Triple

T359339
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Indiana limestone E7813 entity
Predicate geologicalAge P1327 FINISHED
Object Carboniferous period
The Carboniferous period was a Paleozoic era interval, roughly 359 to 299 million years ago, characterized by extensive swampy forests that formed vast coal deposits and by the diversification of early amphibians and insects.
E45902 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: Carboniferous period | Statement: [Indiana limestone, geologicalAge, Carboniferous period]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carboniferous period
Context triple: [Indiana limestone, geologicalAge, Carboniferous period]
  • A. Silurian
    The Silurian is a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, roughly 443 to 419 million years ago, marked by the stabilization of Earth’s climate, widespread shallow seas, and significant diversification of early marine life and the first land plants.
  • B. Jurassic Period
    The Jurassic Period was a major division of the Mesozoic Era characterized by warm climates, the dominance and diversification of dinosaurs, and the early evolution of birds.
  • C. Paleozoic Era
    The Paleozoic Era was an ancient geologic time interval, spanning roughly 541 to 252 million years ago, marked by the emergence and diversification of complex life in the seas and on land and the assembly of major continental landmasses.
  • D. Triassic
    The Triassic was the first period of the Mesozoic Era, marked by the initial diversification of dinosaurs and the recovery of life following the Permian–Triassic mass extinction.
  • E. Mesozoic Era
    The Mesozoic Era was a major geological era, often called the "Age of Reptiles," during which dinosaurs dominated the land and the supercontinent Pangaea broke apart into modern continents.
  • 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: Carboniferous period
Triple: [Indiana limestone, geologicalAge, Carboniferous period]
Generated description
The Carboniferous period was a Paleozoic era interval, roughly 359 to 299 million years ago, characterized by extensive swampy forests that formed vast coal deposits and by the diversification of early amphibians and insects.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Carboniferous period
Target entity description: The Carboniferous period was a Paleozoic era interval, roughly 359 to 299 million years ago, characterized by extensive swampy forests that formed vast coal deposits and by the diversification of early amphibians and insects.
  • A. Silurian
    The Silurian is a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era, roughly 443 to 419 million years ago, marked by the stabilization of Earth’s climate, widespread shallow seas, and significant diversification of early marine life and the first land plants.
  • B. Jurassic Period
    The Jurassic Period was a major division of the Mesozoic Era characterized by warm climates, the dominance and diversification of dinosaurs, and the early evolution of birds.
  • C. Paleozoic Era
    The Paleozoic Era was an ancient geologic time interval, spanning roughly 541 to 252 million years ago, marked by the emergence and diversification of complex life in the seas and on land and the assembly of major continental landmasses.
  • D. Triassic
    The Triassic was the first period of the Mesozoic Era, marked by the initial diversification of dinosaurs and the recovery of life following the Permian–Triassic mass extinction.
  • E. Mesozoic Era
    The Mesozoic Era was a major geological era, often called the "Age of Reptiles," during which dinosaurs dominated the land and the supercontinent Pangaea broke apart into modern continents.
  • 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_69a2e7e880008190a6ad7e06e5d03007 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ebb248608190b060553219616043 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3e578c1788190877cf6a346cf10d4 completed March 1, 2026, 7:06 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3e6098bc48190877f5d26bf1a985b completed March 1, 2026, 7:08 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3e741aac48190a3f762154f6e1a36 completed March 1, 2026, 7:14 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.