Triple

T12743583
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Eaton’s E304546 entity
Predicate brandAcquiredBy P16131 FINISHED
Object Sears Canada E76082 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (3 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: Sears Canada | Statement: [Eaton’s, brandAcquiredBy, Sears Canada]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Canada
Context triple: [Eaton’s, brandAcquiredBy, Sears Canada]
  • A. Sears Canada chosen
    Sears Canada was a major Canadian department store chain that operated retail stores, catalog, and online shopping until its closure in 2018.
  • B. T. Eaton Company
    T. Eaton Company was a historic Canadian department store chain that became a retail icon before its decline and closure in the late 20th century.
  • C. Sears Outlet
    Sears Outlet was a chain of discount retail stores offering overstocked, discontinued, and refurbished merchandise from Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  • D. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
    Sears, Roebuck & Co. was a major American retail company and mail-order catalog pioneer that became one of the largest and most influential department store chains in the United States.
  • E. Sears Holdings Corporation
    Sears Holdings Corporation was an American retail holding company formed in 2005 that became the parent of Sears and Kmart before ultimately declining into bankruptcy.
  • F. None of above.
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD Predicate disambiguation gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: brandAcquiredBy
Context triple: [Eaton’s, brandAcquiredBy, Sears Canada]
  • A. brandRevivedBy
    Indicates that a previously inactive, discontinued, or defunct brand has been brought back into use or reintroduced by a specific agent or entity.
  • B. laterAcquiredBy
    Indicates that one entity was acquired by another entity at a later point in time, after some prior state or ownership.
  • C. brandFounded
    Indicates that a specific brand was established or created at a particular point in time or by a particular founder or entity.
  • D. formerBrand
    Indicates that an entity was previously used or recognized as a brand for another entity but is no longer its current brand.
  • E. acquiredCompany chosen
    Indicates that one entity has purchased and taken ownership or control of another company.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (4 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_69d7bdf1426c8190a4402e1c4cdec33a completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d96d89ea70819098c470344f172167 completed April 10, 2026, 9:37 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f69b8e89cc8190ac97b13d9d409179 completed May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69d96406e97c8190b79081039847115c completed April 10, 2026, 8:56 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:26 p.m.