Triple

T990600
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Royal Oak, Michigan E21378 entity
Predicate borderedBy P224 FINISHED
Object Ferndale, Michigan
Ferndale, Michigan is a small inner-ring Detroit suburb known for its vibrant downtown, progressive community, and active arts and LGBTQ+ scenes.
E211238 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: Ferndale, Michigan | Statement: [Royal Oak, Michigan, borderedBy, Ferndale, Michigan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferndale, Michigan
Context triple: [Royal Oak, Michigan, borderedBy, Ferndale, Michigan]
  • A. Ferndale
    Ferndale is a former coal-mining town and community located in the Rhondda Fach valley in south Wales.
  • B. Westland, Michigan
    Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
  • C. Rockford, Michigan
    Rockford, Michigan is a small city in western Michigan known for its historic downtown, scenic Rogue River setting, and strong community atmosphere.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Melvindale, Michigan
    Melvindale, Michigan is a small industrial suburb in Wayne County that forms part of the Downriver area near Detroit.
  • 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: Ferndale, Michigan
Triple: [Royal Oak, Michigan, borderedBy, Ferndale, Michigan]
Generated description
Ferndale, Michigan is a small inner-ring Detroit suburb known for its vibrant downtown, progressive community, and active arts and LGBTQ+ scenes.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ferndale, Michigan
Target entity description: Ferndale, Michigan is a small inner-ring Detroit suburb known for its vibrant downtown, progressive community, and active arts and LGBTQ+ scenes.
  • A. Ferndale
    Ferndale is a former coal-mining town and community located in the Rhondda Fach valley in south Wales.
  • B. Westland, Michigan
    Westland, Michigan is a suburban city in Wayne County within the Detroit metropolitan area, known primarily as a residential and retail community.
  • C. Rockford, Michigan
    Rockford, Michigan is a small city in western Michigan known for its historic downtown, scenic Rogue River setting, and strong community atmosphere.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Melvindale, Michigan
    Melvindale, Michigan is a small industrial suburb in Wayne County that forms part of the Downriver area near Detroit.
  • 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_69a493c383dc8190a03257f22d4b4183 completed March 1, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a4b4ac27e081908f132115464667b2 completed March 1, 2026, 9:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adeab2f888819093d2b3e49b105802 completed March 8, 2026, 9:31 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adeb330fe0819096ac927838b6ee2f completed March 8, 2026, 9:33 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adebb1d7748190b5cd33d163368eae completed March 8, 2026, 9:35 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:41 p.m.