Triple

T15744007
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Associated Dry Goods E381671 entity
Predicate owned P347 FINISHED
Object J. N. Adam & Co.
J. N. Adam & Co. was a prominent American department store, best known as a major retail institution in Buffalo, New York during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
E1174258 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. N. Adam & Co. | Statement: [Associated Dry Goods, owned, J. N. Adam & Co.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. N. Adam & Co.
Context triple: [Associated Dry Goods, owned, J. N. Adam & Co.]
  • A. J.W. Foster and Sons
    J.W. Foster and Sons was a pioneering British athletic footwear company founded in the late 19th century, best known as the ancestor of the modern sportswear brand Reebok.
  • B. John Graham & Company
    John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the mid-20th century.
  • C. J. T. Buckingham and Company
    J. T. Buckingham and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for producing influential literary and cultural periodicals in New England.
  • D. Burnham & Co.
    Burnham & Co. was a prominent architectural firm led by Daniel Burnham, known for designing significant civic and commercial buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. John Barker & Co.
    John Barker & Co. was a prominent British department store company best known for operating major London stores such as Barkers of Kensington and Derry & Toms.
  • 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. N. Adam & Co.
Triple: [Associated Dry Goods, owned, J. N. Adam & Co.]
Generated description
J. N. Adam & Co. was a prominent American department store, best known as a major retail institution in Buffalo, New York during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: J. N. Adam & Co.
Target entity description: J. N. Adam & Co. was a prominent American department store, best known as a major retail institution in Buffalo, New York during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • A. J.W. Foster and Sons
    J.W. Foster and Sons was a pioneering British athletic footwear company founded in the late 19th century, best known as the ancestor of the modern sportswear brand Reebok.
  • B. John Graham & Company
    John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the mid-20th century.
  • C. J. T. Buckingham and Company
    J. T. Buckingham and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for producing influential literary and cultural periodicals in New England.
  • D. Burnham & Co.
    Burnham & Co. was a prominent architectural firm led by Daniel Burnham, known for designing significant civic and commercial buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • E. John Barker & Co.
    John Barker & Co. was a prominent British department store company best known for operating major London stores such as Barkers of Kensington and Derry & Toms.
  • 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_69ff8307824881909ba85e4c3da65d28 completed May 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff83ca33d08190816130bf2ea735df completed May 9, 2026, 6:58 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff846436e48190b711da134c9a3b81 completed May 9, 2026, 7 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.