Triple
T14957194
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gimbels |
E372961
|
entity |
| Predicate | acquiredBy |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
BATUS Inc.
BATUS Inc. was a U.S.-based retail holding company owned by British American Tobacco that operated and consolidated several major American department store chains in the late 20th century.
|
E1129267
|
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: BATUS Inc. | Statement: [Gimbels, acquiredBy, BATUS Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BATUS Inc. Context triple: [Gimbels, acquiredBy, BATUS Inc.]
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A.
TBT Enterprises
TBT Enterprises is the company that manages and runs The Basketball Tournament, a high-stakes, winner-take-all summer basketball competition.
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B.
Barunson E&A
Barunson E&A is a South Korean film production company best known internationally for producing Bong Joon-ho’s Academy Award–winning film "Parasite."
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C.
Budd Company
Budd Company was a pioneering American manufacturer best known for its stainless-steel railroad passenger cars and other transportation equipment.
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D.
Tawani Enterprises
Tawani Enterprises is a private investment and management company associated with the Pritzker family, focusing on real estate, hospitality, and philanthropic initiatives.
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E.
Arakwal Corporation
Arakwal Corporation is an Aboriginal-owned organization representing the interests, land rights, and cultural heritage of the Arakwal people in Australia.
- 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: BATUS Inc. Triple: [Gimbels, acquiredBy, BATUS Inc.]
Generated description
BATUS Inc. was a U.S.-based retail holding company owned by British American Tobacco that operated and consolidated several major American department store chains in the late 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BATUS Inc. Target entity description: BATUS Inc. was a U.S.-based retail holding company owned by British American Tobacco that operated and consolidated several major American department store chains in the late 20th century.
-
A.
TBT Enterprises
TBT Enterprises is the company that manages and runs The Basketball Tournament, a high-stakes, winner-take-all summer basketball competition.
-
B.
Barunson E&A
Barunson E&A is a South Korean film production company best known internationally for producing Bong Joon-ho’s Academy Award–winning film "Parasite."
-
C.
Budd Company
Budd Company was a pioneering American manufacturer best known for its stainless-steel railroad passenger cars and other transportation equipment.
-
D.
Tawani Enterprises
Tawani Enterprises is a private investment and management company associated with the Pritzker family, focusing on real estate, hospitality, and philanthropic initiatives.
-
E.
Arakwal Corporation
Arakwal Corporation is an Aboriginal-owned organization representing the interests, land rights, and cultural heritage of the Arakwal people in Australia.
- 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_69d85cca979481908747d2a81eba1cea |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ded6cc73848190ac181782b20dc838 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe7e9e74fc8190bdd10a25c39829f3 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:23 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe83269020819085b904e080578580 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe83ccc73881909c28c53052c4cd86 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:46 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 2:40 a.m.