Triple
T6961162
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Bakken formation region |
E161370
|
entity |
| Predicate | contains |
P35
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Lower Bakken shale
Lower Bakken shale is an organic-rich, fine-grained shale interval within the Bakken petroleum system that serves primarily as a major source rock for oil and gas production in the Williston Basin.
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E161370
|
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: Lower Bakken shale | Statement: [Bakken formation region, contains, Lower Bakken shale]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lower Bakken shale Context triple: [Bakken formation region, contains, Lower Bakken shale]
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A.
Bakken
Bakken is a surname most notably associated with Earl Bakken, the American engineer and co-founder of the medical device company Medtronic.
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B.
Bakken formation region
The Bakken formation region is a major oil- and gas-rich shale play in the Williston Basin of the northern United States and southern Canada, known for its significant role in the North American energy boom.
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C.
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.
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D.
Sundance Formation
The Sundance Formation is a Middle to Late Jurassic marine sedimentary rock unit in the western United States, known for its shallow sea deposits that underlie the dinosaur-rich Morrison Formation.
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E.
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.
- 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: Lower Bakken shale Triple: [Bakken formation region, contains, Lower Bakken shale]
Generated description
Lower Bakken shale is an organic-rich, fine-grained shale interval within the Bakken petroleum system that serves primarily as a major source rock for oil and gas production in the Williston Basin.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lower Bakken shale Target entity description: Lower Bakken shale is an organic-rich, fine-grained shale interval within the Bakken petroleum system that serves primarily as a major source rock for oil and gas production in the Williston Basin.
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A.
Bakken
Bakken is a surname most notably associated with Earl Bakken, the American engineer and co-founder of the medical device company Medtronic.
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B.
Bakken formation region
chosen
The Bakken formation region is a major oil- and gas-rich shale play in the Williston Basin of the northern United States and southern Canada, known for its significant role in the North American energy boom.
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C.
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.
-
D.
Sundance Formation
The Sundance Formation is a Middle to Late Jurassic marine sedimentary rock unit in the western United States, known for its shallow sea deposits that underlie the dinosaur-rich Morrison Formation.
-
E.
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.
- F. None of above.
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_69c7618df8648190bec6c0aaca312efd |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:05 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69c763e95d8081908885dec9a5ca90c7 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:15 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69c7643fdea0819093205e5d8bf9a818 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:16 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:29 p.m.