Triple

T4669495
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Clinton County, Michigan E102926 entity
Predicate containsVillage P4011 FINISHED
Object Westphalia, Michigan
Westphalia, Michigan is a small rural village in central Michigan known for its strong German-Catholic heritage and close-knit community.
E461408 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: Westphalia, Michigan | Statement: [Clinton County, Michigan, containsVillage, Westphalia, Michigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westphalia, Michigan
Context triple: [Clinton County, Michigan, containsVillage, Westphalia, Michigan]
  • A. Westland, Michigan
    Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
  • B. Skandia, Michigan
    Skandia, Michigan is a small rural community located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, known for its forested landscapes and proximity to Lake Superior.
  • C. Grandville, Michigan
    Grandville, Michigan is a suburban city near Grand Rapids known for its location along the Grand River and its role as a regional retail and residential hub in western Michigan.
  • D. Niles, Michigan
    Niles, Michigan is a small city in southwestern Michigan known for its historic downtown, early settlement history, and scenic location along the St. Joseph River.
  • E. Bergland, Michigan
    Bergland, Michigan is a small unincorporated community in Ontonagon County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, known for its location near Lake Gogebic and along major regional travel routes.
  • 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: Westphalia, Michigan
Triple: [Clinton County, Michigan, containsVillage, Westphalia, Michigan]
Generated description
Westphalia, Michigan is a small rural village in central Michigan known for its strong German-Catholic heritage and close-knit community.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Westphalia, Michigan
Target entity description: Westphalia, Michigan is a small rural village in central Michigan known for its strong German-Catholic heritage and close-knit community.
  • A. Westland, Michigan
    Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
  • B. Skandia, Michigan
    Skandia, Michigan is a small rural community located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, known for its forested landscapes and proximity to Lake Superior.
  • C. Grandville, Michigan
    Grandville, Michigan is a suburban city near Grand Rapids known for its location along the Grand River and its role as a regional retail and residential hub in western Michigan.
  • D. Niles, Michigan
    Niles, Michigan is a small city in southwestern Michigan known for its historic downtown, early settlement history, and scenic location along the St. Joseph River.
  • E. Bergland, Michigan
    Bergland, Michigan is a small unincorporated community in Ontonagon County in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, known for its location near Lake Gogebic and along major regional travel routes.
  • 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_69bd43d9cba4819086c1ab1c2d9d2133 completed March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd6340ce548190bd436c59f28227d7 completed March 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be038c89f88190aad42cb6974bec2c completed March 21, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be04ad843c8190b3c8dfa4a46e727b completed March 21, 2026, 2:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be0529868c8190b20e8966315b263a completed March 21, 2026, 2:40 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:15 p.m.