Triple
T15239150
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Western Interior Basin |
E364208
|
entity |
| Predicate | includesFormation |
P42214
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Niobrara Formation |
E683719
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Niobrara Formation | Statement: [Western Interior Basin, includesFormation, Niobrara Formation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Niobrara Formation Context triple: [Western Interior Basin, includesFormation, Niobrara Formation]
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A.
Morrison Formation
The Morrison Formation is a vast Late Jurassic sedimentary rock formation in the western United States renowned for its exceptionally rich assemblage of dinosaur fossils, including iconic sauropods and theropods.
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B.
Laramie Formation
The Laramie Formation is a Late Cretaceous geologic unit in the western United States known for its coal-bearing strata and dinosaur fossils.
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C.
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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D.
Niobrara Chalk
chosen
Niobrara Chalk is a Late Cretaceous marine sedimentary rock formation of soft, fossil-rich chalk and shale that is especially noted for its abundant marine reptile and fish fossils across the central United States.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ff133950288190a5ffeb52ee0bac37 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 10:58 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.