Triple

T16752434
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Blackman Township, Michigan E407115 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Blackman family (local settlers)
The Blackman family were early local settlers whose prominence in the area led to a Michigan township being named in their honor.
 E1232162 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: Blackman family (local settlers) | Statement: [Blackman Township, Michigan, namedAfter, Blackman family (local settlers)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Blackman family (local settlers)
Context triple: [Blackman Township, Michigan, namedAfter, Blackman family (local settlers)]
  • A. Reese family (local settlers)
    The Reese family were early local settlers whose presence and influence in the area led to Reese Creek being named in their honor.
  • B. Powers family (local settlers)
    The Powers family were early local settlers whose presence and influence in the area led to the nearby community of Powers, Oregon being named in their honor.
  • C. Joyce family (local settlers)
    The Joyce family were early local settlers whose presence and influence in the area led to the nearby community of Joyce, Washington being named in their honor.
  • D. Crawford family (local settlers)
    The Crawford family were early local settlers whose presence and influence in the area led to the naming of Crawfordsville, Oregon in their honor.
  • E. Prather family (local settlers)
    The Prather family were early local settlers whose presence and influence in the area led to the nearby community of Prathersville, Missouri being named in their honor.
  • 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: Blackman family (local settlers)
Triple: [Blackman Township, Michigan, namedAfter, Blackman family (local settlers)]
Generated description
The Blackman family were early local settlers whose prominence in the area led to a Michigan township being named in their honor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Blackman family (local settlers)
Target entity description: The Blackman family were early local settlers whose prominence in the area led to a Michigan township being named in their honor.
  • A. Reese family (local settlers)
    The Reese family were early local settlers whose presence and influence in the area led to Reese Creek being named in their honor.
  • B. Powers family (local settlers)
    The Powers family were early local settlers whose presence and influence in the area led to the nearby community of Powers, Oregon being named in their honor.
  • C. Joyce family (local settlers)
    The Joyce family were early local settlers whose presence and influence in the area led to the nearby community of Joyce, Washington being named in their honor.
  • D. Crawford family (local settlers)
    The Crawford family were early local settlers whose presence and influence in the area led to the naming of Crawfordsville, Oregon in their honor.
  • E. Prather family (local settlers)
    The Prather family were early local settlers whose presence and influence in the area led to the nearby community of Prathersville, Missouri being named in their honor.
  • 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_69d8838ffb088190a0b11149929006bf completed April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e3aa282bb08190992c9b61caa7a345 completed April 18, 2026, 3:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a00a52402848190b029cb0be31b4c74 completed May 10, 2026, 3:32 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a00a5c4e934819088db49d81be154c3 completed May 10, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a00a6b84d288190aeccb06745146b80 completed May 10, 2026, 3:39 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:21 a.m.