Triple
T3502380
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hell Creek Formation |
E73998
|
entity |
| Predicate | underlies |
P4501
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Fort Union Formation
The Fort Union Formation is a widespread Paleocene sedimentary rock unit in the northern Great Plains of the United States, known for its coal beds and important fossil flora and fauna that record early Cenozoic terrestrial environments.
|
E364207
|
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: Fort Union Formation | Statement: [Hell Creek Formation, underlies, Fort Union Formation]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Union Formation Context triple: [Hell Creek Formation, underlies, Fort Union Formation]
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A.
Sundance Formation
The Sundance Formation is a Middle to Late Jurassic marine sedimentary rock unit in the western United States, known for its shallow sea deposits that underlie the dinosaur-rich Morrison Formation.
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B.
Dakota Formation
The Dakota Formation is a widespread Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in North America, noted for its sandstone deposits that record the advance of the Western Interior Seaway and preserve abundant plant and dinosaur fossils.
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C.
Kayenta Formation
The Kayenta Formation is an Early Jurassic sandstone and siltstone rock unit on the Colorado Plateau, renowned for its distinctive red cliffs and important dinosaur fossil trackways.
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D.
Claron Formation
The Claron Formation is a geologic rock unit of colorful limestones and mudstones best known for forming the striking hoodoos and cliffs of Bryce Canyon and other parts of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah.
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E.
Chinle Formation
The Chinle Formation is a Late Triassic geologic formation in the southwestern United States, renowned for its colorful badlands, rich fossil beds, and extensive petrified wood deposits.
- 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: Fort Union Formation Triple: [Hell Creek Formation, underlies, Fort Union Formation]
Generated description
The Fort Union Formation is a widespread Paleocene sedimentary rock unit in the northern Great Plains of the United States, known for its coal beds and important fossil flora and fauna that record early Cenozoic terrestrial environments.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Union Formation Target entity description: The Fort Union Formation is a widespread Paleocene sedimentary rock unit in the northern Great Plains of the United States, known for its coal beds and important fossil flora and fauna that record early Cenozoic terrestrial environments.
-
A.
Sundance Formation
The Sundance Formation is a Middle to Late Jurassic marine sedimentary rock unit in the western United States, known for its shallow sea deposits that underlie the dinosaur-rich Morrison Formation.
-
B.
Dakota Formation
The Dakota Formation is a widespread Cretaceous sedimentary rock unit in North America, noted for its sandstone deposits that record the advance of the Western Interior Seaway and preserve abundant plant and dinosaur fossils.
-
C.
Kayenta Formation
The Kayenta Formation is an Early Jurassic sandstone and siltstone rock unit on the Colorado Plateau, renowned for its distinctive red cliffs and important dinosaur fossil trackways.
-
D.
Claron Formation
The Claron Formation is a geologic rock unit of colorful limestones and mudstones best known for forming the striking hoodoos and cliffs of Bryce Canyon and other parts of the Paunsaugunt Plateau in southern Utah.
-
E.
Chinle Formation
The Chinle Formation is a Late Triassic geologic formation in the southwestern United States, renowned for its colorful badlands, rich fossil beds, and extensive petrified wood deposits.
- 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.