Triple

T4935738
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Neuquén Province E110806 entity
Predicate contains P35 FINISHED
Object Vaca Muerta shale formation
Vaca Muerta shale formation is a vast, hydrocarbon-rich shale play in Argentina that is one of the world’s largest unconventional oil and gas reserves.
E481077 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: Vaca Muerta shale formation | Statement: [Neuquén Province, contains, Vaca Muerta shale formation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vaca Muerta shale formation
Context triple: [Neuquén Province, contains, Vaca Muerta shale formation]
  • A. Chilean nitrate fields
    The Chilean nitrate fields are vast desert mining areas in northern Chile that were historically central to the global production of natural sodium nitrate (saltpeter), driving major economic and social development in the region.
  • B. Espanola Basin
    The Española Basin is a major sedimentary and structural basin in northern New Mexico that forms part of the Rio Grande Rift and hosts significant groundwater and geologic resources.
  • C. Alpine oil field
    The Alpine oil field is a major North Slope oil development in Alaska, known for its remote Arctic location and role in U.S. petroleum production.
  • D. Permian Basin
    The Permian Basin is a vast sedimentary basin in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico that is one of the most productive oil and natural gas regions in the United States.
  • E. Evolution Basin
    Evolution Basin is a high-elevation glacial valley in California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for its chain of alpine lakes, dramatic granite peaks, and location along the John Muir Trail.
  • 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: Vaca Muerta shale formation
Triple: [Neuquén Province, contains, Vaca Muerta shale formation]
Generated description
Vaca Muerta shale formation is a vast, hydrocarbon-rich shale play in Argentina that is one of the world’s largest unconventional oil and gas reserves.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vaca Muerta shale formation
Target entity description: Vaca Muerta shale formation is a vast, hydrocarbon-rich shale play in Argentina that is one of the world’s largest unconventional oil and gas reserves.
  • A. Chilean nitrate fields
    The Chilean nitrate fields are vast desert mining areas in northern Chile that were historically central to the global production of natural sodium nitrate (saltpeter), driving major economic and social development in the region.
  • B. Espanola Basin
    The Española Basin is a major sedimentary and structural basin in northern New Mexico that forms part of the Rio Grande Rift and hosts significant groundwater and geologic resources.
  • C. Alpine oil field
    The Alpine oil field is a major North Slope oil development in Alaska, known for its remote Arctic location and role in U.S. petroleum production.
  • D. Permian Basin
    The Permian Basin is a vast sedimentary basin in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico that is one of the most productive oil and natural gas regions in the United States.
  • E. Evolution Basin
    Evolution Basin is a high-elevation glacial valley in California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for its chain of alpine lakes, dramatic granite peaks, and location along the John Muir Trail.
  • 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_69bd4415eee08190bdce70276e56a5b4 completed March 20, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69bd706825188190b854dca5ca2f9db6 completed March 20, 2026, 4:06 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69be77ba40f881908452455ad55221e5 completed March 21, 2026, 10:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69be7928b7308190b84af8aee60e3f24 completed March 21, 2026, 10:55 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69be79a6634c8190bae1fa09eedd6829 completed March 21, 2026, 10:57 a.m.
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:30 p.m.