Kirkwood Formation
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The Kirkwood Formation is a geologic unit of unconsolidated to semi-consolidated coastal plain sediments in New Jersey that plays a key role in regional groundwater and aquifer systems.
All labels observed (1)
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20732209 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kirkwood Formation Context triple: [Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, geologicUnits, Kirkwood Formation]
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Curtis Formation
The Curtis Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit in the western United States, characterized mainly by marine sandstones and siltstones that record shallow sea environments.
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Cloverly Formation
The Cloverly Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in the western United States known for its dinosaur fossils and fluvial sedimentary deposits.
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Shoemaker Formation
The Shoemaker Formation is a distinct geological rock unit within Mars’s Endeavour Crater, studied by the Opportunity rover for clues about the planet’s ancient environmental conditions.
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Carbondale Formation
The Carbondale Formation is a Pennsylvanian-age rock unit in the Illinois Basin renowned for its rich coal beds and exceptionally preserved fossil assemblages, including those of the Mazon Creek area.
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Calvert Formation
The Calvert Formation is a geologic formation along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, renowned for its Miocene-age marine sediments and abundant fossil beds exposed in the Calvert Cliffs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kirkwood Formation Target entity description: The Kirkwood Formation is a geologic unit of unconsolidated to semi-consolidated coastal plain sediments in New Jersey that plays a key role in regional groundwater and aquifer systems.
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A.
Curtis Formation
The Curtis Formation is a Middle Jurassic geologic unit in the western United States, characterized mainly by marine sandstones and siltstones that record shallow sea environments.
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B.
Cloverly Formation
The Cloverly Formation is an Early Cretaceous geologic formation in the western United States known for its dinosaur fossils and fluvial sedimentary deposits.
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C.
Shoemaker Formation
The Shoemaker Formation is a distinct geological rock unit within Mars’s Endeavour Crater, studied by the Opportunity rover for clues about the planet’s ancient environmental conditions.
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D.
Carbondale Formation
The Carbondale Formation is a Pennsylvanian-age rock unit in the Illinois Basin renowned for its rich coal beds and exceptionally preserved fossil assemblages, including those of the Mazon Creek area.
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E.
Calvert Formation
The Calvert Formation is a geologic formation along the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, renowned for its Miocene-age marine sediments and abundant fossil beds exposed in the Calvert Cliffs.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.