Triple

T11050151
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bob Newby E261223 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object RadioShack
RadioShack is an American retail chain historically known for selling consumer electronics, electronic components, and hobbyist tech supplies.
 E901332 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 | Statement: [Bob Newby, employer, RadioShack]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: RadioShack
Context triple: [Bob Newby, employer, RadioShack]
  • A. RadioShack Canada
    RadioShack Canada was a Canadian consumer electronics retail chain that operated under the RadioShack brand before rebranding as The Source.
  • B. Fry’s Electronics
    Fry’s Electronics was a now-defunct American big-box retail chain known for its large, themed stores selling consumer electronics, computers, and appliances.
  • C. 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."
  • D. Best Buy
    Best Buy is a major American consumer electronics retail chain known for selling computers, appliances, and entertainment products through large-format stores and online.
  • E. 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.
  • 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
Triple: [Bob Newby, employer, RadioShack]
Generated description
RadioShack is an American retail chain historically known for selling consumer electronics, electronic components, and hobbyist tech supplies.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: RadioShack
Target entity description: RadioShack is an American retail chain historically known for selling consumer electronics, electronic components, and hobbyist tech supplies.
  • A. RadioShack Canada
    RadioShack Canada was a Canadian consumer electronics retail chain that operated under the RadioShack brand before rebranding as The Source.
  • B. Fry’s Electronics
    Fry’s Electronics was a now-defunct American big-box retail chain known for its large, themed stores selling consumer electronics, computers, and appliances.
  • C. 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."
  • D. Best Buy
    Best Buy is a major American consumer electronics retail chain known for selling computers, appliances, and entertainment products through large-format stores and online.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69d6aa98650481908609c7c56bfa7902 completed April 8, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d79868c78881908c8e3672c05ae7ec completed April 9, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69e3aa146b148190a87205e542cc718f completed April 18, 2026, 3:58 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69e3ad0379888190b2f56d36d79bf97d completed April 18, 2026, 4:10 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69e3b206c7a4819087eb06faa6e1af21 completed April 18, 2026, 4:32 p.m.
Created at: April 8, 2026, 9:26 p.m.