Triple

T3502379
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Hell Creek Formation E73998 entity
Predicate overlies P6130 FINISHED
Object Pierre Shale
Pierre Shale is a widespread Late Cretaceous marine sedimentary rock formation of the Western Interior Seaway in North America, known for its rich fossil content and extensive outcrops across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions.
 E364206 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: Pierre Shale | Statement: [Hell Creek Formation, overlies, Pierre Shale]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pierre Shale
Context triple: [Hell Creek Formation, overlies, Pierre Shale]
  • A. Edwin Marble
    Edwin Marble was a 19th-century spiritualist and treasure seeker known for tunneling into Dungeon Rock in Lynn, Massachusetts in search of a legendary pirate hoard.
  • B. Pingeot
    Pingeot is a French surname notably borne by Mazarine Pingeot, the writer and daughter of former French president François Mitterrand.
  • C. Guston
    Guston is a small village and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England.
  • D. Nantz
    Nantz is the surname of Jim Nantz, a prominent American sportscaster best known for his long-running work with CBS Sports covering events like the NFL, NCAA basketball, and The Masters.
  • E. Gilbert Ponton
    Gilbert Ponton is a bumbling yet loyal French gendarme who serves as Inspector Clouseau’s earnest sidekick in the 2006 comedy film "The Pink Panther."
  • 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: Pierre Shale
Triple: [Hell Creek Formation, overlies, Pierre Shale]
Generated description
Pierre Shale is a widespread Late Cretaceous marine sedimentary rock formation of the Western Interior Seaway in North America, known for its rich fossil content and extensive outcrops across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Pierre Shale
Target entity description: Pierre Shale is a widespread Late Cretaceous marine sedimentary rock formation of the Western Interior Seaway in North America, known for its rich fossil content and extensive outcrops across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions.
  • A. Edwin Marble
    Edwin Marble was a 19th-century spiritualist and treasure seeker known for tunneling into Dungeon Rock in Lynn, Massachusetts in search of a legendary pirate hoard.
  • B. Pingeot
    Pingeot is a French surname notably borne by Mazarine Pingeot, the writer and daughter of former French president François Mitterrand.
  • C. Guston
    Guston is a small village and civil parish in the Dover District of Kent, England.
  • D. Nantz
    Nantz is the surname of Jim Nantz, a prominent American sportscaster best known for his long-running work with CBS Sports covering events like the NFL, NCAA basketball, and The Masters.
  • E. Gilbert Ponton
    Gilbert Ponton is a bumbling yet loyal French gendarme who serves as Inspector Clouseau’s earnest sidekick in the 2006 comedy film "The Pink Panther."
  • 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_69ad85ce7a9c81909ddc5cf0cb67a6e3 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adbbef47988190b5b3fe2e452b9ac8 completed March 8, 2026, 6:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b373d88dc08190a8508f990b01cf03 completed March 13, 2026, 2:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b3779133788190a17b2d8a51587682 completed March 13, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b377facc048190849ccd4ddcd9b442 completed March 13, 2026, 2:35 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.