Triple

T22157832
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Altyn Tagh Fault E547586 entity
Predicate linkedTo P37 FINISHED
Object Qilian Shan thrust system
The Qilian Shan thrust system is a major active tectonic belt in northeastern Tibet characterized by large-scale thrust faults and crustal shortening that uplift the Qilian Shan mountain range.
E1522246 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: Qilian Shan thrust system | Statement: [Altyn Tagh Fault, linkedTo, Qilian Shan thrust system]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qilian Shan thrust system
Context triple: [Altyn Tagh Fault, linkedTo, Qilian Shan thrust system]
  • A. Xianshuihe Fault system
    The Xianshuihe Fault system is a major active strike-slip fault zone in western China that accommodates significant tectonic movement and seismic activity along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
  • B. South Tibetan Detachment System
    The South Tibetan Detachment System is a major normal fault system in the Himalaya that accommodated crustal extension and exhumation of high-grade metamorphic rocks above the Main Central Thrust.
  • C. Tibetan Plateau foreland basins
    Tibetan Plateau foreland basins are a series of sedimentary basins surrounding the margins of the Tibetan Plateau that record its uplift, deformation, and associated climatic and erosional history.
  • D. Qinling suture zone
    The Qinling suture zone is a major tectonic boundary in central China marking the collision and amalgamation of the North China and South China blocks, forming part of the Qinling–Dabie orogenic belt.
  • E. Altyn Tagh Fault
    The Altyn Tagh Fault is a major strike-slip fault system in northwestern China that plays a key role in accommodating the tectonic deformation of the Tibetan Plateau.
  • 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: Qilian Shan thrust system
Triple: [Altyn Tagh Fault, linkedTo, Qilian Shan thrust system]
Generated description
The Qilian Shan thrust system is a major active tectonic belt in northeastern Tibet characterized by large-scale thrust faults and crustal shortening that uplift the Qilian Shan mountain range.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Qilian Shan thrust system
Target entity description: The Qilian Shan thrust system is a major active tectonic belt in northeastern Tibet characterized by large-scale thrust faults and crustal shortening that uplift the Qilian Shan mountain range.
  • A. Xianshuihe Fault system
    The Xianshuihe Fault system is a major active strike-slip fault zone in western China that accommodates significant tectonic movement and seismic activity along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau.
  • B. South Tibetan Detachment System
    The South Tibetan Detachment System is a major normal fault system in the Himalaya that accommodated crustal extension and exhumation of high-grade metamorphic rocks above the Main Central Thrust.
  • C. Tibetan Plateau foreland basins
    Tibetan Plateau foreland basins are a series of sedimentary basins surrounding the margins of the Tibetan Plateau that record its uplift, deformation, and associated climatic and erosional history.
  • D. Qinling suture zone
    The Qinling suture zone is a major tectonic boundary in central China marking the collision and amalgamation of the North China and South China blocks, forming part of the Qinling–Dabie orogenic belt.
  • E. Altyn Tagh Fault
    The Altyn Tagh Fault is a major strike-slip fault system in northwestern China that plays a key role in accommodating the tectonic deformation of the Tibetan Plateau.
  • 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_69e11e3b52088190ad5df386d01eb2fb completed April 16, 2026, 5:36 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f12a2aadb48190b4d739d1df9529db completed April 28, 2026, 9:44 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0a970c925481908d8f1135703f7050 completed May 18, 2026, 4:35 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0a97e509a88190a7f316cf340d010a completed May 18, 2026, 4:39 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0a987daa208190bab5b7adec1913e8 completed May 18, 2026, 4:41 a.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:33 p.m.