Triple
T15239152
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Western Interior Basin |
E364208
|
entity |
| Predicate | includesFormation |
P42214
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Mancos Shale
Mancos Shale is a widespread Late Cretaceous marine shale formation in the Western Interior of North America, notable for its rich fossil content and significance in petroleum geology.
|
E934193
|
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: Mancos Shale | Statement: [Western Interior Basin, includesFormation, Mancos Shale]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mancos Shale Context triple: [Western Interior Basin, includesFormation, Mancos Shale]
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A.
Thermopolis Shale
Thermopolis Shale is a Cretaceous-age marine shale formation in the Western Interior of North America, notable for its dark, fossil-bearing mudstones deposited in the Western Interior Seaway.
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B.
Ninnescah Shale
Ninnescah Shale is a geologic rock unit known for its shale deposits, typically associated with Permian-age sedimentary sequences in the central United States.
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C.
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.
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D.
Graneros Shale
Graneros Shale is a Cretaceous-age marine shale formation in the central United States, notable for recording the early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway and for its fossil-rich, fine-grained sediments.
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E.
Spraberry Formation
The Spraberry Formation is a major oil-bearing geologic unit in West Texas, renowned as one of the most prolific tight oil reservoirs within the Permian Basin.
- 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: Mancos Shale Triple: [Western Interior Basin, includesFormation, Mancos Shale]
Generated description
Mancos Shale is a widespread Late Cretaceous marine shale formation in the Western Interior of North America, notable for its rich fossil content and significance in petroleum geology.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mancos Shale Target entity description: Mancos Shale is a widespread Late Cretaceous marine shale formation in the Western Interior of North America, notable for its rich fossil content and significance in petroleum geology.
-
A.
Thermopolis Shale
Thermopolis Shale is a Cretaceous-age marine shale formation in the Western Interior of North America, notable for its dark, fossil-bearing mudstones deposited in the Western Interior Seaway.
-
B.
Ninnescah Shale
Ninnescah Shale is a geologic rock unit known for its shale deposits, typically associated with Permian-age sedimentary sequences in the central United States.
-
C.
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.
-
D.
Graneros Shale
chosen
Graneros Shale is a Cretaceous-age marine shale formation in the central United States, notable for recording the early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway and for its fossil-rich, fine-grained sediments.
-
E.
Spraberry Formation
The Spraberry Formation is a major oil-bearing geologic unit in West Texas, renowned as one of the most prolific tight oil reservoirs within the Permian Basin.
- F. None of above.
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.