Triple

T18692294
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Michigan Basin E457029 entity
Predicate containsFormation P42214 FINISHED
Object Antrim Shale
Antrim Shale is a Devonian-age black shale formation in the Michigan Basin known as a significant source of natural gas and hydrocarbons.
E1336852 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: Antrim Shale | Statement: [Michigan Basin, containsFormation, Antrim Shale]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antrim Shale
Context triple: [Michigan Basin, containsFormation, Antrim Shale]
  • A. Utica Shale
    Utica Shale is a major organic-rich shale formation in the northeastern United States that serves as an important source of natural gas and oil.
  • B. Ashfield Shale
    Ashfield Shale is a geological rock unit in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia, notable for its fine-grained sedimentary deposits formed during the Triassic period.
  • C. Ninnescah Shale
    Ninnescah Shale is a geologic rock unit known for its shale deposits, typically associated with Permian-age sedimentary sequences in the central United States.
  • D. Organ Rock Shale
    Organ Rock Shale is a Permian-age sedimentary rock formation in the American Southwest, notable for forming part of the striking red cliffs and mesas of Monument Valley and surrounding regions.
  • E. Graneros Shale
    Graneros Shale is a Cretaceous-age marine shale formation in the central United States, notable for recording the early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway and for its fossil-rich, fine-grained sediments.
  • 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: Antrim Shale
Triple: [Michigan Basin, containsFormation, Antrim Shale]
Generated description
Antrim Shale is a Devonian-age black shale formation in the Michigan Basin known as a significant source of natural gas and hydrocarbons.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Antrim Shale
Target entity description: Antrim Shale is a Devonian-age black shale formation in the Michigan Basin known as a significant source of natural gas and hydrocarbons.
  • A. Utica Shale
    Utica Shale is a major organic-rich shale formation in the northeastern United States that serves as an important source of natural gas and oil.
  • B. Ashfield Shale
    Ashfield Shale is a geological rock unit in the Sydney Basin of eastern Australia, notable for its fine-grained sedimentary deposits formed during the Triassic period.
  • C. Ninnescah Shale
    Ninnescah Shale is a geologic rock unit known for its shale deposits, typically associated with Permian-age sedimentary sequences in the central United States.
  • D. Organ Rock Shale
    Organ Rock Shale is a Permian-age sedimentary rock formation in the American Southwest, notable for forming part of the striking red cliffs and mesas of Monument Valley and surrounding regions.
  • E. Graneros Shale
    Graneros Shale is a Cretaceous-age marine shale formation in the central United States, notable for recording the early transgression of the Western Interior Seaway and for its fossil-rich, fine-grained sediments.
  • 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_69d8d391eb488190ac2e9abf5bf255e4 completed April 10, 2026, 10:40 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e562e4756881909335e1e7b3c23e28 completed April 19, 2026, 11:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0523605508819089bce4771fe9f9f6 completed May 14, 2026, 1:20 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0524a856888190beaa73c8223e3062 completed May 14, 2026, 1:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a052510a97481908d05ff26c765a22d completed May 14, 2026, 1:27 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 11:49 a.m.