Triple
T15363010
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | SHLD |
E367336
|
entity |
| Predicate | underlyingCompanyPredecessor |
P118277
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sears, Roebuck and Co. |
E17326
|
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, Roebuck and Co. | Statement: [SHLD, underlyingCompanyPredecessor, Sears, Roebuck and Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears, Roebuck and Co. Context triple: [SHLD, underlyingCompanyPredecessor, Sears, Roebuck and Co.]
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A.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
chosen
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.
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B.
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.
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C.
Dayton-Hudson Corporation
Dayton-Hudson Corporation was a major American retail company that evolved into Target Corporation, known for operating prominent department and discount store chains.
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D.
F. W. Woolworth Company
The F. W. Woolworth Company was a pioneering American retail chain that popularized the five-and-dime store concept and helped shape modern mass-market merchandising.
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E.
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward was a pioneering American mail-order and department store retailer that became one of the largest and most influential retail chains in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
- 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: underlyingCompanyPredecessor Context triple: [SHLD, underlyingCompanyPredecessor, Sears, Roebuck and Co.]
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A.
underlyingCompanyFormerName
Indicates that the object is a former or previous legal name by which the underlying company (the subject) was known.
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B.
underlyingCompanyParent
Indicates that one company serves as the parent or controlling entity of another company that underlies or supports a given structure, arrangement, or instrument.
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C.
underlyingCompany
Indicates that one entity serves as the fundamental or base company upon which another entity (such as a product, instrument, or structure) is built, derived, or dependent.
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D.
formerParentCompany
Indicates that one entity previously served as the parent company of another but no longer holds that status.
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E.
underlyingCompanyName
Indicates the name of the company that serves as the foundational or primary entity underlying another entity, structure, or instrument.
- 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_69d85a1483788190ad93c2748e8af34b |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e03e479f188190bbbc3dcd73853e02 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:41 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff2cec4f2481908fae5209bfd48dcf |
completed | May 9, 2026, 12:47 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69deca991e5081908b0df3d1ee7d5338 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:15 p.m. |
| PDg | Predicate description generation | batch_69decf2e413481909d9180a8d78d2c17 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:35 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:18 a.m.