Triple

T11631697
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Cloverly Formation E276412 entity
Predicate underlies P4501 FINISHED
Object Thermopolis Shale
Thermopolis Shale is a Cretaceous-age marine shale formation in the Western Interior of North America, notable for its dark, fossil-bearing mudstones deposited in the Western Interior Seaway.
E938591 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: Thermopolis Shale | Statement: [Cloverly Formation, underlies, Thermopolis Shale]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thermopolis Shale
Context triple: [Cloverly Formation, underlies, Thermopolis Shale]
  • A. Sundance Formation
    The Sundance Formation is a Middle to Late Jurassic marine sedimentary rock unit in the western United States, known for its shallow sea deposits that underlie the dinosaur-rich Morrison Formation.
  • B. Pinedale Anticline gas field
    The Pinedale Anticline gas field is a major natural gas-producing geological formation in western Wyoming known for its large reserves and intensive energy development.
  • C. Marcellus Shale
    Marcellus Shale is a vast natural gas–rich sedimentary rock formation underlying much of the Appalachian Basin in the eastern United States, notably Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and New York.
  • D. Bakken
    Bakken is a surname most notably associated with Earl Bakken, the American engineer and co-founder of the medical device company Medtronic.
  • E. McClure Basin
    McClure Basin is a reservoir created by McClure Dam, primarily used for water storage and related recreational and environmental purposes.
  • 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: Thermopolis Shale
Triple: [Cloverly Formation, underlies, Thermopolis Shale]
Generated description
Thermopolis Shale is a Cretaceous-age marine shale formation in the Western Interior of North America, notable for its dark, fossil-bearing mudstones deposited in the Western Interior Seaway.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thermopolis Shale
Target entity description: Thermopolis Shale is a Cretaceous-age marine shale formation in the Western Interior of North America, notable for its dark, fossil-bearing mudstones deposited in the Western Interior Seaway.
  • A. Sundance Formation
    The Sundance Formation is a Middle to Late Jurassic marine sedimentary rock unit in the western United States, known for its shallow sea deposits that underlie the dinosaur-rich Morrison Formation.
  • B. Pinedale Anticline gas field
    The Pinedale Anticline gas field is a major natural gas-producing geological formation in western Wyoming known for its large reserves and intensive energy development.
  • C. Marcellus Shale
    Marcellus Shale is a vast natural gas–rich sedimentary rock formation underlying much of the Appalachian Basin in the eastern United States, notably Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, and New York.
  • D. Bakken
    Bakken is a surname most notably associated with Earl Bakken, the American engineer and co-founder of the medical device company Medtronic.
  • E. McClure Basin
    McClure Basin is a reservoir created by McClure Dam, primarily used for water storage and related recreational and environmental purposes.
  • 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_69d6aafa51148190ab84940694c00235 completed April 8, 2026, 7:22 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d8a25aa9188190ab13d79139f37e7e completed April 10, 2026, 7:10 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ee87a20af481909b47775c7cb6ec3b completed April 26, 2026, 9:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69eeb3137f4c8190ba8ac48b2cb419b4 completed April 27, 2026, 12:51 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69eee9845bec81909f0f9b005f75249a completed April 27, 2026, 4:43 a.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:39 p.m.