Triple

T18192797
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject New Buffalo, Michigan E435582 entity
Predicate locatedNear P294 FINISHED
Object Indiana–Michigan state line
The Indiana–Michigan state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Indiana and Michigan, running north–south near the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan.
 E1311052 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: Indiana–Michigan state line | Statement: [New Buffalo, Michigan, locatedNear, Indiana–Michigan state line]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Indiana–Michigan state line
Context triple: [New Buffalo, Michigan, locatedNear, Indiana–Michigan state line]
  • A. Ohio–Michigan state line
    The Ohio–Michigan state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Ohio and Michigan, historically notable as the focus of the 19th-century Toledo War dispute.
  • B. Illinois–Indiana state line
    The Illinois–Indiana state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana, running north–south from Lake Michigan through both urban and rural areas.
  • C. Indiana–Ohio border
    The Indiana–Ohio border is the state line separating Indiana and Ohio in the Midwestern United States, running north–south and passing just east of cities such as Richmond, Indiana.
  • D. Michigan Line
    The Michigan Line is a key passenger rail corridor in the Midwest, carrying Amtrak trains between Chicago and Detroit/Pontiac across southern Michigan.
  • E. Illinois–Missouri state line
    The Illinois–Missouri state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Missouri, largely following the course of the Mississippi River.
  • 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: Indiana–Michigan state line
Triple: [New Buffalo, Michigan, locatedNear, Indiana–Michigan state line]
Generated description
The Indiana–Michigan state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Indiana and Michigan, running north–south near the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Indiana–Michigan state line
Target entity description: The Indiana–Michigan state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Indiana and Michigan, running north–south near the southeastern shore of Lake Michigan.
  • A. Ohio–Michigan state line
    The Ohio–Michigan state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Ohio and Michigan, historically notable as the focus of the 19th-century Toledo War dispute.
  • B. Illinois–Indiana state line
    The Illinois–Indiana state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana, running north–south from Lake Michigan through both urban and rural areas.
  • C. Indiana–Ohio border
    The Indiana–Ohio border is the state line separating Indiana and Ohio in the Midwestern United States, running north–south and passing just east of cities such as Richmond, Indiana.
  • D. Michigan Line
    The Michigan Line is a key passenger rail corridor in the Midwest, carrying Amtrak trains between Chicago and Detroit/Pontiac across southern Michigan.
  • E. Illinois–Missouri state line
    The Illinois–Missouri state line is the boundary separating the U.S. states of Illinois and Missouri, largely following the course of the Mississippi River.
  • 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_69d8b90c7ec081909b4694ccecb449c6 completed April 10, 2026, 8:47 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e4e0d12b688190842375dcc5d5537c completed April 19, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0398090dc0819082d4bd4df858f847 completed May 12, 2026, 9:13 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0399663b388190b7227e1dca0040a7 completed May 12, 2026, 9:19 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0399ff18948190ad2c3fbe1e5986cc completed May 12, 2026, 9:22 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 10:31 a.m.