Triple

T2277990
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Nelson Mandela Foundation E51216 entity
Predicate locatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object Houghton
Houghton is a wealthy, historically significant suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, known for being the longtime home of Nelson Mandela.
E306906 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: Houghton | Statement: [Nelson Mandela Foundation, locatedIn, Houghton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houghton
Context triple: [Nelson Mandela Foundation, locatedIn, Houghton]
  • A. Houghton, Michigan
    Houghton, Michigan is a small city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known for its historic copper mining heritage and as the home of Michigan Technological University.
  • B. Alcona
    Alcona is a residential community within the town of Innisfil, Ontario, known for its proximity to Lake Simcoe and its role as one of the area's primary population centres.
  • C. Otsego
    Otsego is a small city in southwestern Michigan known historically for its paper mills and location along the Kalamazoo River.
  • D. Iron Mountain, Michigan
    Iron Mountain, Michigan is a small city in the western Upper Peninsula known for its iron mining heritage, outdoor recreation, and proximity to the Wisconsin border.
  • E. Boyne City
    Boyne City is a small lakeside community in northern Michigan known for its recreational access to Lake Charlevoix and nearby ski resorts.
  • 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: Houghton
Triple: [Nelson Mandela Foundation, locatedIn, Houghton]
Generated description
Houghton is a wealthy, historically significant suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, known for being the longtime home of Nelson Mandela.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houghton
Target entity description: Houghton is a wealthy, historically significant suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, known for being the longtime home of Nelson Mandela.
  • A. Houghton, Michigan
    Houghton, Michigan is a small city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known for its historic copper mining heritage and as the home of Michigan Technological University.
  • B. Alcona
    Alcona is a residential community within the town of Innisfil, Ontario, known for its proximity to Lake Simcoe and its role as one of the area's primary population centres.
  • C. Otsego
    Otsego is a small city in southwestern Michigan known historically for its paper mills and location along the Kalamazoo River.
  • D. Iron Mountain, Michigan
    Iron Mountain, Michigan is a small city in the western Upper Peninsula known for its iron mining heritage, outdoor recreation, and proximity to the Wisconsin border.
  • E. Boyne City
    Boyne City is a small lakeside community in northern Michigan known for its recreational access to Lake Charlevoix and nearby ski resorts.
  • 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_69a88b08e4308190bdac9aebcca1c91a completed March 4, 2026, 7:42 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abc217b6648190be77d2176d322efd completed March 7, 2026, 6:13 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b030fc819c8190a1bd9bba49760fec completed March 10, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b034d9140881909800f0f052fb4f83 completed March 10, 2026, 3:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b035b102b081908b0d9f272ab9c1b1 completed March 10, 2026, 3:16 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:48 p.m.