Triple

T1966397
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Columbia E42696 entity
Predicate containsCraton P33297 FINISHED
Object North China Craton
The North China Craton is an ancient, once-stable block of continental crust in northern China that preserves some of Earth’s oldest rocks and records a complex history of tectonic assembly and destruction.
E219383 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: North China Craton | Statement: [Columbia, containsCraton, North China Craton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North China Craton
Context triple: [Columbia, containsCraton, North China Craton]
  • A. Yangtze Plate
    The Yangtze Plate is a major tectonic block underlying much of central and eastern China, playing a key role in the region’s geological structure and seismic activity.
  • B. Kaapvaal Craton
    The Kaapvaal Craton is one of Earth’s oldest and most stable pieces of continental crust, located in southern Africa and renowned for hosting some of the world’s richest gold deposits.
  • C. Fennoscandian Shield
    The Fennoscandian Shield is a vast, ancient Precambrian geological region in northern Europe, encompassing much of Scandinavia and parts of northwest Russia, known for its exposed crystalline bedrock and glacially sculpted landscapes.
  • D. Amur Plate
    The Amur Plate is a minor tectonic plate in East Asia that includes parts of eastern Russia, northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, and moves independently from the larger Eurasian Plate.
  • E. North China Plain
    The North China Plain is a vast, fertile alluvial plain in northern China that has long been a core region for Chinese agriculture, population, and historical conflicts.
  • 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: North China Craton
Triple: [Columbia, containsCraton, North China Craton]
Generated description
The North China Craton is an ancient, once-stable block of continental crust in northern China that preserves some of Earth’s oldest rocks and records a complex history of tectonic assembly and destruction.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: North China Craton
Target entity description: The North China Craton is an ancient, once-stable block of continental crust in northern China that preserves some of Earth’s oldest rocks and records a complex history of tectonic assembly and destruction.
  • A. Yangtze Plate
    The Yangtze Plate is a major tectonic block underlying much of central and eastern China, playing a key role in the region’s geological structure and seismic activity.
  • B. Kaapvaal Craton
    The Kaapvaal Craton is one of Earth’s oldest and most stable pieces of continental crust, located in southern Africa and renowned for hosting some of the world’s richest gold deposits.
  • C. Fennoscandian Shield
    The Fennoscandian Shield is a vast, ancient Precambrian geological region in northern Europe, encompassing much of Scandinavia and parts of northwest Russia, known for its exposed crystalline bedrock and glacially sculpted landscapes.
  • D. Amur Plate
    The Amur Plate is a minor tectonic plate in East Asia that includes parts of eastern Russia, northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, and moves independently from the larger Eurasian Plate.
  • E. North China Plain
    The North China Plain is a vast, fertile alluvial plain in northern China that has long been a core region for Chinese agriculture, population, and historical conflicts.
  • 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb7c698748190a10da0901952df07 completed March 7, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbd52de08190b1df8adb4e2c885d completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc6e40f081909682afd84f4e9338 completed March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd9fa4cc81909734a147626da4d1 completed March 8, 2026, 10:52 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.