Triple
T15743996
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Associated Dry Goods |
E381671
|
entity |
| Predicate | owned |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
J.W. Robinson Co.
J.W. Robinson Co. was a prominent Southern California department store chain known for its upscale merchandise and role in the region’s retail history.
|
E1174989
|
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: J.W. Robinson Co. | Statement: [Associated Dry Goods, owned, J.W. Robinson Co.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J.W. Robinson Co. Context triple: [Associated Dry Goods, owned, J.W. Robinson Co.]
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A.
Meier & Frank
Meier & Frank was a prominent regional department store chain based in Portland, Oregon, known for its flagship downtown store and long history in the Pacific Northwest before being absorbed into Macy’s.
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B.
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.
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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.
Schlesinger & Mayer Store
The Schlesinger & Mayer Store is a landmark Chicago department store building celebrated as one of architect Louis Sullivan’s finest examples of early commercial skyscraper design.
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E.
Carson Pirie Scott
Carson Pirie Scott was a prominent Midwestern American department store chain best known for its flagship store in Chicago and its role in regional retail history.
- 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: J.W. Robinson Co. Triple: [Associated Dry Goods, owned, J.W. Robinson Co.]
Generated description
J.W. Robinson Co. was a prominent Southern California department store chain known for its upscale merchandise and role in the region’s retail history.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J.W. Robinson Co. Target entity description: J.W. Robinson Co. was a prominent Southern California department store chain known for its upscale merchandise and role in the region’s retail history.
-
A.
Meier & Frank
Meier & Frank was a prominent regional department store chain based in Portland, Oregon, known for its flagship downtown store and long history in the Pacific Northwest before being absorbed into Macy’s.
-
B.
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.
-
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.
Schlesinger & Mayer Store
The Schlesinger & Mayer Store is a landmark Chicago department store building celebrated as one of architect Louis Sullivan’s finest examples of early commercial skyscraper design.
-
E.
Carson Pirie Scott
Carson Pirie Scott was a prominent Midwestern American department store chain best known for its flagship store in Chicago and its role in regional retail history.
- 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_69d86d9e6b44819085d1f6a969ecb74c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0502c0c3c8190b8e512df307039c1 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff876b7fd081909d84ebe7a4cdb675 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:13 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff8827e5e0819084e12bfd546ed215 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff88cfbe388190b20c426b4c745f92 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7:19 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.