Manhattan Formation
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The Manhattan Formation is a geologic rock unit in the New York City region, best known for its hard metamorphic schist that provides a stable foundation for Manhattan’s skyscrapers.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16907554 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manhattan Formation Context triple: [Manhattan schist, belongsTo, Manhattan Formation]
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Oldhaven Formation
The Oldhaven Formation is a geological rock unit in southeast England, known for its early Eocene marine sediments that underlie the younger London Clay Formation.
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La Colonia Formation
La Colonia Formation is a Late Cretaceous geological formation in Patagonia, Argentina, known for preserving diverse fossils including the abelisaurid dinosaur Carnotaurus.
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Newport Formation
The Newport Formation is a geological rock unit within the Narrabeen Group, known for its Triassic sedimentary deposits exposed around the Sydney Basin in eastern Australia.
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Calvert Formation
The Calvert Formation is a geologic formation along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, renowned for its Miocene-age marine sediments and abundant fossil beds exposed in the Calvert Cliffs.
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Carmel Formation
The Carmel Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit of the western United States, characterized by marine and marginal-marine sediments that record a transition from desert dune environments to shallow seas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Manhattan Formation Target entity description: The Manhattan Formation is a geologic rock unit in the New York City region, best known for its hard metamorphic schist that provides a stable foundation for Manhattan’s skyscrapers.
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A.
Oldhaven Formation
The Oldhaven Formation is a geological rock unit in southeast England, known for its early Eocene marine sediments that underlie the younger London Clay Formation.
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B.
La Colonia Formation
La Colonia Formation is a Late Cretaceous geological formation in Patagonia, Argentina, known for preserving diverse fossils including the abelisaurid dinosaur Carnotaurus.
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C.
Newport Formation
The Newport Formation is a geological rock unit within the Narrabeen Group, known for its Triassic sedimentary deposits exposed around the Sydney Basin in eastern Australia.
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D.
Calvert Formation
The Calvert Formation is a geologic formation along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, renowned for its Miocene-age marine sediments and abundant fossil beds exposed in the Calvert Cliffs.
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E.
Carmel Formation
The Carmel Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit of the western United States, characterized by marine and marginal-marine sediments that record a transition from desert dune environments to shallow seas.
- F. None of above. chosen
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