Triple

T7975575
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Huron River E185437 entity
Predicate hasTributary P415 FINISHED
Object Portage Creek (Washtenaw County, Michigan)
Portage Creek in Washtenaw County, Michigan is a small stream that flows through a mix of rural and suburban landscapes before joining the Huron River in southeastern Michigan.
E703070 NE FINISHED

Named-entity recognition

Before disambiguation, gpt-5-mini classified whether the object phrase is a named entity — the step behind the object's NE type shown above.

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: Portage Creek (Washtenaw County, Michigan) | Statement: [Huron River, hasTributary, Portage Creek (Washtenaw County, Michigan)]

Disambiguation candidates (2 decisions)

The exact options the model was shown at each disambiguation step, with the option it chose highlighted — the evidence behind this triple's disambiguated ids.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portage Creek (Washtenaw County, Michigan)
Context triple: [Huron River, hasTributary, Portage Creek (Washtenaw County, Michigan)]
  • A. Ecorse Creek
    Ecorse Creek is a small river in southeastern Michigan that flows through several communities before emptying into the Detroit River.
  • B. Portage Charter Township, Michigan
    Portage Charter Township, Michigan is a charter township in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known for encompassing suburban and rural areas around the city of Houghton along the Keweenaw Waterway.
  • C. Rapid River, Michigan
    Rapid River, Michigan is a small unincorporated community in Delta County known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, including access to the Hiawatha National Forest.
  • D. Downriver, Michigan
    Downriver, Michigan is a suburban region south of Detroit comprising several working- and middle-class communities along the Detroit River.
  • E. Cedar River (Michigan)
    Cedar River (Michigan) is a river in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that flows into Green Bay, an arm of Lake Michigan, and drains a largely forested and rural watershed.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Portage Creek (Washtenaw County, Michigan)
Target entity description: Portage Creek in Washtenaw County, Michigan is a small stream that flows through a mix of rural and suburban landscapes before joining the Huron River in southeastern Michigan.
  • A. Ecorse Creek
    Ecorse Creek is a small river in southeastern Michigan that flows through several communities before emptying into the Detroit River.
  • B. Portage Charter Township, Michigan
    Portage Charter Township, Michigan is a charter township in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula known for encompassing suburban and rural areas around the city of Houghton along the Keweenaw Waterway.
  • C. Rapid River, Michigan
    Rapid River, Michigan is a small unincorporated community in Delta County known as a gateway to outdoor recreation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, including access to the Hiawatha National Forest.
  • D. Downriver, Michigan
    Downriver, Michigan is a suburban region south of Detroit comprising several working- and middle-class communities along the Detroit River.
  • E. Cedar River (Michigan)
    Cedar River (Michigan) is a river in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that flows into Green Bay, an arm of Lake Michigan, and drains a largely forested and rural watershed.
  • F. None of above. chosen

How the object was described

The object's one-sentence description was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the object name and this triple as context.

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: Portage Creek (Washtenaw County, Michigan)
Triple: [Huron River, hasTributary, Portage Creek (Washtenaw County, Michigan)]
Generated description
Portage Creek in Washtenaw County, Michigan is a small stream that flows through a mix of rural and suburban landscapes before joining the Huron River in southeastern Michigan.

Provenance (5 batches)

Stage Batch ID Job type Status
creating batch_69ca829851908190b4e03829353ee7c3 elicitation completed
NER batch_69cb3bf56f688190902b95afe42635ec ner completed
NED1 batch_69cbe0c39e248190a146c1f2fd815f26 ned_source_triple completed
NED2 batch_69cc32e2e1c48190b86218bff9af99f5 ned_description completed
NEDg batch_69cbe43d29f8819080f7d729c4f28c75 nedg completed
Created at: March 30, 2026, 5:14 p.m.