Triple

T10268578
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Mitsukoshi Department Store E240775 entity
Predicate founder P104 FINISHED
Object Mitsui Takatoshi
Mitsui Takatoshi was a pioneering Japanese merchant of the Edo period who established the Mitsui family’s commercial empire, which evolved into major institutions such as the Mitsukoshi department store.
 E976792 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: Mitsui Takatoshi | Statement: [Mitsukoshi Department Store, founder, Mitsui Takatoshi]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mitsui Takatoshi
Context triple: [Mitsukoshi Department Store, founder, Mitsui Takatoshi]
  • A. Yoshihiko Miyauchi
    Yoshihiko Miyauchi is a Japanese businessman best known for building Orix Corporation into a major global financial services group and serving as its long-time leader.
  • B. Shinji Satō
    Shinji Satō is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives and is known as the son of former Prime Minister Eisaku Satō.
  • C. Yoshiaki Koizumi
    Yoshiaki Koizumi is a prominent Japanese video game designer and director at Nintendo, best known for his key creative roles in the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.
  • D. Takashi Satō
    Takashi Satō is a Japanese name shared by multiple individuals, most commonly associated with professionals in fields such as sports, academia, and the arts.
  • E. Makoto Satō
    Makoto Satō is a Japanese actor known for his roles in mid-20th-century cinema and television.
  • 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: Mitsui Takatoshi
Triple: [Mitsukoshi Department Store, founder, Mitsui Takatoshi]
Generated description
Mitsui Takatoshi was a pioneering Japanese merchant of the Edo period who established the Mitsui family’s commercial empire, which evolved into major institutions such as the Mitsukoshi department store.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mitsui Takatoshi
Target entity description: Mitsui Takatoshi was a pioneering Japanese merchant of the Edo period who established the Mitsui family’s commercial empire, which evolved into major institutions such as the Mitsukoshi department store.
  • A. Yoshihiko Miyauchi
    Yoshihiko Miyauchi is a Japanese businessman best known for building Orix Corporation into a major global financial services group and serving as its long-time leader.
  • B. Shinji Satō
    Shinji Satō is a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives and is known as the son of former Prime Minister Eisaku Satō.
  • C. Yoshiaki Koizumi
    Yoshiaki Koizumi is a prominent Japanese video game designer and director at Nintendo, best known for his key creative roles in the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series.
  • D. Takashi Satō
    Takashi Satō is a Japanese name shared by multiple individuals, most commonly associated with professionals in fields such as sports, academia, and the arts.
  • E. Makoto Satō
    Makoto Satō is a Japanese actor known for his roles in mid-20th-century cinema and television.
  • 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_69d381a94c1881908fc38fc263d9b9c2 completed April 6, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d4d27033c081908721f6f8568059f2 completed April 7, 2026, 9:46 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f62a6efa448190a9d95c5bd68ff34b completed May 2, 2026, 4:46 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f62be354a88190aaf5e8439b33120b completed May 2, 2026, 4:52 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f62c8194d881909db3d320a21f2052 completed May 2, 2026, 4:55 p.m.
Created at: April 6, 2026, 11:34 a.m.