Triple

T13656588
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Costco Wholesale Corporation E326875 entity
Predicate operatesUnderBrandName P69117 FINISHED
Object Costco Wholesale E7861 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: Costco Wholesale | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, operatesUnderBrandName, Costco Wholesale]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Costco Wholesale
Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, operatesUnderBrandName, Costco Wholesale]
  • A. Costco Wholesale Corporation chosen
    Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
  • B. Dollar General
    Dollar General is a major American discount retail chain known for its widespread network of small-format stores offering low-priced household goods and everyday essentials.
  • C. Price Club
    Price Club was a pioneering American membership-based warehouse retail chain that helped establish the modern wholesale club model later continued by Costco.
  • D. BJ's Wholesale Club
    BJ's Wholesale Club is an American membership-based warehouse retail chain offering bulk goods and discounted merchandise similar to other wholesale clubs.
  • E. Target Corporation
    Target Corporation is a major American big-box retail chain known for its broad selection of affordable, stylish merchandise and nationwide presence.
  • 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: operatesUnderBrandName
Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, operatesUnderBrandName, Costco Wholesale]
  • A. operatesUnderName chosen
    Indicates that an entity conducts its activities or business using a particular name, which may differ from its official or legal name.
  • B. operatedByBrand
    Indicates that an entity (such as a service, location, or product line) is run, managed, or controlled by a particular brand.
  • C. hasBrandName
    Indicates that an entity is associated with or identified by a specific brand name.
  • D. hasUnderlyingCompanyBrand
    Indicates that one entity is associated with or operates under the corporate brand of another company as its underlying brand.
  • E. operatesBrandInRegion
    Indicates that an entity manages or runs a specific brand within a particular geographic region.
  • 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_69d8076d8270819092afc2f0e9c359a8 completed April 9, 2026, 8:09 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69dbc61d56e4819084ae3c16ecdf4a05 completed April 12, 2026, 4:19 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f79d46c48c81908d64f1a32cf08c5b completed May 3, 2026, 7:08 p.m.
PD Predicate disambiguation batch_69dbbe8a027081908d8f884b89707a5e completed April 12, 2026, 3:47 p.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 9:52 p.m.