Triple
T10208730
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | The Source (retail) |
E242271
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
RadioShack Canada
RadioShack Canada was a Canadian consumer electronics retail chain that operated under the RadioShack brand before rebranding as The Source.
|
E849506
|
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: RadioShack Canada | Statement: [The Source (retail), formerName, RadioShack Canada]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RadioShack Canada Context triple: [The Source (retail), formerName, RadioShack Canada]
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A.
Future Shop
Future Shop was a major Canadian consumer electronics retail chain that became one of the country’s largest big-box tech retailers before its eventual closure and conversion of many locations to Best Buy.
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B.
Radio Shack (Hawkins branch)
Radio Shack (Hawkins branch) is a local electronics and gadget retail store located in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, featured in the TV series "Stranger Things."
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C.
Xnet
Xnet is the underground, encrypted peer-to-peer communication network used by teens to evade government surveillance in Cory Doctorow’s novel "Little Brother."
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D.
Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire is a major Canadian retail company best known for its nationwide chain of automotive, hardware, sports, leisure, and home goods stores.
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E.
Sears Canada
Sears Canada was a major Canadian department store chain that operated retail stores, catalog, and online shopping until its closure in 2018.
- 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: RadioShack Canada Triple: [The Source (retail), formerName, RadioShack Canada]
Generated description
RadioShack Canada was a Canadian consumer electronics retail chain that operated under the RadioShack brand before rebranding as The Source.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RadioShack Canada Target entity description: RadioShack Canada was a Canadian consumer electronics retail chain that operated under the RadioShack brand before rebranding as The Source.
-
A.
Future Shop
Future Shop was a major Canadian consumer electronics retail chain that became one of the country’s largest big-box tech retailers before its eventual closure and conversion of many locations to Best Buy.
-
B.
Radio Shack (Hawkins branch)
Radio Shack (Hawkins branch) is a local electronics and gadget retail store located in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana, featured in the TV series "Stranger Things."
-
C.
Xnet
Xnet is the underground, encrypted peer-to-peer communication network used by teens to evade government surveillance in Cory Doctorow’s novel "Little Brother."
-
D.
Canadian Tire
Canadian Tire is a major Canadian retail company best known for its nationwide chain of automotive, hardware, sports, leisure, and home goods stores.
-
E.
Sears Canada
Sears Canada was a major Canadian department store chain that operated retail stores, catalog, and online shopping until its closure in 2018.
- 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_69d381ae26c48190985abd0e25ee5d04 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d395fa86cc8190b4f115b5a0f99772 |
completed | April 6, 2026, 11:16 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d652cca9c081909f705365c70db009 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 1:06 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d654ddaed88190bcd7f1a2ee9dd462 |
completed | April 8, 2026, 1:15 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d655338cc08190ba00163f0afa4c3b |
completed | April 8, 2026, 1:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 6, 2026, 10:59 a.m.