Triple
T16127663
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | John Wanamaker |
E391312
|
entity |
| Predicate | founded |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Wanamaker's |
E575551
|
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: Wanamaker's | Statement: [John Wanamaker, founded, Wanamaker's]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wanamaker's Context triple: [John Wanamaker, founded, Wanamaker's]
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A.
Wanamaker's
chosen
Wanamaker's was a pioneering American department store chain based in Philadelphia, known for introducing many modern retail innovations and grand, cathedral-like flagship stores.
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B.
Wanamaker
Wanamaker is a prominent American surname historically associated with influential merchants, philanthropists, and cultural patrons.
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C.
Kaufmann’s department store
Kaufmann’s department store was a prominent Pittsburgh-based retail chain best known for its flagship downtown store and its association with the Kaufmann family, patrons of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
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D.
Gimbels department store
Gimbels department store is a now-defunct American department store chain historically based in New York City and known for its rivalry with Macy’s.
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E.
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.
- 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_69d87f1bb0988190b490d273dbf3fd03 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:39 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e20205bed48190a6930439738da191 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 9:48 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69fff7a0ed9c8190a10fa88ee94811cb |
completed | May 10, 2026, 3:12 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5 a.m.