Triple
T10204197
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Dan Walker |
E238960
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Montgomery Ward |
E44578
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: Montgomery Ward | Statement: [Dan Walker, employer, Montgomery Ward]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Montgomery Ward Context triple: [Dan Walker, employer, Montgomery Ward]
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A.
Montgomery Ward
chosen
Montgomery Ward was a pioneering American mail-order and department store retailer that became one of the largest and most influential retail chains in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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B.
Woolworth
Woolworth is a surname most famously associated with Frank Winfield Woolworth, the American entrepreneur who founded the pioneering F. W. Woolworth retail chain.
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C.
Dayton-Hudson Corporation
Dayton-Hudson Corporation was a major American retail company that evolved into Target Corporation, known for operating prominent department and discount store chains.
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D.
F. W. Woolworth Company
The F. W. Woolworth Company was a pioneering American retail chain that popularized the five-and-dime store concept and helped shape modern mass-market merchandising.
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E.
Allied Stores Corporation
Allied Stores Corporation was a major American department store holding company that owned and operated numerous regional retail chains across the United States during the 20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ca84e1ea088190b38162e43d4cfa8f |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:12 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cdeed6fd0081908f8afad1ef4c6bff |
completed | April 2, 2026, 4:21 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d32afd9410819085739bd02c0b99f2 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 3:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 9:14 p.m.