Triple

T22134497
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Willcox Basin E546990 entity
Predicate geologicalSetting P944 FINISHED
Object Basin and Range extensional tectonic regime
The Basin and Range extensional tectonic regime is a broad region of the western United States characterized by crustal stretching that produces alternating mountain ranges and sediment-filled basins.
E1519881 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: Basin and Range extensional tectonic regime | Statement: [Willcox Basin, geologicalSetting, Basin and Range extensional tectonic regime]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basin and Range extensional tectonic regime
Context triple: [Willcox Basin, geologicalSetting, Basin and Range extensional tectonic regime]
  • A. Basin and Range–Salton Trough transition zone
    The Basin and Range–Salton Trough transition zone is a tectonically active region in southern California where the extensional Basin and Range Province meets the pull-apart Salton Trough along the plate boundary between the Pacific and North American plates.
  • B. Basin and Range–Colorado Plateau transition
    The Basin and Range–Colorado Plateau transition is a geologic boundary zone in the southwestern United States where the highly extended Basin and Range Province meets the relatively stable, uplifted Colorado Plateau, producing complex faulting, volcanism, and varied topography.
  • C. Wyoming Basin and Range transition
    The Wyoming Basin and Range transition is a geologic province in western Wyoming marking the structural and topographic boundary between the high, rugged ranges of the Rocky Mountains and the more subdued basins and ranges to the west and south.
  • D. Continental Borderland basins
    Continental Borderland basins are a series of deep, fault-controlled submarine depressions off the coast of Southern California that record complex tectonic and sedimentary processes along the Pacific–North America plate boundary.
  • E. Pacific coastal plain from interior desert basins
    The Pacific coastal plain from interior desert basins is a low-lying, ocean-adjacent region along the Baja California Peninsula characterized by relatively flat terrain and a more moderate, maritime-influenced climate compared with the arid interior deserts.
  • 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: Basin and Range extensional tectonic regime
Triple: [Willcox Basin, geologicalSetting, Basin and Range extensional tectonic regime]
Generated description
The Basin and Range extensional tectonic regime is a broad region of the western United States characterized by crustal stretching that produces alternating mountain ranges and sediment-filled basins.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Basin and Range extensional tectonic regime
Target entity description: The Basin and Range extensional tectonic regime is a broad region of the western United States characterized by crustal stretching that produces alternating mountain ranges and sediment-filled basins.
  • A. Basin and Range–Salton Trough transition zone
    The Basin and Range–Salton Trough transition zone is a tectonically active region in southern California where the extensional Basin and Range Province meets the pull-apart Salton Trough along the plate boundary between the Pacific and North American plates.
  • B. Basin and Range–Colorado Plateau transition
    The Basin and Range–Colorado Plateau transition is a geologic boundary zone in the southwestern United States where the highly extended Basin and Range Province meets the relatively stable, uplifted Colorado Plateau, producing complex faulting, volcanism, and varied topography.
  • C. Wyoming Basin and Range transition
    The Wyoming Basin and Range transition is a geologic province in western Wyoming marking the structural and topographic boundary between the high, rugged ranges of the Rocky Mountains and the more subdued basins and ranges to the west and south.
  • D. Continental Borderland basins
    Continental Borderland basins are a series of deep, fault-controlled submarine depressions off the coast of Southern California that record complex tectonic and sedimentary processes along the Pacific–North America plate boundary.
  • E. Pacific coastal plain from interior desert basins
    The Pacific coastal plain from interior desert basins is a low-lying, ocean-adjacent region along the Baja California Peninsula characterized by relatively flat terrain and a more moderate, maritime-influenced climate compared with the arid interior deserts.
  • 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_69e11e39bf348190b541bfa16a7b71e0 completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f129b8f4248190b6342c8d00942c25 completed April 28, 2026, 9:42 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a8f2bd49c81908a75359074a0ada2 completed May 18, 2026, 4:01 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a91ef8d188190a6ec20d6c43aef91 completed May 18, 2026, 4:13 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a9266624c81908eb06a0fc02b85d4 completed May 18, 2026, 4:15 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:32 p.m.