Triple
T1657709
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | J. C. Penney |
E35837
|
entity |
| Predicate | name |
P16
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Cash Penney
James Cash Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the J. C. Penney department store chain.
|
E187860
|
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: James Cash Penney | Statement: [J. C. Penney, name, James Cash Penney]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Cash Penney Context triple: [J. C. Penney, name, James Cash Penney]
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A.
Rodman Wanamaker
Rodman Wanamaker was an American businessman and department store magnate whose support for professional golf helped lead to the creation of the PGA Championship and its iconic Wanamaker Trophy.
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B.
Frank Winfield Woolworth
Frank Winfield Woolworth was an American entrepreneur and retail pioneer who founded the F. W. Woolworth Company, one of the first and most successful five-and-dime store chains.
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C.
Ogden L. Mills
Ogden L. Mills was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the early years of the Great Depression.
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D.
John W. Nordstrom
John W. Nordstrom was a Swedish-American businessman and co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain in the United States.
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E.
Charles Stewart Mott
Charles Stewart Mott was an American industrialist and philanthropist best known as an early partner in General Motors and a major benefactor of civic and educational causes.
- 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: James Cash Penney Triple: [J. C. Penney, name, James Cash Penney]
Generated description
James Cash Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the J. C. Penney department store chain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Cash Penney Target entity description: James Cash Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the J. C. Penney department store chain.
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A.
Rodman Wanamaker
Rodman Wanamaker was an American businessman and department store magnate whose support for professional golf helped lead to the creation of the PGA Championship and its iconic Wanamaker Trophy.
-
B.
Frank Winfield Woolworth
Frank Winfield Woolworth was an American entrepreneur and retail pioneer who founded the F. W. Woolworth Company, one of the first and most successful five-and-dime store chains.
-
C.
Ogden L. Mills
Ogden L. Mills was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the early years of the Great Depression.
-
D.
John W. Nordstrom
John W. Nordstrom was a Swedish-American businessman and co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain in the United States.
-
E.
Charles Stewart Mott
Charles Stewart Mott was an American industrialist and philanthropist best known as an early partner in General Motors and a major benefactor of civic and educational causes.
- 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_69a88606aa808190aa0b421b4271f220 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a90a8d85f08190a50ade3f443b7703 |
completed | March 5, 2026, 4:46 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ad68254a6081909c2222fd77dff648 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:14 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ad68a9769081908a0748b8d02b8379 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:16 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ad692d61288190ad0c0265f49643ac |
completed | March 8, 2026, 12:18 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:29 p.m.