Triple
T21112558
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Saalian glaciation |
E520209
|
entity |
| Predicate | precededBy |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Elsterian glaciation |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Elsterian glaciation | Statement: [Saalian glaciation, precededBy, Elsterian glaciation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elsterian glaciation Context triple: [Saalian glaciation, precededBy, Elsterian glaciation]
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A.
Kaigas glaciation
The Kaigas glaciation was an early Neoproterozoic ice age event in Earth's history, preceding the more extensive Sturtian glaciation and representing one of the planet's significant pre-Cryogenian glacial episodes.
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B.
Würm glaciation
The Würm glaciation was the last major glacial period of the Pleistocene in the Alps, marked by extensive ice coverage and shaping much of the region’s modern landscape.
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C.
Gaskiers glaciation
Gaskiers glaciation was a brief but intense Neoproterozoic ice age, occurring around 580 million years ago, that is associated with widespread glacial deposits and may have influenced early animal evolution.
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D.
Saalian glaciation
chosen
The Saalian glaciation was a major Middle Pleistocene ice age in northern Europe, during which extensive ice sheets covered large parts of the continent.
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E.
Marinoan glaciation
The Marinoan glaciation was a major Neoproterozoic ice age, likely a global or near-global “Snowball Earth” event that occurred around 650–635 million years ago.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (2 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_69e0b509a318819092fbbcb21d1fe603 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e72103b3888190a19e9a40f01fb439 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 7:02 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:54 p.m.