Triple
T19017365
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Athabasca oil sands |
E465385
|
entity |
| Predicate | hostRock |
P53497
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
McMurray Formation
The McMurray Formation is a Cretaceous-age sedimentary rock unit in northeastern Alberta, Canada, that contains the primary bitumen-bearing reservoirs of the Athabasca oil sands.
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E1354522
|
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: McMurray Formation | Statement: [Athabasca oil sands, hostRock, McMurray Formation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McMurray Formation Context triple: [Athabasca oil sands, hostRock, McMurray Formation]
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A.
Scollard Formation
The Scollard Formation is a Late Cretaceous to early Paleocene geological formation in Alberta, Canada, known for preserving diverse dinosaur fossils and evidence of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary.
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B.
Nanjemoy Formation
The Nanjemoy Formation is an early Eocene geologic formation in the mid-Atlantic United States known for its marine sediments and diverse fossil assemblages.
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C.
Curtis Formation
The Curtis Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit in the western United States, characterized mainly by marine sandstones and siltstones that record shallow sea environments.
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D.
Kaiparowits Formation
The Kaiparowits Formation is a Late Cretaceous rock unit in southern Utah renowned for its exceptionally rich and diverse dinosaur and vertebrate fossil assemblages.
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E.
Claron Formation
The Claron Formation is a geologic rock unit of colorful limestones and mudstones best known for forming the striking hoodoos and cliffs of Bryce Canyon and other parts of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah.
- 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: McMurray Formation Triple: [Athabasca oil sands, hostRock, McMurray Formation]
Generated description
The McMurray Formation is a Cretaceous-age sedimentary rock unit in northeastern Alberta, Canada, that contains the primary bitumen-bearing reservoirs of the Athabasca oil sands.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McMurray Formation Target entity description: The McMurray Formation is a Cretaceous-age sedimentary rock unit in northeastern Alberta, Canada, that contains the primary bitumen-bearing reservoirs of the Athabasca oil sands.
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A.
Scollard Formation
The Scollard Formation is a Late Cretaceous to early Paleocene geological formation in Alberta, Canada, known for preserving diverse dinosaur fossils and evidence of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary.
-
B.
Nanjemoy Formation
The Nanjemoy Formation is an early Eocene geologic formation in the mid-Atlantic United States known for its marine sediments and diverse fossil assemblages.
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C.
Curtis Formation
The Curtis Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit in the western United States, characterized mainly by marine sandstones and siltstones that record shallow sea environments.
-
D.
Kaiparowits Formation
The Kaiparowits Formation is a Late Cretaceous rock unit in southern Utah renowned for its exceptionally rich and diverse dinosaur and vertebrate fossil assemblages.
-
E.
Claron Formation
The Claron Formation is a geologic rock unit of colorful limestones and mudstones best known for forming the striking hoodoos and cliffs of Bryce Canyon and other parts of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah.
- 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_69d8dd025c188190a1d81f5b4ec7e2c6 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:20 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e5d6dc0f9081909cddc5186603e885 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:33 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a05be504c248190ac0aeea678ea5c67 |
completed | May 14, 2026, 12:21 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a05bf8691f08190baa0e97f588973cb |
completed | May 14, 2026, 12:26 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a05bff32d088190b60ecf78f97848b9 |
completed | May 14, 2026, 12:28 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 12:02 p.m.