Triple

T11591063
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dakota Formation E274880 entity
Predicate overlies P6130 FINISHED
Object Kiowa Formation
The Kiowa Formation is a Cretaceous geologic unit in the central United States, known for its marine sediments that record an early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway.
E955753 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: Kiowa Formation | Statement: [Dakota Formation, overlies, Kiowa Formation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kiowa Formation
Context triple: [Dakota Formation, overlies, Kiowa Formation]
  • A. Dakota Formation
    The Dakota Formation is a widespread Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in North America, noted for its sandstone deposits that record the advance of the Western Interior Seaway and preserve abundant plant and dinosaur fossils.
  • B. Morrison Formation
    The Morrison Formation is a vast Late Jurassic sedimentary rock formation in the western United States renowned for its exceptionally rich assemblage of dinosaur fossils, including iconic sauropods and theropods.
  • C. Claron Formation
    The Claron Formation is a geologic rock unit of colorful limestones and mudstones best known for forming the striking hoodoos and cliffs of Bryce Canyon and other parts of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah.
  • D. Fort Union Formation
    The Fort Union Formation is a widespread Paleocene sedimentary rock unit in the northern Great Plains of the United States, known for its coal beds and important fossil flora and fauna that record early Cenozoic terrestrial environments.
  • E. Curtis Formation
    The Curtis Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit in the western United States, characterized mainly by marine sandstones and siltstones that record shallow sea environments.
  • 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: Kiowa Formation
Triple: [Dakota Formation, overlies, Kiowa Formation]
Generated description
The Kiowa Formation is a Cretaceous geologic unit in the central United States, known for its marine sediments that record an early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kiowa Formation
Target entity description: The Kiowa Formation is a Cretaceous geologic unit in the central United States, known for its marine sediments that record an early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway.
  • A. Dakota Formation
    The Dakota Formation is a widespread Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in North America, noted for its sandstone deposits that record the advance of the Western Interior Seaway and preserve abundant plant and dinosaur fossils.
  • B. Morrison Formation
    The Morrison Formation is a vast Late Jurassic sedimentary rock formation in the western United States renowned for its exceptionally rich assemblage of dinosaur fossils, including iconic sauropods and theropods.
  • C. Claron Formation
    The Claron Formation is a geologic rock unit of colorful limestones and mudstones best known for forming the striking hoodoos and cliffs of Bryce Canyon and other parts of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah.
  • D. Fort Union Formation
    The Fort Union Formation is a widespread Paleocene sedimentary rock unit in the northern Great Plains of the United States, known for its coal beds and important fossil flora and fauna that record early Cenozoic terrestrial environments.
  • E. Curtis Formation
    The Curtis Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit in the western United States, characterized mainly by marine sandstones and siltstones that record shallow sea environments.
  • 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_69d6aae6b14c81908dc5a74bad7591f9 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d894643ae48190837502b713f5b9c6 completed April 10, 2026, 6:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f457dc01ec8190a7ee3108d4d95957 completed May 1, 2026, 7:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f4645a7038819089d7533715f8a430 completed May 1, 2026, 8:29 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f4664ff9608190b23e29b3e5c1c326 completed May 1, 2026, 8:37 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:38 p.m.