Triple
T20421140
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | President of Costco Wholesale |
E500851
|
entity |
| Predicate | appointedBy |
P257
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Board of Directors of Costco Wholesale |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Board of Directors of Costco Wholesale | Statement: [President of Costco Wholesale, appointedBy, Board of Directors of Costco Wholesale]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Board of Directors of Costco Wholesale Context triple: [President of Costco Wholesale, appointedBy, Board of Directors of Costco Wholesale]
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A.
President of Costco Wholesale
The President of Costco Wholesale is the top executive responsible for overseeing the global operations and strategic direction of the Costco membership-based warehouse retail chain.
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B.
Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson
The Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership for the global healthcare conglomerate.
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C.
Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company
The Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership for the global beverage corporation.
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D.
Board of Directors of Dow Chemical Company
The Board of Directors of Dow Chemical Company is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership for the multinational chemical corporation.
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E.
Board of Directors of Ralph Lauren Corporation
The Board of Directors of Ralph Lauren Corporation is the company’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Board of Directors of Costco Wholesale Target entity description: The Board of Directors of Costco Wholesale is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership.
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A.
President of Costco Wholesale
The President of Costco Wholesale is the top executive responsible for overseeing the global operations and strategic direction of the Costco membership-based warehouse retail chain.
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B.
Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson
The Board of Directors of Johnson & Johnson is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership for the global healthcare conglomerate.
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C.
Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company
The Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership for the global beverage corporation.
-
D.
Board of Directors of Dow Chemical Company
The Board of Directors of Dow Chemical Company is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership for the multinational chemical corporation.
-
E.
Board of Directors of Ralph Lauren Corporation
The Board of Directors of Ralph Lauren Corporation is the company’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing its strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e0b4aa68fc8190b1a14c55575ef04a |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:06 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e67ba479008190bf6d31ee79f3a401 |
completed | April 20, 2026, 7:16 p.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 11:30 a.m.