Triple

T2894743

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Garlock Fault	`E63908`	entity
Predicate	associatedWith	`P37`	FINISHED
Object	Eastern California Shear Zone The Eastern California Shear Zone is a major tectonic region in eastern California accommodating a significant portion of the Pacific–North America plate motion through a network of active faults and seismic activity.	`E307406`	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: Eastern California Shear Zone | Statement: [Garlock Fault, associatedWith, Eastern California Shear Zone]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eastern California Shear Zone
Context triple: [Garlock Fault, associatedWith, Eastern California Shear Zone]

A. Rivera Transform Fault Zone
The Rivera Transform Fault Zone is a major tectonic boundary in the eastern Pacific Ocean that accommodates lateral motion between the Rivera Plate and adjacent plates near the Middle America Trench.
B. Garlock Fault
The Garlock Fault is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault in southern California that forms the northern boundary of the Mojave Desert and plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic deformation.
C. San Jacinto Fault Zone
The San Jacinto Fault Zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in Southern California that accommodates a significant portion of the region’s tectonic motion and poses substantial earthquake hazard.
D. Septentrional-Oriente fault zone
The Septentrional-Oriente fault zone is a major strike-slip fault system in the northern Caribbean region that accommodates tectonic motion between the North American and Caribbean plates and is a significant source of regional earthquakes.
E. Heezen Fault Zone
The Heezen Fault Zone is a major undersea geological fault system named in honor of American oceanographer Bruce C. Heezen, recognized for his pioneering work in mapping the ocean floor.
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: Eastern California Shear Zone
Triple: [Garlock Fault, associatedWith, Eastern California Shear Zone]

Generated description

The Eastern California Shear Zone is a major tectonic region in eastern California accommodating a significant portion of the Pacific–North America plate motion through a network of active faults and seismic activity.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eastern California Shear Zone
Target entity description: The Eastern California Shear Zone is a major tectonic region in eastern California accommodating a significant portion of the Pacific–North America plate motion through a network of active faults and seismic activity.

A. Rivera Transform Fault Zone
The Rivera Transform Fault Zone is a major tectonic boundary in the eastern Pacific Ocean that accommodates lateral motion between the Rivera Plate and adjacent plates near the Middle America Trench.
B. Garlock Fault
The Garlock Fault is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault in southern California that forms the northern boundary of the Mojave Desert and plays a key role in the region’s complex tectonic deformation.
C. San Jacinto Fault Zone
The San Jacinto Fault Zone is a major active strike-slip fault system in Southern California that accommodates a significant portion of the region’s tectonic motion and poses substantial earthquake hazard.
D. Septentrional-Oriente fault zone
The Septentrional-Oriente fault zone is a major strike-slip fault system in the northern Caribbean region that accommodates tectonic motion between the North American and Caribbean plates and is a significant source of regional earthquakes.
E. Heezen Fault Zone
The Heezen Fault Zone is a major undersea geological fault system named in honor of American oceanographer Bruce C. Heezen, recognized for his pioneering work in mapping the ocean floor.
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_69ab4c45822c8190830c5f2bb97bcfd0`	completed	March 6, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69abe063de6c8190bce9ddefd1dd62e1`	completed	March 7, 2026, 8:23 a.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_69b03184d6fc81908119cf090e312c9e`	completed	March 10, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_69b035668e808190bf97708ac6c119af`	completed	March 10, 2026, 3:14 p.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_69b03c2d0d908190b63dad3d8fcb4a29`	completed	March 10, 2026, 3:43 p.m.

Created at: March 6, 2026, 10:07 p.m.