Triple
T20926943
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Packard Bell PCs |
E515369
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableRetailer |
P15062
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sears |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: Sears | Statement: [Packard Bell PCs, notableRetailer, Sears]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Context triple: [Packard Bell PCs, notableRetailer, Sears]
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A.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
chosen
Sears, Roebuck & Co. was a major American retail company and mail-order catalog pioneer that became one of the largest and most influential department store chains in the United States.
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B.
Sears Outlet
Sears Outlet was a chain of discount retail stores offering overstocked, discontinued, and refurbished merchandise from Sears, Roebuck & Co.
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C.
Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Holdings Corporation was an American retail holding company formed in 2005 that became the parent of Sears and Kmart before ultimately declining into bankruptcy.
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D.
Sears Canada
Sears Canada was a major Canadian department store chain that operated retail stores, catalog, and online shopping until its closure in 2018.
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E.
Sears Hometown stores
Sears Hometown stores were a network of smaller, locally owned retail outlets that primarily sold Sears-branded appliances, tools, and home goods in communities without full-line Sears department stores.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b4fb431c8190b9d40e6a72f0cc87 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6f652c3188190ace50415b3b30b83 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 4 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:49 p.m.