Triple

T6991074
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kaapvaal Craton E162085 entity
Predicate hypothesizedToHaveBeenPartOf P69786 FINISHED
Object Vaalbara supercraton
Vaalbara supercraton is a proposed early Archean supercontinent thought to have formed from some of Earth’s oldest cratons, including the Kaapvaal and Pilbara cratons.
E636175 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Vaalbara supercraton | Statement: [Kaapvaal Craton, hypothesizedToHaveBeenPartOf, Vaalbara supercraton]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vaalbara supercraton
Context triple: [Kaapvaal Craton, hypothesizedToHaveBeenPartOf, Vaalbara supercraton]
  • A. Kaapvaal Craton
    The Kaapvaal Craton is one of Earth’s oldest and most stable pieces of continental crust, located in southern Africa and renowned for hosting some of the world’s richest gold deposits.
  • B. Superior craton
    The Superior craton is one of Earth’s largest and oldest stable continental cores, forming much of the ancient geological foundation of central and eastern Canada and parts of the northern United States.
  • C. Kalahari Craton
    The Kalahari Craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust underlying much of southern Africa and forming a key component of Earth’s early Precambrian geology.
  • D. Rae craton
    Rae craton is an ancient, stable block of Earth’s continental crust that forms a major geological core of the Canadian Shield within the North American craton.
  • E. Congo Craton
    The Congo Craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in central Africa that forms the geological core of much of the Congo Basin.
  • 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: Vaalbara supercraton
Triple: [Kaapvaal Craton, hypothesizedToHaveBeenPartOf, Vaalbara supercraton]
Generated description
Vaalbara supercraton is a proposed early Archean supercontinent thought to have formed from some of Earth’s oldest cratons, including the Kaapvaal and Pilbara cratons.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vaalbara supercraton
Target entity description: Vaalbara supercraton is a proposed early Archean supercontinent thought to have formed from some of Earth’s oldest cratons, including the Kaapvaal and Pilbara cratons.
  • A. Kaapvaal Craton
    The Kaapvaal Craton is one of Earth’s oldest and most stable pieces of continental crust, located in southern Africa and renowned for hosting some of the world’s richest gold deposits.
  • B. Superior craton
    The Superior craton is one of Earth’s largest and oldest stable continental cores, forming much of the ancient geological foundation of central and eastern Canada and parts of the northern United States.
  • C. Kalahari Craton
    The Kalahari Craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust underlying much of southern Africa and forming a key component of Earth’s early Precambrian geology.
  • D. Rae craton
    Rae craton is an ancient, stable block of Earth’s continental crust that forms a major geological core of the Canadian Shield within the North American craton.
  • E. Congo Craton
    The Congo Craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in central Africa that forms the geological core of much of the Congo Basin.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hypothesizedToHaveBeenPartOf
Context triple: [Kaapvaal Craton, hypothesizedToHaveBeenPartOf, Vaalbara supercraton]
  • A. usedToBePartOf
    Indicates that an entity was formerly a component or member of another entity but is no longer part of it.
  • B. consideredPartOf
    Indicates that one entity is regarded or treated as a component, segment, or subset of another entity within a larger whole.
  • C. hasPartIn
    Indicates that an entity participates in or plays a role within a larger event, process, or composite entity.
  • D. discoveredAsPartOf
    Indicates that something was found, identified, or revealed in the course of a larger activity, process, or investigation of which it formed a component.
  • E. believedToBelongTo chosen
    Indicates that something is thought or assumed, but not definitively known, to be owned by or part of a particular entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69c68856d7808190ab33ee914640281b completed March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c6dbc08758819083d36a1fc0463b27 completed March 27, 2026, 7:34 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c77551f85881909893d67176ee5556 completed March 28, 2026, 6:29 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c777671e248190b0b9a38f798446d9 completed March 28, 2026, 6:38 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c777c80d6c8190b4e7cd0243c9042e completed March 28, 2026, 6:40 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69c6d7c4a18881908d267137daed828b completed March 27, 2026, 7:17 p.m.
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:32 p.m.