Triple
T15239038
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pierre Shale |
E364206
|
entity |
| Predicate | basin |
P5506
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Western Interior Seaway
The Western Interior Seaway was a vast, shallow inland sea that split North America into two landmasses during the Late Cretaceous period, hosting rich marine ecosystems and extensive sediment deposition.
|
E1145388
|
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: Western Interior Seaway | Statement: [Pierre Shale, basin, Western Interior Seaway]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Interior Seaway Context triple: [Pierre Shale, basin, Western Interior Seaway]
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A.
Great Lakes Basin
The Great Lakes Basin is the vast watershed region in North America that drains into and surrounds the five Great Lakes, encompassing parts of both the United States and Canada.
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B.
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are a chain of five vast freshwater lakes in North America that form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and are a critical hub for transportation, industry, and ecology.
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C.
Manning–Great Lakes
Manning–Great Lakes is a hydrologic region in New South Wales, Australia, encompassing coastal rivers, lakes, and catchments around the Manning River and Great Lakes area.
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D.
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay is a vast inland sea in northeastern Canada, known for its subarctic climate, extensive ice cover, and crucial role in regional ecosystems and Indigenous cultures.
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E.
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
- 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: Western Interior Seaway Triple: [Pierre Shale, basin, Western Interior Seaway]
Generated description
The Western Interior Seaway was a vast, shallow inland sea that split North America into two landmasses during the Late Cretaceous period, hosting rich marine ecosystems and extensive sediment deposition.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Interior Seaway Target entity description: The Western Interior Seaway was a vast, shallow inland sea that split North America into two landmasses during the Late Cretaceous period, hosting rich marine ecosystems and extensive sediment deposition.
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A.
Great Lakes Basin
The Great Lakes Basin is the vast watershed region in North America that drains into and surrounds the five Great Lakes, encompassing parts of both the United States and Canada.
-
B.
Great Lakes
The Great Lakes are a chain of five vast freshwater lakes in North America that form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth by total area and are a critical hub for transportation, industry, and ecology.
-
C.
Manning–Great Lakes
Manning–Great Lakes is a hydrologic region in New South Wales, Australia, encompassing coastal rivers, lakes, and catchments around the Manning River and Great Lakes area.
-
D.
Hudson Bay
Hudson Bay is a vast inland sea in northeastern Canada, known for its subarctic climate, extensive ice cover, and crucial role in regional ecosystems and Indigenous cultures.
-
E.
Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system
The Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system is a vast interconnected chain of freshwater lakes and the St. Lawrence River that forms one of the world’s largest inland waterways, linking the interior of North America to the Atlantic Ocean.
- 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_69d85a0dde7481908fc64d1e82d5d20d |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e007da7e988190925a9b67b8070bc7 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 9:49 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fedd3f9d308190af5374f0362c62f5 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69feded546688190b931b60a55babcd0 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:14 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fedf72e6148190afbfbe92ed2ed277 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:17 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.