Triple

T6961138
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bakken formation region E161370 entity
Predicate locatedIn P40 FINISHED
Object Williston Basin
The Williston Basin is a large sedimentary basin in the northern Great Plains of the United States and Canada, known for its rich oil and gas reserves, including the prolific Bakken Formation.
E631163 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: Williston Basin | Statement: [Bakken formation region, locatedIn, Williston Basin]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Williston Basin
Context triple: [Bakken formation region, locatedIn, Williston Basin]
  • A. Montrose Basin
    Montrose Basin is a large tidal estuary and wildlife reserve on Scotland’s east coast, renowned for its rich birdlife and coastal habitats.
  • B. Palisade Basin
    Palisade Basin is a high-elevation alpine basin in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its rugged granite peaks, glacial lakes, and remote backcountry setting.
  • C. Bighorn Basin
    The Bighorn Basin is a broad intermontane basin in north-central Wyoming and south-central Montana, known for its rich fossil beds, energy resources, and surrounding mountain ranges.
  • D. Mono Basin
    Mono Basin is a high-desert watershed in eastern California best known for Mono Lake, its striking tufa formations, and its dramatic Eastern Sierra scenery.
  • E. Arkoma Basin
    The Arkoma Basin is a geologic sedimentary basin in the south-central United States, primarily in Arkansas and Oklahoma, known for its Paleozoic rock formations and significant natural gas and petroleum resources.
  • 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: Williston Basin
Triple: [Bakken formation region, locatedIn, Williston Basin]
Generated description
The Williston Basin is a large sedimentary basin in the northern Great Plains of the United States and Canada, known for its rich oil and gas reserves, including the prolific Bakken Formation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Williston Basin
Target entity description: The Williston Basin is a large sedimentary basin in the northern Great Plains of the United States and Canada, known for its rich oil and gas reserves, including the prolific Bakken Formation.
  • A. Montrose Basin
    Montrose Basin is a large tidal estuary and wildlife reserve on Scotland’s east coast, renowned for its rich birdlife and coastal habitats.
  • B. Palisade Basin
    Palisade Basin is a high-elevation alpine basin in California’s Sierra Nevada, known for its rugged granite peaks, glacial lakes, and remote backcountry setting.
  • C. Bighorn Basin
    The Bighorn Basin is a broad intermontane basin in north-central Wyoming and south-central Montana, known for its rich fossil beds, energy resources, and surrounding mountain ranges.
  • D. Mono Basin
    Mono Basin is a high-desert watershed in eastern California best known for Mono Lake, its striking tufa formations, and its dramatic Eastern Sierra scenery.
  • E. Arkoma Basin
    The Arkoma Basin is a geologic sedimentary basin in the south-central United States, primarily in Arkansas and Oklahoma, known for its Paleozoic rock formations and significant natural gas and petroleum resources.
  • 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_69c68852a9a0819097797e31d492e273 completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6daeee4d48190b078beeebb0053f4 completed March 27, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c7589892888190bf240bdbf107efcc completed March 28, 2026, 4:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c7596571a48190a8a04b9b24b5e4cb completed March 28, 2026, 4:30 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c75a57dc308190a691d3ae55cc39ef completed March 28, 2026, 4:34 a.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:29 p.m.