Triple
T8518430
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Minot, North Dakota |
E201633
|
entity |
| Predicate | nearRegion |
P350
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Williston Basin oil-producing region |
E631163
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 oil-producing region | Statement: [Minot, North Dakota, nearRegion, Williston Basin oil-producing region]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Williston Basin oil-producing region Context triple: [Minot, North Dakota, nearRegion, Williston Basin oil-producing region]
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A.
Williston Basin
chosen
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.
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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.
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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E.
Nashville Basin
The Nashville Basin is a geologic and topographic lowland in central Tennessee known for its fertile soils, karst features, and distinctive bowl-shaped landscape surrounding the city of Nashville.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca8321bb44819081b74df0b710276d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:05 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cbe626787c819087e72dd76b2d9310 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 3:20 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ce4e6c93d081909da2a748b0fa6fd3 |
completed | April 2, 2026, 11:09 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:16 p.m.