Triple

T3502392
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hell Creek Formation E73998 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Western Interior Basin
The Western Interior Basin was a vast sedimentary basin that covered much of central North America during the Late Cretaceous, hosting extensive marine and terrestrial environments preserved in formations like Hell Creek.
E364208 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: Western Interior Basin | Statement: [Hell Creek Formation, partOf, Western Interior Basin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Interior Basin
Context triple: [Hell Creek Formation, partOf, Western Interior Basin]
  • A. Great Plains margin
    The Great Plains margin is the transitional geographic zone where the flat interior plains of central North America give way to more dissected terrain and upland regions to the east and west.
  • B. Central Basin
    Central Basin is a prominent water feature within Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin, known for its formal, landscaped surroundings and proximity to key national institutions.
  • C. Great Plains
    The Great Plains is a vast, mostly flat grassland region in central North America known for its prairies, agriculture, and continental climate.
  • D. Mid-Continent Region
    The Mid-Continent Region is a regional office of the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement responsible for overseeing coal mining regulation and land reclamation in the central United States.
  • E. Canada Basin
    The Canada Basin is a deep, remote submarine basin in the Arctic Ocean, located north of Alaska and Canada, known for its extreme depths, perennial sea ice cover, and importance to polar oceanographic research.
  • 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: Western Interior Basin
Triple: [Hell Creek Formation, partOf, Western Interior Basin]
Generated description
The Western Interior Basin was a vast sedimentary basin that covered much of central North America during the Late Cretaceous, hosting extensive marine and terrestrial environments preserved in formations like Hell Creek.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Western Interior Basin
Target entity description: The Western Interior Basin was a vast sedimentary basin that covered much of central North America during the Late Cretaceous, hosting extensive marine and terrestrial environments preserved in formations like Hell Creek.
  • A. Great Plains margin
    The Great Plains margin is the transitional geographic zone where the flat interior plains of central North America give way to more dissected terrain and upland regions to the east and west.
  • B. Central Basin
    Central Basin is a prominent water feature within Canberra’s Lake Burley Griffin, known for its formal, landscaped surroundings and proximity to key national institutions.
  • C. Great Plains
    The Great Plains is a vast, mostly flat grassland region in central North America known for its prairies, agriculture, and continental climate.
  • D. Mid-Continent Region
    The Mid-Continent Region is a regional office of the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement responsible for overseeing coal mining regulation and land reclamation in the central United States.
  • E. Canada Basin
    The Canada Basin is a deep, remote submarine basin in the Arctic Ocean, located north of Alaska and Canada, known for its extreme depths, perennial sea ice cover, and importance to polar oceanographic research.
  • 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_69ad85ce7a9c81909ddc5cf0cb67a6e3 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbbef47988190b5b3fe2e452b9ac8 completed March 8, 2026, 6:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b373d88dc08190a8508f990b01cf03 completed March 13, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b3779133788190a17b2d8a51587682 completed March 13, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b377facc048190849ccd4ddcd9b442 completed March 13, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.