Triple

T2095336
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Robert Armstrong (actor) E32767 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Saginaw, Michigan, United States
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.
E234899 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, Michigan, United States | Statement: [Robert Armstrong (actor), placeOfBirth, Saginaw, Michigan, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Context triple: [Robert Armstrong (actor), placeOfBirth, Saginaw, Michigan, United States]
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Westland, Michigan
    Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
  • E. Traverse City, Michigan
    Traverse City, Michigan is a popular northern Michigan destination known for its cherry production, vibrant downtown, and outdoor recreation along the shores of Grand Traverse Bay.
  • 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, Michigan, United States
Triple: [Robert Armstrong (actor), placeOfBirth, Saginaw, Michigan, United States]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. 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.
  • B. 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.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Westland, Michigan
    Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
  • E. Traverse City, Michigan
    Traverse City, Michigan is a popular northern Michigan destination known for its cherry production, vibrant downtown, and outdoor recreation along the shores of Grand Traverse Bay.
  • 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_69a885eba0708190999696a45cbec816 completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abba99ddc48190bb2097b56efb7aca completed March 7, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae305cb77c819085c4f3eb2223f749 completed March 9, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae30f6b7c4819080cb7cb7adc1f6d3 completed March 9, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae31871d408190a4ae64372660fa79 completed March 9, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.