Triple

T2857848
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Flint water crisis E63245 entity
Predicate waterSourceBefore P4360 FINISHED
Object Detroit water system (Lake Huron via Detroit Water and Sewerage Department)
The Detroit water system is a major municipal water supply network that draws treated drinking water from Lake Huron and distributes it to Detroit and numerous surrounding communities in southeastern Michigan.
E305070 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Detroit water system (Lake Huron via Detroit Water and Sewerage Department) | Statement: [Flint water crisis, waterSourceBefore, Detroit water system (Lake Huron via Detroit Water and Sewerage Department)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Detroit water system (Lake Huron via Detroit Water and Sewerage Department)
Context triple: [Flint water crisis, waterSourceBefore, Detroit water system (Lake Huron via Detroit Water and Sewerage Department)]
  • A. Inland Waterway (Michigan)
    Inland Waterway (Michigan) is a connected chain of rivers and lakes in northern Michigan popular for boating, fishing, and scenic recreation.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Detroit Lake
    Detroit Lake is a large reservoir in western Oregon popular for boating, fishing, and camping, formed by the Detroit Dam on the North Santiam River.
  • D. Detroit River
    The Detroit River is a strait of the Great Lakes system that forms part of the border between the United States and Canada, connecting Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie and serving as a major shipping and industrial waterway.
  • E. North Channel of Lake Huron
    The North Channel of Lake Huron is a scenic, island-dotted waterway in Ontario renowned for its sheltered cruising, boating, and rugged natural beauty.
  • 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: Detroit water system (Lake Huron via Detroit Water and Sewerage Department)
Triple: [Flint water crisis, waterSourceBefore, Detroit water system (Lake Huron via Detroit Water and Sewerage Department)]
Generated description
The Detroit water system is a major municipal water supply network that draws treated drinking water from Lake Huron and distributes it to Detroit and numerous surrounding communities in southeastern Michigan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Detroit water system (Lake Huron via Detroit Water and Sewerage Department)
Target entity description: The Detroit water system is a major municipal water supply network that draws treated drinking water from Lake Huron and distributes it to Detroit and numerous surrounding communities in southeastern Michigan.
  • A. Inland Waterway (Michigan)
    Inland Waterway (Michigan) is a connected chain of rivers and lakes in northern Michigan popular for boating, fishing, and scenic recreation.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Detroit Lake
    Detroit Lake is a large reservoir in western Oregon popular for boating, fishing, and camping, formed by the Detroit Dam on the North Santiam River.
  • D. Detroit River
    The Detroit River is a strait of the Great Lakes system that forms part of the border between the United States and Canada, connecting Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie and serving as a major shipping and industrial waterway.
  • E. North Channel of Lake Huron
    The North Channel of Lake Huron is a scenic, island-dotted waterway in Ontario renowned for its sheltered cruising, boating, and rugged natural beauty.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: waterSourceBefore
Context triple: [Flint water crisis, waterSourceBefore, Detroit water system (Lake Huron via Detroit Water and Sewerage Department)]
  • A. waterSource
    Indicates that one entity serves as the source or provider of water for another entity.
  • B. waterSourceDedicatedTo
    Indicates that a particular water source is specifically allocated or reserved for a designated use, group, or purpose.
  • C. waterOrigin
    Indicates the source or starting location from which the water originates or is supplied.
  • D. waterSourceType
    Indicates the kind or category of source from which water is obtained.
  • E. sourceOfWaterSupply chosen
    Indicates that one entity serves as the origin or provider of another entity’s water supply.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69ab4c41e8c08190a9e8f5249cc12610 completed March 6, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdf89d3b4819086936f26d8683a2a completed March 7, 2026, 8:19 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b01d91f6448190866f6ee0491041cf completed March 10, 2026, 1:33 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b01e45f6e481908665e0961c3a3778 completed March 10, 2026, 1:36 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b0224832108190be252c0245d588d2 completed March 10, 2026, 1:53 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abdd10aef88190b750aae07e7df4dc completed March 7, 2026, 8:08 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:02 p.m.