Triple

T3474824
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mendocino Fracture Zone E73345 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object Pacific Plate fracture zone system
The Pacific Plate fracture zone system is a network of major undersea tectonic fractures and transform faults that segment and shape the Pacific Plate across the ocean floor.
E361944 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: Pacific Plate fracture zone system | Statement: [Mendocino Fracture Zone, partOf, Pacific Plate fracture zone system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Plate fracture zone system
Context triple: [Mendocino Fracture Zone, partOf, Pacific Plate fracture zone system]
  • A. Pacific Plate boundary system
    The Pacific Plate boundary system is the extensive network of tectonic plate margins encircling the Pacific Ocean, characterized by subduction zones, transform faults, and spreading centers that generate intense seismic and volcanic activity.
  • B. East Pacific tectonic system
    The East Pacific tectonic system is a major geological region in the eastern Pacific Ocean characterized by active seafloor spreading, transform faults, and subduction zones that shape the surrounding oceanic plates and continental margins.
  • C. Pacific–North American plate boundary system
    The Pacific–North American plate boundary system is a major tectonic boundary zone where the Pacific Plate and North American Plate interact through a complex network of faults and plate motions along western North America.
  • D. Tonga-Kermadec subduction system
    The Tonga-Kermadec subduction system is a major convergent plate boundary in the southwest Pacific where the Pacific Plate descends beneath the Indo-Australian Plate, producing one of the world’s deepest ocean trenches and most active seismic and volcanic regions.
  • E. Mendocino Fracture Zone
    The Mendocino Fracture Zone is a major east–west-trending transform fault and fracture zone in the northeast Pacific Ocean that marks a significant boundary in the oceanic crust off the coast of northern California.
  • 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: Pacific Plate fracture zone system
Triple: [Mendocino Fracture Zone, partOf, Pacific Plate fracture zone system]
Generated description
The Pacific Plate fracture zone system is a network of major undersea tectonic fractures and transform faults that segment and shape the Pacific Plate across the ocean floor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pacific Plate fracture zone system
Target entity description: The Pacific Plate fracture zone system is a network of major undersea tectonic fractures and transform faults that segment and shape the Pacific Plate across the ocean floor.
  • A. Pacific Plate boundary system
    The Pacific Plate boundary system is the extensive network of tectonic plate margins encircling the Pacific Ocean, characterized by subduction zones, transform faults, and spreading centers that generate intense seismic and volcanic activity.
  • B. East Pacific tectonic system
    The East Pacific tectonic system is a major geological region in the eastern Pacific Ocean characterized by active seafloor spreading, transform faults, and subduction zones that shape the surrounding oceanic plates and continental margins.
  • C. Pacific–North American plate boundary system
    The Pacific–North American plate boundary system is a major tectonic boundary zone where the Pacific Plate and North American Plate interact through a complex network of faults and plate motions along western North America.
  • D. Tonga-Kermadec subduction system
    The Tonga-Kermadec subduction system is a major convergent plate boundary in the southwest Pacific where the Pacific Plate descends beneath the Indo-Australian Plate, producing one of the world’s deepest ocean trenches and most active seismic and volcanic regions.
  • E. Mendocino Fracture Zone
    The Mendocino Fracture Zone is a major east–west-trending transform fault and fracture zone in the northeast Pacific Ocean that marks a significant boundary in the oceanic crust off the coast of northern California.
  • 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_69ad85b2fed48190948c8765e453d270 completed March 8, 2026, 2:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbb580d4c819080bcc0bccd1e18e2 completed March 8, 2026, 6:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b36812e3a08190abe8db8d3429a49e completed March 13, 2026, 1:27 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b36c4d77448190abe198ec9d48597d completed March 13, 2026, 1:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b36cca06d48190bc72ad2e9bd9bdb5 completed March 13, 2026, 1:47 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:17 p.m.