Triple

T15239075
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pierre Shale E364206 entity
Predicate hasSubunits P71417 FINISHED
Object Crow Creek Member
The Crow Creek Member is a distinct stratigraphic unit within the Pierre Shale, recognized for its characteristic sedimentary deposits that help geologists interpret the Late Cretaceous marine environments of the Western Interior Seaway.
E1145392 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: Crow Creek Member | Statement: [Pierre Shale, hasSubunits, Crow Creek Member]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crow Creek Member
Context triple: [Pierre Shale, hasSubunits, Crow Creek Member]
  • A. Kiowa Formation
    The Kiowa Formation is a Cretaceous geologic unit in the central United States, known for its marine sediments that record an early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway.
  • B. Fort Union Formation
    The Fort Union Formation is a widespread Paleocene sedimentary rock unit in the northern Great Plains of the United States, known for its coal beds and important fossil flora and fauna that record early Cenozoic terrestrial environments.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Dakota Formation
    The Dakota Formation is a widespread Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in North America, noted for its sandstone deposits that record the advance of the Western Interior Seaway and preserve abundant plant and dinosaur fossils.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Crow Creek Member
Triple: [Pierre Shale, hasSubunits, Crow Creek Member]
Generated description
The Crow Creek Member is a distinct stratigraphic unit within the Pierre Shale, recognized for its characteristic sedimentary deposits that help geologists interpret the Late Cretaceous marine environments of the Western Interior Seaway.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Crow Creek Member
Target entity description: The Crow Creek Member is a distinct stratigraphic unit within the Pierre Shale, recognized for its characteristic sedimentary deposits that help geologists interpret the Late Cretaceous marine environments of the Western Interior Seaway.
  • A. Kiowa Formation
    The Kiowa Formation is a Cretaceous geologic unit in the central United States, known for its marine sediments that record an early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway.
  • B. Fort Union Formation
    The Fort Union Formation is a widespread Paleocene sedimentary rock unit in the northern Great Plains of the United States, known for its coal beds and important fossil flora and fauna that record early Cenozoic terrestrial environments.
  • C. 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.
  • D. Dakota Formation
    The Dakota Formation is a widespread Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in North America, noted for its sandstone deposits that record the advance of the Western Interior Seaway and preserve abundant plant and dinosaur fossils.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69e007db9a148190aadea8d5f8b6b261 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.