waterway in central Michigan that flows through several counties and communities before joining the Saginaw River.
  • D. Huron River
    The Huron River is a major river in southeastern Michigan known for flowing through communities like Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti and supporting extensive recreational activities and natural habitats.
  • E. Kalamazoo River
    The Kalamazoo River is a river in southwestern Michigan that flows westward into Lake Michigan and is known for both its industrial history and significant environmental restoration efforts.
  • F. None of above.

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_69d81c61f3508190aaf2ca0dc0002c59 completed April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69de2e7a34f08190aa0d88b66154f268 completed April 14, 2026, 12:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fd949b9fc481908c7717c412e05fac completed May 8, 2026, 7:45 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fd97010630819095fb229f77387865 completed May 8, 2026, 7:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fd97e5b2e08190b6f3a6c1584be95d completed May 8, 2026, 7:59 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:17 p.m.