Triple

T2026720
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Pannotia E44423 entity
Predicate oceanSurrounding P29911 FINISHED
Object Pan-African Ocean
The Pan-African Ocean was a vast ancient ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pannotia during the late Precambrian era.
E226604 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: Pan-African Ocean | Statement: [Pannotia, oceanSurrounding, Pan-African Ocean]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pan-African Ocean
Context triple: [Pannotia, oceanSurrounding, Pan-African Ocean]
  • A. Indian Ocean
    The Indian Ocean is the world’s third-largest ocean, lying between Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Southern Ocean, and serving as a major route for global trade and maritime activity.
  • B. Iapetus Ocean
    The Iapetus Ocean was an ancient Paleozoic ocean that once separated the paleocontinents of Laurentia, Baltica, and Avalonia before closing during the formation of the supercontinent Pangaea.
  • C. Tethys Ocean
    The Tethys Ocean was a vast ancient ocean that existed between the supercontinents of Gondwana and Laurasia, playing a key role in Mesozoic plate tectonics and marine evolution.
  • D. World Ocean
    The World Ocean is the interconnected system of Earth's major oceanic divisions that together form a single, continuous body of saltwater covering most of the planet's surface.
  • E. South Pacific Ocean
    The South Pacific Ocean is the vast southern portion of the Pacific, encompassing numerous island nations and territories and known for its remote archipelagos, rich marine biodiversity, and significant climatic influence.
  • 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: Pan-African Ocean
Triple: [Pannotia, oceanSurrounding, Pan-African Ocean]
Generated description
The Pan-African Ocean was a vast ancient ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pannotia during the late Precambrian era.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pan-African Ocean
Target entity description: The Pan-African Ocean was a vast ancient ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pannotia during the late Precambrian era.
  • A. Indian Ocean
    The Indian Ocean is the world’s third-largest ocean, lying between Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Southern Ocean, and serving as a major route for global trade and maritime activity.
  • B. Iapetus Ocean
    The Iapetus Ocean was an ancient Paleozoic ocean that once separated the paleocontinents of Laurentia, Baltica, and Avalonia before closing during the formation of the supercontinent Pangaea.
  • C. Tethys Ocean
    The Tethys Ocean was a vast ancient ocean that existed between the supercontinents of Gondwana and Laurasia, playing a key role in Mesozoic plate tectonics and marine evolution.
  • D. World Ocean
    The World Ocean is the interconnected system of Earth's major oceanic divisions that together form a single, continuous body of saltwater covering most of the planet's surface.
  • E. South Pacific Ocean
    The South Pacific Ocean is the vast southern portion of the Pacific, encompassing numerous island nations and territories and known for its remote archipelagos, rich marine biodiversity, and significant climatic influence.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: oceanSurrounding
Context triple: [Pannotia, oceanSurrounding, Pan-African Ocean]
  • A. oceanicPortion
    Indicates that one entity is a part or segment of an ocean or oceanic area in relation to another entity.
  • B. seaSeparatedFrom
    Indicates that one geographic region or landmass is separated from another by a sea lying between them.
  • C. nearestSea
    Indicates that one location is the closest sea to a given place compared to all other seas.
  • D. hasSurroundingWaters chosen
    Indicates that one entity is bordered or encircled by bodies of water associated with another entity.
  • E. seaType
    Indicates the specific classification or category of a sea associated with an entity.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69a889144f2481909932f0746a93023d completed March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abb91055d88190a980e7b42e5895d4 completed March 7, 2026, 5:35 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae0afc9e3c8190a045ef1c987c4141 completed March 8, 2026, 11:49 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae0d524a048190ac290b0a9939d2bf completed March 8, 2026, 11:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae0dbf06008190b595de89f17c0104 completed March 9, 2026, 12:01 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69abb7a656248190ac2ced196b35bc6b completed March 7, 2026, 5:29 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:38 p.m.