Triple
T15239156
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Western Interior Basin |
E364208
|
entity |
| Predicate | includesFormation |
P42214
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Benton Shale |
E934193
|
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: Benton Shale | Statement: [Western Interior Basin, includesFormation, Benton Shale]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Benton Shale Context triple: [Western Interior Basin, includesFormation, Benton Shale]
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A.
Ashfield Shale
Ashfield Shale is a geological rock unit in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia, notable for its fine-grained sedimentary deposits formed during the Triassic period.
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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.
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.
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D.
Bringelly Shale
Bringelly Shale is a geological rock formation in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia, notable for its claystone and shale deposits that overlie the Hawkesbury Sandstone.
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E.
Salem Limestone
Salem Limestone is a Mississippian-age sedimentary rock formation widely quarried in the U.S. Midwest, especially Indiana, and prized as a high-quality building stone.
- 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_69fedd3f9d308190af5374f0362c62f5 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:07 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m.