Triple
T15363261
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | NASDAQ:SHLD |
E367342
|
entity |
| Predicate | issuerPredecessor |
P97
|
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: [NASDAQ:SHLD, issuerPredecessor, Sears, Roebuck and Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears, Roebuck and Co. Context triple: [NASDAQ:SHLD, issuerPredecessor, 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: issuerPredecessor Context triple: [NASDAQ:SHLD, issuerPredecessor, Sears, Roebuck and Co.]
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A.
issuerFormerParent
Indicates that the subject entity was formerly the parent (e.g., controlling or owning entity) of the issuer entity, but no longer holds that parent status.
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B.
issuerProduces
Indicates that an issuer creates, generates, or brings into existence a particular product, document, asset, or item.
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C.
bearerPredecessor
Indicates that one entity previously held a role, title, or position that is now held by another entity, establishing a predecessor-successor relationship between them.
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D.
predecessor
chosen
Indicates that one entity comes before another in an ordered sequence or succession.
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E.
previouslyIssued
Indicates that something was issued or released at an earlier time prior to the current reference point.
- 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_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_69ff82e1b698819098930596327340d7 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69deca9ab7e88190a9261ef27be665b1 |
completed | April 14, 2026, 11:15 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:18 a.m.