Triple

T1966316
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Precambrian Supereon E42694 entity
Predicate includesEvent P1393 FINISHED
Object Snowball Earth glaciations
Snowball Earth glaciations were extreme global-scale ice ages in the Precambrian when ice sheets may have covered most or all of Earth’s surface for millions of years.
E219023 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: Snowball Earth glaciations | Statement: [Precambrian Supereon, includesEvent, Snowball Earth glaciations]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Snowball Earth glaciations
Context triple: [Precambrian Supereon, includesEvent, Snowball Earth glaciations]
  • A. Cenozoic glaciations
    Cenozoic glaciations are a series of major ice age cycles during the Cenozoic Era that saw extensive growth and retreat of continental ice sheets, profoundly shaping Earth’s climate and landscapes.
  • B. Eocene–Oligocene climate transition
    The Eocene–Oligocene climate transition was a major global cooling event around 34 million years ago that marked the shift from a greenhouse to an icehouse Earth, including the formation of large Antarctic ice sheets.
  • C. Milankovitch cycles
    Milankovitch cycles are long-term variations in Earth’s orbit and axial tilt that drive natural climate fluctuations, including the timing of ice ages.
  • D. Younger Dryas cold event
    The Younger Dryas cold event was a brief, abrupt return to near-glacial conditions about 12,900–11,700 years ago that interrupted the general warming trend at the end of the last Ice Age.
  • E. Northern Hemisphere ice sheets
    Northern Hemisphere ice sheets are vast continental glaciers that repeatedly expanded and retreated over North America and Eurasia, profoundly shaping global climate, sea levels, and landscapes during the Quaternary.
  • 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: Snowball Earth glaciations
Triple: [Precambrian Supereon, includesEvent, Snowball Earth glaciations]
Generated description
Snowball Earth glaciations were extreme global-scale ice ages in the Precambrian when ice sheets may have covered most or all of Earth’s surface for millions of years.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Snowball Earth glaciations
Target entity description: Snowball Earth glaciations were extreme global-scale ice ages in the Precambrian when ice sheets may have covered most or all of Earth’s surface for millions of years.
  • A. Cenozoic glaciations
    Cenozoic glaciations are a series of major ice age cycles during the Cenozoic Era that saw extensive growth and retreat of continental ice sheets, profoundly shaping Earth’s climate and landscapes.
  • B. Eocene–Oligocene climate transition
    The Eocene–Oligocene climate transition was a major global cooling event around 34 million years ago that marked the shift from a greenhouse to an icehouse Earth, including the formation of large Antarctic ice sheets.
  • C. Milankovitch cycles
    Milankovitch cycles are long-term variations in Earth’s orbit and axial tilt that drive natural climate fluctuations, including the timing of ice ages.
  • D. Younger Dryas cold event
    The Younger Dryas cold event was a brief, abrupt return to near-glacial conditions about 12,900–11,700 years ago that interrupted the general warming trend at the end of the last Ice Age.
  • E. Northern Hemisphere ice sheets
    Northern Hemisphere ice sheets are vast continental glaciers that repeatedly expanded and retreated over North America and Eurasia, profoundly shaping global climate, sea levels, and landscapes during the Quaternary.
  • 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_69a88711151c8190940b2572095059d7 completed March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb3cd47388190998b5f6800141c92 completed March 7, 2026, 5:12 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adfbd52de08190b1df8adb4e2c885d completed March 8, 2026, 10:44 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adfc6d7fb08190959ee247d0060f4c completed March 8, 2026, 10:47 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adfd2f68f48190ad23db5ca6ae663a completed March 8, 2026, 10:50 p.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:36 p.m.