Triple

T19676075
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Palaeocastor E472454 entity
Predicate foundIn P40 FINISHED
Object South Dakota fossil beds
South Dakota fossil beds are rich paleontological sites in the U.S. Great Plains known for preserving numerous Oligocene and Miocene fossils, including early beaver-like mammals such as Palaeocastor.
E1390495 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: South Dakota fossil beds | Statement: [Palaeocastor, foundIn, South Dakota fossil beds]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South Dakota fossil beds
Context triple: [Palaeocastor, foundIn, South Dakota fossil beds]
  • A. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
    Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is a protected area in central Colorado renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Eocene-era plant and insect fossils, including large petrified redwood stumps.
  • B. Mazon Creek fossil beds
    Mazon Creek fossil beds are a renowned Pennsylvanian-age Lagerstätte in Illinois famous for exceptionally well-preserved soft-bodied plants and animals within ironstone concretions.
  • C. Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry
    The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is a famous Jurassic fossil site in Utah known for its exceptionally dense concentration of dinosaur bones, particularly those of Allosaurus.
  • D. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
    Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a protected area in western Nebraska renowned for its exceptionally rich Miocene-era fossil deposits and preserved prairie landscape.
  • E. Fossil Butte National Monument
    Fossil Butte National Monument is a protected area in southwestern Wyoming renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Eocene-era fossil beds, especially fossil fish.
  • 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: South Dakota fossil beds
Triple: [Palaeocastor, foundIn, South Dakota fossil beds]
Generated description
South Dakota fossil beds are rich paleontological sites in the U.S. Great Plains known for preserving numerous Oligocene and Miocene fossils, including early beaver-like mammals such as Palaeocastor.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South Dakota fossil beds
Target entity description: South Dakota fossil beds are rich paleontological sites in the U.S. Great Plains known for preserving numerous Oligocene and Miocene fossils, including early beaver-like mammals such as Palaeocastor.
  • A. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
    Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is a protected area in central Colorado renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Eocene-era plant and insect fossils, including large petrified redwood stumps.
  • B. Mazon Creek fossil beds
    Mazon Creek fossil beds are a renowned Pennsylvanian-age Lagerstätte in Illinois famous for exceptionally well-preserved soft-bodied plants and animals within ironstone concretions.
  • C. Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry
    The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is a famous Jurassic fossil site in Utah known for its exceptionally dense concentration of dinosaur bones, particularly those of Allosaurus.
  • D. Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
    Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a protected area in western Nebraska renowned for its exceptionally rich Miocene-era fossil deposits and preserved prairie landscape.
  • E. Fossil Butte National Monument
    Fossil Butte National Monument is a protected area in southwestern Wyoming renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Eocene-era fossil beds, especially fossil fish.
  • 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_69d8e514f2e08190ba70a4449519d218 completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e641bbea8c8190b0ad841d95068e0e completed April 20, 2026, 3:09 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0787c261808190b4bf53d0a7ecd54b completed May 15, 2026, 8:53 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0789df479881909750ae3fcf509dd9 completed May 15, 2026, 9:02 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a078a70157081908b7137984dc05e42 completed May 15, 2026, 9:04 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:45 p.m.