Triple
T16311479
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | SPLS |
E396065
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerTickerFor |
P23749
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Staples Inc. |
E91908
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Staples Inc. | Statement: [SPLS, formerTickerFor, Staples Inc.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Staples Inc. Context triple: [SPLS, formerTickerFor, Staples Inc.]
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A.
Staples Inc.
chosen
Staples Inc. is a major American office supply retail company known for its chain of stores and business-to-business services.
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B.
Staples
Staples is a surname most prominently associated with American singer and civil rights activist Mavis Staples.
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C.
Staples
Staples is a small city in Guadalupe County, Texas, known for its rural character and location along the San Marcos River.
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D.
Office Depot
Office Depot is a major American office supply retail chain that sells stationery, furniture, technology products, and business services to consumers and companies.
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E.
Michaels Companies
Michaels Companies is a major North American specialty retailer of arts, crafts, framing, floral, and home décor products.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: formerTickerFor Context triple: [SPLS, formerTickerFor, Staples Inc.]
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A.
formerTickerSymbol
chosen
Indicates that one entity was previously used as the stock ticker symbol for another entity, but is no longer its current ticker symbol.
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B.
tickerFor
Indicates that one entity is the stock ticker symbol used to uniquely identify another entity (typically a publicly traded company or security) in financial markets.
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C.
succeededByTicker
Indicates that one entity is directly followed or replaced by another entity in a sequence of ticker symbols.
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D.
hasTickerFormat
Indicates that an entity’s ticker symbol follows a specified structural or syntactic format.
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E.
formerBearer
Indicates that an entity previously held or carried something (such as a title, role, or object) but no longer does so.
- F. None of above.
Provenance (4 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_69d87f23bb088190a16fbb91a1957ea5 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:40 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e288dafb608190be35bd60342bb44e |
completed | April 17, 2026, 7:24 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a004f3d8f188190969b75d82c6b13f0 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 9:26 a.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69e219fa5508819097e9d383348bf174 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 11:31 a.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:06 a.m.