Triple

T15744010
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Associated Dry Goods E381671 entity
Predicate owned P347 FINISHED
Object Stern’s (New Jersey)
Stern’s (New Jersey) was a regional department store chain that operated primarily in New Jersey and surrounding states before being absorbed into larger retail brands.
 E1173904 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: Stern’s (New Jersey) | Statement: [Associated Dry Goods, owned, Stern’s (New Jersey)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stern’s (New Jersey)
Context triple: [Associated Dry Goods, owned, Stern’s (New Jersey)]
  • A. Excelsior, New Jersey
    Excelsior, New Jersey is the fictional small American town that serves as the primary setting of Thornton Wilder’s play "The Skin of Our Teeth."
  • B. Rutherford, New Jersey
    Rutherford, New Jersey is a suburban borough in Bergen County known for its residential character and proximity to New York City.
  • C. Westfield, New Jersey
    Westfield, New Jersey is an affluent suburban town in the New York City metropolitan area known for its highly rated schools, historic homes, and vibrant downtown shopping district.
  • D. Kearny, New Jersey
    Kearny, New Jersey is a suburban town in northeastern New Jersey known for its residential neighborhoods, industrial areas, and proximity to Newark and New York City.
  • E. Sayreville, New Jersey
    Sayreville, New Jersey is a suburban borough in Middlesex County known for its residential communities, industrial history, and location along the Raritan River.
  • 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: Stern’s (New Jersey)
Triple: [Associated Dry Goods, owned, Stern’s (New Jersey)]
Generated description
Stern’s (New Jersey) was a regional department store chain that operated primarily in New Jersey and surrounding states before being absorbed into larger retail brands.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Stern’s (New Jersey)
Target entity description: Stern’s (New Jersey) was a regional department store chain that operated primarily in New Jersey and surrounding states before being absorbed into larger retail brands.
  • A. Excelsior, New Jersey
    Excelsior, New Jersey is the fictional small American town that serves as the primary setting of Thornton Wilder’s play "The Skin of Our Teeth."
  • B. Rutherford, New Jersey
    Rutherford, New Jersey is a suburban borough in Bergen County known for its residential character and proximity to New York City.
  • C. Westfield, New Jersey
    Westfield, New Jersey is an affluent suburban town in the New York City metropolitan area known for its highly rated schools, historic homes, and vibrant downtown shopping district.
  • D. Kearny, New Jersey
    Kearny, New Jersey is a suburban town in northeastern New Jersey known for its residential neighborhoods, industrial areas, and proximity to Newark and New York City.
  • E. Sayreville, New Jersey
    Sayreville, New Jersey is a suburban borough in Middlesex County known for its residential communities, industrial history, and location along the Raritan River.
  • 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_69ff8469354c819080b8cfddb7c66be5 completed May 9, 2026, 7 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.