Triple

T15223407
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burgess Shale E363816 entity
Predicate overlies P6130 FINISHED
Object Cathedral Formation
The Cathedral Formation is a Middle Cambrian carbonate rock unit in the Canadian Rockies that underlies and helps define the depositional setting of the famous Burgess Shale fossil beds.
E1145871 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: Cathedral Formation | Statement: [Burgess Shale, overlies, Cathedral Formation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cathedral Formation
Context triple: [Burgess Shale, overlies, Cathedral Formation]
  • A. Como Cathedral
    Como Cathedral is a prominent Gothic–Renaissance Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Como, Italy, renowned for its ornate façade and richly decorated interior.
  • B. Cathedral Spires
    Cathedral Spires is a prominent rocky peak formation within the Cathedral Range in Victoria, Australia, known for its dramatic cliffs and popular hiking and climbing routes.
  • C. Monumental Church
    Monumental Church is a historic early-19th-century Episcopal church in Richmond, Virginia, built as both a place of worship and a memorial to the victims of the Richmond Theatre fire.
  • D. Cathedral Wall
    Cathedral Wall is a popular scuba diving site off Balicasag Island in the Philippines, known for its dramatic vertical drop-offs, rich coral formations, and abundant marine life.
  • E. Nice Cathedral
    Nice Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church in the Old Town of Nice, France, known for its Baroque architecture and richly decorated interior.
  • 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: Cathedral Formation
Triple: [Burgess Shale, overlies, Cathedral Formation]
Generated description
The Cathedral Formation is a Middle Cambrian carbonate rock unit in the Canadian Rockies that underlies and helps define the depositional setting of the famous Burgess Shale fossil beds.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cathedral Formation
Target entity description: The Cathedral Formation is a Middle Cambrian carbonate rock unit in the Canadian Rockies that underlies and helps define the depositional setting of the famous Burgess Shale fossil beds.
  • A. Como Cathedral
    Como Cathedral is a prominent Gothic–Renaissance Roman Catholic cathedral in the city of Como, Italy, renowned for its ornate façade and richly decorated interior.
  • B. Cathedral Spires
    Cathedral Spires is a prominent rocky peak formation within the Cathedral Range in Victoria, Australia, known for its dramatic cliffs and popular hiking and climbing routes.
  • C. Monumental Church
    Monumental Church is a historic early-19th-century Episcopal church in Richmond, Virginia, built as both a place of worship and a memorial to the victims of the Richmond Theatre fire.
  • D. Cathedral Wall
    Cathedral Wall is a popular scuba diving site off Balicasag Island in the Philippines, known for its dramatic vertical drop-offs, rich coral formations, and abundant marine life.
  • E. Nice Cathedral
    Nice Cathedral is a historic Roman Catholic church in the Old Town of Nice, France, known for its Baroque architecture and richly decorated interior.
  • 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_69d85a0ce24c81909c4d3b6475548c95 completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e0078a9318819081db3b7bcc28e04f completed April 15, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69fedd3397a48190bae8b2a359ee4ae8 completed May 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69fedf8589888190b705177fc6efdde0 completed May 9, 2026, 7:17 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69fee0e3fc9881909f67a86d67a3f61b completed May 9, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.