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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.