Triple
T13167812
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Macy’s Center City (Wanamaker Building) |
E312898
|
entity |
| Predicate | successorTo |
P78
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Wanamaker’s department store |
E575551
|
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: Wanamaker’s department store | Statement: [Macy’s Center City (Wanamaker Building), successorTo, Wanamaker’s department store]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wanamaker’s department store Context triple: [Macy’s Center City (Wanamaker Building), successorTo, Wanamaker’s department store]
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A.
Wanamaker's
chosen
Wanamaker's was a pioneering American department store chain based in Philadelphia, known for introducing many modern retail innovations and grand, cathedral-like flagship stores.
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B.
Wanamaker
Wanamaker is a prominent American surname historically associated with influential merchants, philanthropists, and cultural patrons.
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C.
Kaufmann’s department store
Kaufmann’s department store was a prominent Pittsburgh-based retail chain best known for its flagship downtown store and its association with the Kaufmann family, patrons of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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D.
Gimbels department store
Gimbels department store is a now-defunct American department store chain historically based in New York City and known for its rivalry with Macy’s.
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E.
Bullocks department store
Bullocks department store was a prominent upscale American department store chain based in Los Angeles, known for its stylish merchandise and influential role in Southern California retail 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_69d806ac3ee081909b2fd27d060aa974 |
completed | April 9, 2026, 8:06 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69d98c2c317881908cc715c97d915f77 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 11:47 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69f6f5e22458819097dc8d6708df5284 |
completed | May 3, 2026, 7:14 a.m. |
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:13 p.m.