Triple

T14733680
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tuscola County, Michigan E346143 entity
Predicate hasTownship P22464 FINISHED
Object Novesta Township, Michigan
Novesta Township, Michigan is a small rural civil township located in Tuscola County in Michigan's Thumb region.
E1137281 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: Novesta Township, Michigan | Statement: [Tuscola County, Michigan, hasTownship, Novesta Township, Michigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Novesta Township, Michigan
Context triple: [Tuscola County, Michigan, hasTownship, Novesta Township, Michigan]
  • A. Newton Township, Michigan
    Newton Township, Michigan is a small civil township located in Calhoun County in the south-central region of the state.
  • B. Williamstown Township, Michigan
    Williamstown Township, Michigan is a civil township in Ingham County known for its mix of rural landscapes, residential communities, and proximity to the Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area.
  • C. Watertown Township, Michigan
    Watertown Township, Michigan is a civil township located in Clinton County that forms part of the Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area.
  • D. Homestead Township, Michigan
    Homestead Township, Michigan is a rural civil township in Benzie County known for its small communities, natural landscapes, and proximity to outdoor recreation areas in northwestern Michigan.
  • E. Stanton Township, Michigan
    Stanton Township, Michigan is a small rural township located in Houghton County on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula region.
  • 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: Novesta Township, Michigan
Triple: [Tuscola County, Michigan, hasTownship, Novesta Township, Michigan]
Generated description
Novesta Township, Michigan is a small rural civil township located in Tuscola County in Michigan's Thumb region.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Novesta Township, Michigan
Target entity description: Novesta Township, Michigan is a small rural civil township located in Tuscola County in Michigan's Thumb region.
  • A. Newton Township, Michigan
    Newton Township, Michigan is a small civil township located in Calhoun County in the south-central region of the state.
  • B. Williamstown Township, Michigan
    Williamstown Township, Michigan is a civil township in Ingham County known for its mix of rural landscapes, residential communities, and proximity to the Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area.
  • C. Watertown Township, Michigan
    Watertown Township, Michigan is a civil township located in Clinton County that forms part of the Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area.
  • D. Homestead Township, Michigan
    Homestead Township, Michigan is a rural civil township in Benzie County known for its small communities, natural landscapes, and proximity to outdoor recreation areas in northwestern Michigan.
  • E. Stanton Township, Michigan
    Stanton Township, Michigan is a small rural township located in Houghton County on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula in the Upper Peninsula region.
  • 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_69d822e5911c8190ba589f957dbd9ba7 completed April 9, 2026, 10:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dec72ea9348190817efcdaa973d7f7 completed April 14, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69feadfd53a48190b7efaa4c470da784 completed May 9, 2026, 3:46 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69feb0af0e3c8190b3a52ac0f119c9c3 completed May 9, 2026, 3:57 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69feb10503b08190b57f408247d4e085 completed May 9, 2026, 3:59 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:29 a.m.