Triple

T17211022
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject White River (Michigan) E417728 entity
Predicate hasTributary P415 FINISHED
Object South Branch White River (Michigan)
South Branch White River (Michigan) is a smaller river in Michigan that serves as a tributary feeding into the main White River system.
E37392 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: South Branch White River (Michigan) | Statement: [White River (Michigan), hasTributary, South Branch White River (Michigan)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South Branch White River (Michigan)
Context triple: [White River (Michigan), hasTributary, South Branch White River (Michigan)]
  • A. White River (Michigan)
    White River (Michigan) is a river in western Michigan that flows through forested and rural areas before emptying into Lake Michigan near the town of Whitehall.
  • B. West Branch Chippewa River
    The West Branch Chippewa River is a smaller river in Minnesota that serves as an upstream tributary feeding into the larger Chippewa River system.
  • C. East Branch Chippewa River
    The East Branch Chippewa River is a tributary stream in Minnesota that feeds into the larger Chippewa River system, contributing to the region’s watershed and local ecosystems.
  • D. Tittabawassee River
    The Tittabawassee River is a central waterway in central Michigan that flows through several counties and communities before joining the Saginaw River.
  • E. Coldwater River (Michigan)
    Coldwater River (Michigan) is a freshwater stream in western Michigan that flows through rural landscapes and small communities before joining the Thornapple River.
  • 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: South Branch White River (Michigan)
Triple: [White River (Michigan), hasTributary, South Branch White River (Michigan)]
Generated description
South Branch White River (Michigan) is a smaller river in Michigan that serves as a tributary feeding into the main White River system.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South Branch White River (Michigan)
Target entity description: South Branch White River (Michigan) is a smaller river in Michigan that serves as a tributary feeding into the main White River system.
  • A. White River (Michigan) chosen
    White River (Michigan) is a river in western Michigan that flows through forested and rural areas before emptying into Lake Michigan near the town of Whitehall.
  • B. West Branch Chippewa River
    The West Branch Chippewa River is a smaller river in Minnesota that serves as an upstream tributary feeding into the larger Chippewa River system.
  • C. East Branch Chippewa River
    The East Branch Chippewa River is a tributary stream in Minnesota that feeds into the larger Chippewa River system, contributing to the region’s watershed and local ecosystems.
  • D. Tittabawassee River
    The Tittabawassee River is a central waterway in central Michigan that flows through several counties and communities before joining the Saginaw River.
  • E. Coldwater River (Michigan)
    Coldwater River (Michigan) is a freshwater stream in western Michigan that flows through rural landscapes and small communities before joining the Thornapple River.
  • 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_69d886d779488190b131369541c04e7d completed April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e42dc5a51481908d5ea0f9a1e9aa8b completed April 19, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0170e9d4308190a7c97da472d5e4b7 completed May 11, 2026, 6:02 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0172a34194819094c290be86ec0e7e completed May 11, 2026, 6:09 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01732467408190b78c32296e20b55f completed May 11, 2026, 6:11 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:38 a.m.