Triple
T4648348
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Pan-African orogeny |
E102227
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entity |
| Predicate | affects |
P9
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Saharan Metacraton
The Saharan Metacraton is a large, ancient crustal block in North-Central Africa that was tectonically reworked during Neoproterozoic events and now underlies much of the Sahara Desert.
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E468221
|
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: Saharan Metacraton | Statement: [Pan-African orogeny, affects, Saharan Metacraton]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saharan Metacraton Context triple: [Pan-African orogeny, affects, Saharan Metacraton]
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A.
Kalahari Craton
The Kalahari Craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust underlying much of southern Africa and forming a key component of Earth’s early Precambrian geology.
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B.
West African Craton
The West African Craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in West Africa that forms a core part of the Precambrian geology of the African continent.
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C.
Congo Craton
The Congo Craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in central Africa that forms the geological core of much of the Congo Basin.
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D.
Kaapvaal Craton
The Kaapvaal Craton is one of Earth’s oldest and most stable pieces of continental crust, located in southern Africa and renowned for hosting some of the world’s richest gold deposits.
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E.
Dakar Plateau
Dakar Plateau is the historic downtown district of Dakar, Senegal, known as the city’s commercial and administrative center.
- 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: Saharan Metacraton Triple: [Pan-African orogeny, affects, Saharan Metacraton]
Generated description
The Saharan Metacraton is a large, ancient crustal block in North-Central Africa that was tectonically reworked during Neoproterozoic events and now underlies much of the Sahara Desert.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saharan Metacraton Target entity description: The Saharan Metacraton is a large, ancient crustal block in North-Central Africa that was tectonically reworked during Neoproterozoic events and now underlies much of the Sahara Desert.
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A.
Kalahari Craton
The Kalahari Craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust underlying much of southern Africa and forming a key component of Earth’s early Precambrian geology.
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B.
West African Craton
The West African Craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in West Africa that forms a core part of the Precambrian geology of the African continent.
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C.
Congo Craton
The Congo Craton is an ancient, stable block of continental crust in central Africa that forms the geological core of much of the Congo Basin.
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D.
Kaapvaal Craton
The Kaapvaal Craton is one of Earth’s oldest and most stable pieces of continental crust, located in southern Africa and renowned for hosting some of the world’s richest gold deposits.
-
E.
Dakar Plateau
Dakar Plateau is the historic downtown district of Dakar, Senegal, known as the city’s commercial and administrative center.
- 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_69bd43d71a308190afea7280841b0de8 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69bd62feeb6c8190a7807c37e9a6fa00 |
completed | March 20, 2026, 3:08 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69be39b295ec8190bab91913ddf8eb8d |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:24 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69be3e13c4fc819082973b84a6df4db6 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69be3e667098819084b4cff865645f36 |
completed | March 21, 2026, 6:44 a.m. |
Created at: March 20, 2026, 1:14 p.m.