Triple
T15046530
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sir John Moores |
E379240
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Littlewoods retail stores
Littlewoods retail stores were a major British high-street and catalogue retail chain that became one of the UK’s best-known shopping brands in the 20th century.
|
E950323
|
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: Littlewoods retail stores | Statement: [Sir John Moores, founded, Littlewoods retail stores]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Littlewoods retail stores Context triple: [Sir John Moores, founded, Littlewoods retail stores]
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A.
Littlewoods.com
Littlewoods.com is a UK-based online retailer offering a wide range of fashion, home, and electrical products, often with flexible credit and payment options.
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B.
John Lewis & Partners
John Lewis & Partners is a major British department store chain known for its wide range of quality goods and customer service, operating as part of the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership.
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C.
Woolworth
Woolworth is a surname most famously associated with Frank Winfield Woolworth, the American entrepreneur who founded the pioneering F. W. Woolworth retail chain.
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D.
House of Fraser department store
House of Fraser department store is a major British retail chain known for its large multi-brand department stores offering fashion, beauty, and homeware.
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E.
Bentalls department store
Bentalls department store is a historic British retail store chain best known for its flagship location in Kingston upon Thames, which gave its name to the Bentall Centre shopping complex.
- 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: Littlewoods retail stores Triple: [Sir John Moores, founded, Littlewoods retail stores]
Generated description
Littlewoods retail stores were a major British high-street and catalogue retail chain that became one of the UK’s best-known shopping brands in the 20th century.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Littlewoods retail stores Target entity description: Littlewoods retail stores were a major British high-street and catalogue retail chain that became one of the UK’s best-known shopping brands in the 20th century.
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A.
Littlewoods.com
chosen
Littlewoods.com is a UK-based online retailer offering a wide range of fashion, home, and electrical products, often with flexible credit and payment options.
-
B.
John Lewis & Partners
John Lewis & Partners is a major British department store chain known for its wide range of quality goods and customer service, operating as part of the employee-owned John Lewis Partnership.
-
C.
Woolworth
Woolworth is a surname most famously associated with Frank Winfield Woolworth, the American entrepreneur who founded the pioneering F. W. Woolworth retail chain.
-
D.
House of Fraser department store
House of Fraser department store is a major British retail chain known for its large multi-brand department stores offering fashion, beauty, and homeware.
-
E.
Bentalls department store
Bentalls department store is a historic British retail store chain best known for its flagship location in Kingston upon Thames, which gave its name to the Bentall Centre shopping complex.
- F. None of above.
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_69d85cd64d108190853797a95c11cc45 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69deda8e64e48190873104a02a676ff3 |
completed | April 15, 2026, 12:23 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fe9de73614819098b7a88624407d0e |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:37 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69fe9f49b1108190a453ef3805006e6c |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:43 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69fe9fb79bd08190b22f92df751d0e58 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:45 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3 a.m.