Triple
T14211201
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Wianamatta Group |
E352235
|
entity |
| Predicate | stratigraphicSuperunitOf |
P113229
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Ashfield Shale
Ashfield Shale is a geological rock unit in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia, notable for its fine-grained sedimentary deposits formed during the Triassic period.
|
E1085871
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (5 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: Ashfield Shale | Statement: [Wianamatta Group, stratigraphicSuperunitOf, Ashfield Shale]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ashfield Shale Context triple: [Wianamatta Group, stratigraphicSuperunitOf, Ashfield Shale]
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A.
Graneros Shale
Graneros Shale is a Cretaceous-age marine shale formation in the central United States, notable for recording the early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway and for its fossil-rich, fine-grained sediments.
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B.
Ninnescah Shale
Ninnescah Shale is a geologic rock unit known for its shale deposits, typically associated with Permian-age sedimentary sequences in the central United States.
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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.
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D.
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.
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E.
Carbondale Formation
The Carbondale Formation is a Pennsylvanian-age rock unit in the Illinois Basin renowned for its rich coal beds and exceptionally preserved fossil assemblages, including those of the Mazon Creek area.
- 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: Ashfield Shale Triple: [Wianamatta Group, stratigraphicSuperunitOf, Ashfield Shale]
Generated description
Ashfield Shale is a geological rock unit in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia, notable for its fine-grained sedimentary deposits formed during the Triassic period.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ashfield Shale Target entity description: Ashfield Shale is a geological rock unit in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia, notable for its fine-grained sedimentary deposits formed during the Triassic period.
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A.
Graneros Shale
Graneros Shale is a Cretaceous-age marine shale formation in the central United States, notable for recording the early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway and for its fossil-rich, fine-grained sediments.
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B.
Ninnescah Shale
Ninnescah Shale is a geologic rock unit known for its shale deposits, typically associated with Permian-age sedimentary sequences in the central United States.
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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.
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D.
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.
-
E.
Carbondale Formation
The Carbondale Formation is a Pennsylvanian-age rock unit in the Illinois Basin renowned for its rich coal beds and exceptionally preserved fossil assemblages, including those of the Mazon Creek area.
- F. None of above. chosen
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: stratigraphicSuperunitOf Context triple: [Wianamatta Group, stratigraphicSuperunitOf, Ashfield Shale]
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A.
hasChronostratigraphicUnit
Indicates a relationship where something is associated with, or classified by, a specific chronostratigraphic unit (a defined interval of geological time represented by rock layers).
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B.
stratigraphicUnitRank
Indicates the hierarchical rank or level of a stratigraphic unit within a geological stratigraphic framework (e.g., formation, member, group).
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C.
isKeyStratigraphicUnitFor
Indicates that one stratigraphic unit serves as the primary or defining reference layer for interpreting or correlating other geological units in a given context.
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D.
hasStratigraphicPosition
Indicates the relative position of one geological layer or unit within a stratigraphic sequence in relation to another.
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E.
hasStratigraphicFeature
Indicates a relationship in which a geological unit, site, or context contains, exhibits, or is associated with a particular stratigraphic feature (such as a layer, horizon, or boundary) within its stratigraphic sequence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (7 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_69d8278a06e481908b5d6af0a8afe737 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 10:26 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69de620dba0c8190bb77a1df10e1d3a7 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 3:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fd19574280819091bafd95a75983bf |
completed | May 7, 2026, 10:59 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fd1a231cbc819083d38e25073892bf |
completed | May 7, 2026, 11:02 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fd1ada47788190afcf8078d76ef339 |
completed | May 7, 2026, 11:06 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69de05bcd7d48190a4848d9320404aa6 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 9:15 a.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69de239a02e881909b0e2679487e4ab2 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:23 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:05 a.m.