Triple

T17062452

Position	Surface form	Disambiguated ID	Type / Status
Subject	Miaolingian	`E413993`	entity
Predicate	alternativeName	`P39`	FINISHED
Object	Middle Cambrian Series (formal ICS usage) The Middle Cambrian Series (formal ICS usage) is an official subdivision of the Cambrian Period, corresponding to the Miaolingian Series and representing a middle interval of Cambrian geological time characterized by significant diversification of early marine life.	`E1247695`	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: Middle Cambrian Series (formal ICS usage) | Statement: [Miaolingian, alternativeName, Middle Cambrian Series (formal ICS usage)]

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Middle Cambrian Series (formal ICS usage)
Context triple: [Miaolingian, alternativeName, Middle Cambrian Series (formal ICS usage)]

A. Middle Ordovician
The Middle Ordovician is a subdivision of the Ordovician Period characterized by significant diversification of marine life and widespread shallow epicontinental seas.
B. Asselian Stage
The Asselian Stage is the earliest stage of the Permian Period, marking the transition from the Carboniferous and characterized by distinctive marine and terrestrial fossil assemblages used for global stratigraphic correlation.
C. Lower Permian Series
The Lower Permian Series, formally known as the Cisuralian Epoch, is the earliest subdivision of the Permian Period, marking a time of significant evolutionary diversification and climatic change in Earth's history.
D. Emsian–Eifelian boundary
The Emsian–Eifelian boundary marks the internationally recognized transition between the Early and Middle Devonian periods in the geologic timescale.
E. Famennian stage
The Famennian stage is the final stage of the Late Devonian Period, marked by significant evolutionary turnover and recovery following major extinction events.
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: Middle Cambrian Series (formal ICS usage)
Triple: [Miaolingian, alternativeName, Middle Cambrian Series (formal ICS usage)]

Generated description

The Middle Cambrian Series (formal ICS usage) is an official subdivision of the Cambrian Period, corresponding to the Miaolingian Series and representing a middle interval of Cambrian geological time characterized by significant diversification of early marine life.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Middle Cambrian Series (formal ICS usage)
Target entity description: The Middle Cambrian Series (formal ICS usage) is an official subdivision of the Cambrian Period, corresponding to the Miaolingian Series and representing a middle interval of Cambrian geological time characterized by significant diversification of early marine life.

A. Middle Ordovician
The Middle Ordovician is a subdivision of the Ordovician Period characterized by significant diversification of marine life and widespread shallow epicontinental seas.
B. Asselian Stage
The Asselian Stage is the earliest stage of the Permian Period, marking the transition from the Carboniferous and characterized by distinctive marine and terrestrial fossil assemblages used for global stratigraphic correlation.
C. Lower Permian Series
The Lower Permian Series, formally known as the Cisuralian Epoch, is the earliest subdivision of the Permian Period, marking a time of significant evolutionary diversification and climatic change in Earth's history.
D. Emsian–Eifelian boundary
The Emsian–Eifelian boundary marks the internationally recognized transition between the Early and Middle Devonian periods in the geologic timescale.
E. Famennian stage
The Famennian stage is the final stage of the Late Devonian Period, marked by significant evolutionary turnover and recovery following major extinction events.
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_69d886cde3d481908d4d01ba88ba7eb7`	completed	April 10, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NER	Named-entity recognition	`batch_69e3db7eb0808190ae1b0044e2b5cbd7`	completed	April 18, 2026, 7:29 p.m.
NED1	Entity disambiguation (via context triple)	`batch_6a01234be4e4819084701902e7bd3a27`	completed	May 11, 2026, 12:31 a.m.
NEDg	Description generation	`batch_6a0124869c2c8190b84ed4d46492528a`	completed	May 11, 2026, 12:36 a.m.
NED2	Entity disambiguation (via description)	`batch_6a0124f59490819081e8dc644da92ed6`	completed	May 11, 2026, 12:38 a.m.

Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:34 a.m.