Triple

T7800215
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Terry Nichols E180411 entity
Predicate placeOfBirth P1 FINISHED
Object Lapeer, Michigan, United States
Lapeer is a small city in Michigan, United States, known as the county seat of Lapeer County and part of the Flint metropolitan area.
E695580 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: Lapeer, Michigan, United States | Statement: [Terry Nichols, placeOfBirth, Lapeer, Michigan, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lapeer, Michigan, United States
Context triple: [Terry Nichols, placeOfBirth, Lapeer, Michigan, United States]
  • A. Pellston, Michigan
    Pellston, Michigan is a small village in northern Michigan known as the “Icebox of the Nation” for its notably cold winter temperatures.
  • B. Packard, Michigan
    Packard, Michigan is an unincorporated community located within Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
  • C. Grand Ledge, Michigan
    Grand Ledge, Michigan is a small city in Eaton County known for its scenic sandstone ledges and parks along the Grand River.
  • D. Leland, Michigan
    Leland, Michigan is a small historic village on the shores of Lake Michigan known for its picturesque harbor and preserved fishing district called Fishtown.
  • E. Ecorse, Michigan
    Ecorse, Michigan is a small industrial city in Wayne County along the Detroit River, historically known for its steel manufacturing and role in the Downriver Detroit region.
  • 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: Lapeer, Michigan, United States
Triple: [Terry Nichols, placeOfBirth, Lapeer, Michigan, United States]
Generated description
Lapeer is a small city in Michigan, United States, known as the county seat of Lapeer County and part of the Flint metropolitan area.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lapeer, Michigan, United States
Target entity description: Lapeer is a small city in Michigan, United States, known as the county seat of Lapeer County and part of the Flint metropolitan area.
  • A. Pellston, Michigan
    Pellston, Michigan is a small village in northern Michigan known as the “Icebox of the Nation” for its notably cold winter temperatures.
  • B. Packard, Michigan
    Packard, Michigan is an unincorporated community located within Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
  • C. Grand Ledge, Michigan
    Grand Ledge, Michigan is a small city in Eaton County known for its scenic sandstone ledges and parks along the Grand River.
  • D. Leland, Michigan
    Leland, Michigan is a small historic village on the shores of Lake Michigan known for its picturesque harbor and preserved fishing district called Fishtown.
  • E. Ecorse, Michigan
    Ecorse, Michigan is a small industrial city in Wayne County along the Detroit River, historically known for its steel manufacturing and role in the Downriver Detroit region.
  • 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_69ca827e50cc8190a92a733577184938 completed March 30, 2026, 2:02 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cae985d8f08190b38d9d6848a7dc83 completed March 30, 2026, 9:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cb142117b48190bdc17677592bfa8f completed March 31, 2026, 12:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cb1a1414a08190912945cee30e6bc2 completed March 31, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cb3843368881908d7c4d5a81c53a23 completed March 31, 2026, 2:58 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 4:33 p.m.