Triple

T15991863
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject S. Epatha Merkerson E387849 entity
Predicate birthPlace P1 FINISHED
Object Saginaw, Michigan, United States E234899 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (2 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, Michigan, United States | Statement: [S. Epatha Merkerson, birthPlace, Saginaw, Michigan, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Context triple: [S. Epatha Merkerson, birthPlace, Saginaw, Michigan, United States]
  • A. Saginaw, Michigan, United States chosen
    Saginaw, Michigan, United States is an industrial city in the Great Lakes region known for its automotive manufacturing history and location along the Saginaw River.
  • B. Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
    Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States is a mid-sized city in southwestern Michigan known for its historic manufacturing base, vibrant arts and education scene, and as the home of Western Michigan University.
  • C. Big Rapids, Michigan, United States
    Big Rapids is a small city in central Michigan known as the home of Ferris State University and for its location along the Muskegon River.
  • D. Gaylord, Michigan, United States
    Gaylord, Michigan, United States is a small northern Michigan city known as the boyhood home of pioneering information theorist Claude Shannon.
  • E. Rochester, Michigan, United States
    Rochester, Michigan, United States is a small suburban city north of Detroit known for its historic downtown, affluent residential character, and strong community amenities.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Provenance (3 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_69d86daa562c81908aacc179c0fe8fb5 completed April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e157844ed881908b42bfc1bb740d4e completed April 16, 2026, 9:41 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ffc3d3ef2881909213ff608192f1ef completed May 9, 2026, 11:31 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:54 a.m.