Triple
T15529766
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sears brands |
E370181
|
entity |
| Predicate | associatedWith |
P37
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sears department stores |
E17326
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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 department stores | Statement: [Sears brands, associatedWith, Sears department stores]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears department stores Context triple: [Sears brands, associatedWith, Sears department stores]
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A.
Sears Outlet
Sears Outlet was a chain of discount retail stores offering overstocked, discontinued, and refurbished merchandise from Sears, Roebuck & Co.
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B.
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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C.
Sears Grand
Sears Grand was a big-box retail store format developed by Sears, Roebuck & Co. that combined traditional department store merchandise with a broader selection of general goods in a single large-format location.
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D.
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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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.
Provenance (3 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_69d85cc521a08190921fb50319dddc34 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 2:13 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0414773548190b3311515f9d957dd |
completed | April 16, 2026, 1:54 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff82e376f08190b5ae9793a0381204 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:54 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:05 a.m.