Triple

T387711
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Upper Peninsula of Michigan E8813 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object 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.
E61542 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, Michigan | Statement: [Upper Peninsula of Michigan, contains, Houghton, Michigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houghton, Michigan
Context triple: [Upper Peninsula of Michigan, contains, Houghton, Michigan]
  • A. Marquette, Michigan
    Marquette, Michigan is a city on the southern shore of Lake Superior known as a regional hub for education, healthcare, and outdoor recreation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
  • B. Monroe, Michigan
    Monroe, Michigan is a small city in southeastern Michigan near the western shore of Lake Erie, known for its historic downtown, industrial base, and role in the Battle of Frenchtown during the War of 1812.
  • C. 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.
  • D. St. Ignace, Michigan
    St. Ignace, Michigan is a small city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a historic gateway community and ferry hub on the northern end of the Mackinac Bridge.
  • E. Mount Pleasant, Michigan
    Mount Pleasant, Michigan is a small central Michigan city best known as the home of Central Michigan University and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.
  • 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, Michigan
Triple: [Upper Peninsula of Michigan, contains, Houghton, Michigan]
Generated description
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.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Houghton, Michigan
Target entity description: 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.
  • A. Marquette, Michigan
    Marquette, Michigan is a city on the southern shore of Lake Superior known as a regional hub for education, healthcare, and outdoor recreation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
  • B. Monroe, Michigan
    Monroe, Michigan is a small city in southeastern Michigan near the western shore of Lake Erie, known for its historic downtown, industrial base, and role in the Battle of Frenchtown during the War of 1812.
  • C. 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.
  • D. St. Ignace, Michigan
    St. Ignace, Michigan is a small city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that serves as a historic gateway community and ferry hub on the northern end of the Mackinac Bridge.
  • E. Mount Pleasant, Michigan
    Mount Pleasant, Michigan is a small central Michigan city best known as the home of Central Michigan University and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe.
  • 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_69a2e7f55c60819097aff65ea2ca2832 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ec5828d881909e8810061c02480c completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a47d2668348190a654c9e0c7bf10a1 completed March 1, 2026, 5:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a47dd158b481908d8263371e49d10d completed March 1, 2026, 5:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a47e23ac588190a876d45de6821382 completed March 1, 2026, 5:57 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.