Triple

T20732209
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system E509598 entity
Predicate geologicUnits P46460 FINISHED
Object Kirkwood Formation
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.
E1447145 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: Kirkwood Formation | Statement: [Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, geologicUnits, Kirkwood Formation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kirkwood Formation
Context triple: [Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, geologicUnits, Kirkwood Formation]
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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: Kirkwood Formation
Triple: [Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, geologicUnits, Kirkwood Formation]
Generated 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.
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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: geologicUnits
Context triple: [Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, geologicUnits, Kirkwood Formation]
  • A. geologicUnitOf
    Indicates that one entity is a geologic unit to which the other entity belongs or with which it is associated.
  • B. hasGeologicalUnit chosen
    Indicates that an entity is associated with or contains a specific geological unit, such as a rock layer, formation, or stratigraphic unit.
  • C. geologicalFormation
    Indicates that one entity is a geological structure or feature that characterizes or composes the physical makeup of another entity.
  • D. geologicalSystem
    Indicates that one entity is a geological system (e.g., rock units, structures, or processes forming a coherent geologic framework) associated with or characterizing the other entity.
  • E. geologicalDifferentiation
    Indicates that a geological body has undergone internal separation into distinct layers or zones based on differences in composition, density, or physical properties.
  • 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_69e0b4c589c08190834fb5d86d0efa2b completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c1ee49a48190876fa05eb291e54e completed April 21, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08e060f4d8819097ca1dc0d59a610c completed May 16, 2026, 9:23 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08e170755881909c73ebd2d7b00f0f completed May 16, 2026, 9:28 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08e1e759ec8190a305662f220a1826 completed May 16, 2026, 9:30 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69e5c04b31248190b9b9d91b5cb854e3 completed April 20, 2026, 5:57 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:31 p.m.