Triple

T9842388
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Agulhas Bank E239256 entity
Predicate partOf P40 FINISHED
Object African continental shelf
The African continental shelf is the submerged, gently sloping extension of the African continent’s landmass, forming broad, shallow marine areas along its coasts.
E825396 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: African continental shelf | Statement: [Agulhas Bank, partOf, African continental shelf]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: African continental shelf
Context triple: [Agulhas Bank, partOf, African continental shelf]
  • A. Agulhas Bank
    Agulhas Bank is a broad, shallow extension of the continental shelf off the southern tip of Africa, known for its rich marine biodiversity and significant influence on regional ocean currents and fisheries.
  • B. Outer Continental Shelf
    The Outer Continental Shelf is the federally controlled offshore seabed and subsoil beyond state coastal waters of the United States, known for its significant oil, gas, and renewable energy resources.
  • C. Patagonian Shelf
    The Patagonian Shelf is a broad, shallow continental shelf off the coast of southern South America, known for its rich marine biodiversity and highly productive fishing grounds.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Scotian Shelf
    The Scotian Shelf is a broad, shallow continental shelf off Atlantic Canada known for its rich marine ecosystems and important commercial fisheries.
  • 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: African continental shelf
Triple: [Agulhas Bank, partOf, African continental shelf]
Generated description
The African continental shelf is the submerged, gently sloping extension of the African continent’s landmass, forming broad, shallow marine areas along its coasts.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: African continental shelf
Target entity description: The African continental shelf is the submerged, gently sloping extension of the African continent’s landmass, forming broad, shallow marine areas along its coasts.
  • A. Agulhas Bank
    Agulhas Bank is a broad, shallow extension of the continental shelf off the southern tip of Africa, known for its rich marine biodiversity and significant influence on regional ocean currents and fisheries.
  • B. Outer Continental Shelf
    The Outer Continental Shelf is the federally controlled offshore seabed and subsoil beyond state coastal waters of the United States, known for its significant oil, gas, and renewable energy resources.
  • C. Patagonian Shelf
    The Patagonian Shelf is a broad, shallow continental shelf off the coast of southern South America, known for its rich marine biodiversity and highly productive fishing grounds.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Scotian Shelf
    The Scotian Shelf is a broad, shallow continental shelf off Atlantic Canada known for its rich marine ecosystems and important commercial fisheries.
  • 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_69ca84e3f0c48190ada72a65ebd50efd completed March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cdb34e3420819084bb31170e643cd0 completed April 2, 2026, 12:07 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d1d5d9673c8190ada27bef9220798d completed April 5, 2026, 3:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d1d6815e28819081788393cda63bc0 completed April 5, 2026, 3:26 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d1d74e7a148190a9470745bfd7ad42 completed April 5, 2026, 3:30 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8:33 p.m.