Triple
T13764837
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Mark W. McMenamin |
E330711
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Paleocontinents
Paleocontinents is a scholarly work that examines the formation, breakup, and reconstruction of ancient continental landmasses throughout Earth’s geological history.
|
E1059418
|
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: Paleocontinents | Statement: [Mark W. McMenamin, notableWork, Paleocontinents]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paleocontinents Context triple: [Mark W. McMenamin, notableWork, Paleocontinents]
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A.
pre-Cambrian supercontinent
A pre-Cambrian supercontinent is a vast ancient landmass that assembled and broke apart before the Cambrian Period, representing one of Earth’s earliest large-scale continental configurations.
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B.
supercontinent Rodinia
Rodinia was an ancient supercontinent that assembled during the Proterozoic Eon and existed before the later supercontinent Pangaea, profoundly influencing Earth’s early tectonic and climatic evolution.
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C.
supercontinent Pangaea
Pangaea was a massive supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, when nearly all of Earth's landmasses were joined together before breaking apart into the continents we know today.
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D.
supercontinent Pannotia
Supercontinent Pannotia was a short-lived late Proterozoic landmass that assembled near the end of the Precambrian and preceded the formation of the better-known supercontinent Pangaea.
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E.
Gondwana
Gondwana was a vast ancient supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere that included present-day South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Arabian Peninsula.
- 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: Paleocontinents Triple: [Mark W. McMenamin, notableWork, Paleocontinents]
Generated description
Paleocontinents is a scholarly work that examines the formation, breakup, and reconstruction of ancient continental landmasses throughout Earth’s geological history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paleocontinents Target entity description: Paleocontinents is a scholarly work that examines the formation, breakup, and reconstruction of ancient continental landmasses throughout Earth’s geological history.
-
A.
pre-Cambrian supercontinent
A pre-Cambrian supercontinent is a vast ancient landmass that assembled and broke apart before the Cambrian Period, representing one of Earth’s earliest large-scale continental configurations.
-
B.
supercontinent Rodinia
Rodinia was an ancient supercontinent that assembled during the Proterozoic Eon and existed before the later supercontinent Pangaea, profoundly influencing Earth’s early tectonic and climatic evolution.
-
C.
supercontinent Pangaea
Pangaea was a massive supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras, when nearly all of Earth's landmasses were joined together before breaking apart into the continents we know today.
-
D.
supercontinent Pannotia
Supercontinent Pannotia was a short-lived late Proterozoic landmass that assembled near the end of the Precambrian and preceded the formation of the better-known supercontinent Pangaea.
-
E.
Gondwana
Gondwana was a vast ancient supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere that included present-day South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Arabian Peninsula.
- 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_69d81c583b0081909e408a17db517a21 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 9:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de022690ac8190bd5410ecc659a2a7 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f7a862e6808190b8fbb27304212058 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:56 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69f7aa2a6370819097206cc0967fe5c5 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69f7aaa0e90c8190877490a2b941cb6b |
completed | May 3, 2026, 8:05 p.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 10:10 p.m.