Triple

T4145558
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Avalonia microcontinent E89372 entity
Predicate tectonicSettingDuringRift P17577 FINISHED
Object passive margin of Gondwana
The passive margin of Gondwana was the long, tectonically quiet continental edge of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, where thick sedimentary sequences accumulated and from which various microcontinents, such as Avalonia, later rifted away.
E415303 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (5 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: passive margin of Gondwana | Statement: [Avalonia microcontinent, tectonicSettingDuringRift, passive margin of Gondwana]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: passive margin of Gondwana
Context triple: [Avalonia microcontinent, tectonicSettingDuringRift, passive margin of Gondwana]
  • A. Atlantic passive margin
    The Atlantic passive margin is a tectonically quiet continental edge along the Atlantic Ocean characterized by broad continental shelves, thick sedimentary deposits, and a lack of major active plate boundaries or significant seismic and volcanic activity.
  • B. breakup of Gondwana
    The breakup of Gondwana was a major tectonic event during the Mesozoic era in which the ancient southern supercontinent fragmented into the continents and oceanic plates of the Southern Hemisphere, reshaping global geography and climate.
  • C. Eurasian continental margin
    The Eurasian continental margin is the submerged edge of the Eurasian tectonic plate, extending from its coastal shelves into the deep Arctic and Atlantic oceans and encompassing features such as the Chukchi Plateau.
  • D. West Antarctic Rift System
    The West Antarctic Rift System is a major tectonic rift zone underlying much of West Antarctica, characterized by crustal extension, volcanism, and significant influence on the region’s topography and ice sheet dynamics.
  • E. Gondwana
    Gondwana was a vast ancient supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere that included present-day South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Arabian Peninsula.
  • 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: passive margin of Gondwana
Triple: [Avalonia microcontinent, tectonicSettingDuringRift, passive margin of Gondwana]
Generated description
The passive margin of Gondwana was the long, tectonically quiet continental edge of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, where thick sedimentary sequences accumulated and from which various microcontinents, such as Avalonia, later rifted away.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: passive margin of Gondwana
Target entity description: The passive margin of Gondwana was the long, tectonically quiet continental edge of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, where thick sedimentary sequences accumulated and from which various microcontinents, such as Avalonia, later rifted away.
  • A. Atlantic passive margin
    The Atlantic passive margin is a tectonically quiet continental edge along the Atlantic Ocean characterized by broad continental shelves, thick sedimentary deposits, and a lack of major active plate boundaries or significant seismic and volcanic activity.
  • B. breakup of Gondwana
    The breakup of Gondwana was a major tectonic event during the Mesozoic era in which the ancient southern supercontinent fragmented into the continents and oceanic plates of the Southern Hemisphere, reshaping global geography and climate.
  • C. Eurasian continental margin
    The Eurasian continental margin is the submerged edge of the Eurasian tectonic plate, extending from its coastal shelves into the deep Arctic and Atlantic oceans and encompassing features such as the Chukchi Plateau.
  • D. West Antarctic Rift System
    The West Antarctic Rift System is a major tectonic rift zone underlying much of West Antarctica, characterized by crustal extension, volcanism, and significant influence on the region’s topography and ice sheet dynamics.
  • E. Gondwana
    Gondwana was a vast ancient supercontinent in the Southern Hemisphere that included present-day South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, the Indian subcontinent, and the Arabian Peninsula.
  • F. None of above. chosen
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: tectonicSettingDuringRift
Context triple: [Avalonia microcontinent, tectonicSettingDuringRift, passive margin of Gondwana]
  • A. hasTectonicSetting chosen
    Indicates the geological or tectonic environment in which an entity (such as a rock unit, region, or event) is situated or formed.
  • B. riftingInitiated
    Indicates that the process of tectonic rifting has begun between previously contiguous crustal blocks or plates.
  • C. riftingWith
    Indicates a process or state in which one entity is splitting apart, diverging, or creating a widening separation from another.
  • D. tectonicActivityCharacteristic
    Indicates a characteristic or property that describes the nature, intensity, or pattern of tectonic activity associated with something.
  • E. hasTypeOfTectonicFeature
    Indicates that one entity is characterized by or classified as a specific type of tectonic feature (such as a fault, plate boundary, or rift).
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (6 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_69aed95785788190ae75bcf0cd1cafdf completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af033ef6648190adde17f943d89c78 completed March 9, 2026, 5:28 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b576d2f1788190847d38a384abbe67 completed March 14, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b577ef7ed08190aca5f99d6abf1271 completed March 14, 2026, 2:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b578538e908190a2c7d9d80ec5ec99 completed March 14, 2026, 3:01 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69af018c101081909070da5b11e5eb3d completed March 9, 2026, 5:21 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:43 p.m.