Triple

T6082871
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument E135564 entity
Predicate geologicFeature P4015 FINISHED
Object Grand Staircase of sedimentary rock layers
The Grand Staircase of sedimentary rock layers is a vast, step-like sequence of colorful cliffs and plateaus in the American Southwest that preserves an exceptionally complete record of Mesozoic and Cenozoic geologic history.
E566676 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: Grand Staircase of sedimentary rock layers | Statement: [Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, geologicFeature, Grand Staircase of sedimentary rock layers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grand Staircase of sedimentary rock layers
Context triple: [Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, geologicFeature, Grand Staircase of sedimentary rock layers]
  • A. Entrada Sandstone
    Entrada Sandstone is a Jurassic-age sedimentary rock formation in the U.S. Southwest, renowned for forming the dramatic natural arches and other erosional landforms seen in places like Arches National Park.
  • B. Kaibab Limestone
    Kaibab Limestone is a prominent Permian-age sedimentary rock layer that forms the resistant caprock of the Grand Canyon and many other cliffs and plateaus across the Colorado Plateau.
  • C. Bastei rock formations
    The Bastei rock formations are a dramatic sandstone rock massif and popular viewpoint in Germany’s Saxon Switzerland National Park, overlooking the Elbe River and known for its iconic stone bridge and hiking trails.
  • D. Straight Cliffs Formation
    The Straight Cliffs Formation is a prominent Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in southern Utah, noted for its extensive cliff-forming sandstones and rich fossil record.
  • E. Coconino Sandstone
    Coconino Sandstone is a prominent Permian-age geological formation of well-sorted, cross-bedded sandstone best known from exposures in the Grand Canyon region of the southwestern United States.
  • 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: Grand Staircase of sedimentary rock layers
Triple: [Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument, geologicFeature, Grand Staircase of sedimentary rock layers]
Generated description
The Grand Staircase of sedimentary rock layers is a vast, step-like sequence of colorful cliffs and plateaus in the American Southwest that preserves an exceptionally complete record of Mesozoic and Cenozoic geologic history.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Grand Staircase of sedimentary rock layers
Target entity description: The Grand Staircase of sedimentary rock layers is a vast, step-like sequence of colorful cliffs and plateaus in the American Southwest that preserves an exceptionally complete record of Mesozoic and Cenozoic geologic history.
  • A. Entrada Sandstone
    Entrada Sandstone is a Jurassic-age sedimentary rock formation in the U.S. Southwest, renowned for forming the dramatic natural arches and other erosional landforms seen in places like Arches National Park.
  • B. Kaibab Limestone
    Kaibab Limestone is a prominent Permian-age sedimentary rock layer that forms the resistant caprock of the Grand Canyon and many other cliffs and plateaus across the Colorado Plateau.
  • C. Bastei rock formations
    The Bastei rock formations are a dramatic sandstone rock massif and popular viewpoint in Germany’s Saxon Switzerland National Park, overlooking the Elbe River and known for its iconic stone bridge and hiking trails.
  • D. Straight Cliffs Formation
    The Straight Cliffs Formation is a prominent Late Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in southern Utah, noted for its extensive cliff-forming sandstones and rich fossil record.
  • E. Coconino Sandstone
    Coconino Sandstone is a prominent Permian-age geological formation of well-sorted, cross-bedded sandstone best known from exposures in the Grand Canyon region of the southwestern United States.
  • 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_69c0087ad31c8190ab936e0ff28614b6 completed March 22, 2026, 3:19 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05786233c81909010a6c2f7e7dfda completed March 22, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c11d57b5f481908d7df374837a486a completed March 23, 2026, 11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c11e89c75481908381df126a7b1661 completed March 23, 2026, 11:05 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c11ef6971c8190b8dde5568b330b41 completed March 23, 2026, 11:07 a.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:11 p.m.