Triple
T15529781
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sears brands |
E370181
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasBrand |
P1500
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Roebuck & Co.
Roebuck & Co. is a Sears-owned private label brand used primarily for apparel and related consumer goods.
|
E1162540
|
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: Roebuck & Co. | Statement: [Sears brands, hasBrand, Roebuck & Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roebuck & Co. Context triple: [Sears brands, hasBrand, Roebuck & Co.]
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A.
British South Sea Company
The British South Sea Company was an early 18th-century English trading and finance corporation notorious for its role in the South Sea Bubble and its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
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B.
Royal African Company
The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
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C.
Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
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D.
Brocklebank shipping company
Brocklebank shipping company was a prominent British maritime firm involved in international trade and shipping during the 18th to 20th centuries.
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E.
Meriden Britannia Company
Meriden Britannia Company was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American silverware and metalware manufacturer known for its high-quality silver-plated products and role in establishing Meriden, Connecticut as a major silver industry center.
- 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: Roebuck & Co. Triple: [Sears brands, hasBrand, Roebuck & Co.]
Generated description
Roebuck & Co. is a Sears-owned private label brand used primarily for apparel and related consumer goods.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Roebuck & Co. Target entity description: Roebuck & Co. is a Sears-owned private label brand used primarily for apparel and related consumer goods.
-
A.
British South Sea Company
The British South Sea Company was an early 18th-century English trading and finance corporation notorious for its role in the South Sea Bubble and its involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.
-
B.
Royal African Company
The Royal African Company was a 17th- and 18th-century English trading company that held a monopoly over British trade on the West African coast, playing a central role in the transatlantic slave trade.
-
C.
Muscovy Company
The Muscovy Company was a 16th-century English trading company that pioneered commerce and exploration between England and Russia and helped open northern sea routes.
-
D.
Brocklebank shipping company
Brocklebank shipping company was a prominent British maritime firm involved in international trade and shipping during the 18th to 20th centuries.
-
E.
Meriden Britannia Company
Meriden Britannia Company was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American silverware and metalware manufacturer known for its high-quality silver-plated products and role in establishing Meriden, Connecticut as a major silver industry center.
- 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_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_69ff3d5b989c8190a76612df167ba1dd |
completed | May 9, 2026, 1:57 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff3ea7d5ac81908bd1ee64de39dba7 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:03 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff413a68488190a6c8907e36a602dc |
completed | May 9, 2026, 2:14 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:05 a.m.