Triple
T230683
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Straits of Mackinac |
E4403
|
entity |
| Predicate | near |
P350
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mackinaw City, Michigan
Mackinaw City, Michigan is a popular northern Michigan tourist village that serves as a gateway to Mackinac Island and the Upper Peninsula, known for its historic forts, lighthouses, and views of the Mackinac Bridge.
|
E32118
|
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: Mackinaw City, Michigan | Statement: [Straits of Mackinac, near, Mackinaw City, Michigan]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mackinaw City, Michigan Context triple: [Straits of Mackinac, near, Mackinaw City, Michigan]
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A.
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.
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B.
Muskegon, Michigan
Muskegon, Michigan is a port city in western Michigan known for its Lake Michigan shoreline, maritime heritage, and recreational beaches.
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C.
Petoskey, Michigan, United States
Petoskey, Michigan, United States is a small resort city on the shores of Lake Michigan known for its scenic waterfront, historic downtown, and distinctive fossilized coral "Petoskey stones."
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D.
Port Huron, Michigan, United States
Port Huron is a city in eastern Michigan on the St. Clair River, known as a historic Great Lakes port and the boyhood home of inventor Thomas Edison.
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E.
Jackson, Michigan
Jackson, Michigan is a mid-sized city in south-central Michigan historically notable as the birthplace of the Republican Party in the 1850s.
- 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: Mackinaw City, Michigan Triple: [Straits of Mackinac, near, Mackinaw City, Michigan]
Generated description
Mackinaw City, Michigan is a popular northern Michigan tourist village that serves as a gateway to Mackinac Island and the Upper Peninsula, known for its historic forts, lighthouses, and views of the Mackinac Bridge.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mackinaw City, Michigan Target entity description: Mackinaw City, Michigan is a popular northern Michigan tourist village that serves as a gateway to Mackinac Island and the Upper Peninsula, known for its historic forts, lighthouses, and views of the Mackinac Bridge.
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A.
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.
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B.
Muskegon, Michigan
Muskegon, Michigan is a port city in western Michigan known for its Lake Michigan shoreline, maritime heritage, and recreational beaches.
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C.
Petoskey, Michigan, United States
Petoskey, Michigan, United States is a small resort city on the shores of Lake Michigan known for its scenic waterfront, historic downtown, and distinctive fossilized coral "Petoskey stones."
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D.
Port Huron, Michigan, United States
Port Huron is a city in eastern Michigan on the St. Clair River, known as a historic Great Lakes port and the boyhood home of inventor Thomas Edison.
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E.
Jackson, Michigan
Jackson, Michigan is a mid-sized city in south-central Michigan historically notable as the birthplace of the Republican Party in the 1850s.
- 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_69a257363ffc81909757bde7ab3404da |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:47 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25cadae1c8190be0e8dcf33351187 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 3:10 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a3736e4010819089000ed60dbf519c |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a373c9a698819088b3981ffbf85f9b |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 11:01 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3742d7efc81908a46e928326e43fa |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 11:03 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:53 a.m.