Triple

T2097031
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Frank Winfield Woolworth E37005 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Woolworth
Woolworth is a surname most famously associated with Frank Winfield Woolworth, the American entrepreneur who founded the pioneering F. W. Woolworth retail chain.
E233478 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: Woolworth | Statement: [Frank Winfield Woolworth, familyName, Woolworth]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Woolworth
Context triple: [Frank Winfield Woolworth, familyName, Woolworth]
  • A. Montgomery Ward
    Montgomery Ward was a pioneering American mail-order and department store retailer that became one of the largest and most influential retail chains in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
  • B. Hatchards
    Hatchards is a historic London bookshop, founded in 1797 and renowned as one of the oldest and most prestigious bookstores in the United Kingdom.
  • C. Empire Stores
    Empire Stores is a historic waterfront warehouse complex in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood that has been redeveloped into a mixed-use hub of offices, shops, dining, and public space overlooking the East River.
  • D. J. C. Penney
    J. C. Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the JCPenney department store chain.
  • E. Jordan Marsh
    Jordan Marsh was a prominent New England-based department store chain that operated for over a century before being absorbed into larger retail brands.
  • 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: Woolworth
Triple: [Frank Winfield Woolworth, familyName, Woolworth]
Generated description
Woolworth is a surname most famously associated with Frank Winfield Woolworth, the American entrepreneur who founded the pioneering F. W. Woolworth retail chain.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Woolworth
Target entity description: Woolworth is a surname most famously associated with Frank Winfield Woolworth, the American entrepreneur who founded the pioneering F. W. Woolworth retail chain.
  • A. Montgomery Ward
    Montgomery Ward was a pioneering American mail-order and department store retailer that became one of the largest and most influential retail chains in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
  • B. Hatchards
    Hatchards is a historic London bookshop, founded in 1797 and renowned as one of the oldest and most prestigious bookstores in the United Kingdom.
  • C. Empire Stores
    Empire Stores is a historic waterfront warehouse complex in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood that has been redeveloped into a mixed-use hub of offices, shops, dining, and public space overlooking the East River.
  • D. J. C. Penney
    J. C. Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the JCPenney department store chain.
  • E. Jordan Marsh
    Jordan Marsh was a prominent New England-based department store chain that operated for over a century before being absorbed into larger retail brands.
  • 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_69a8861828948190924aa30c08806b3a completed March 4, 2026, 7:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abba9cb84481909fe0a66c020b8864 completed March 7, 2026, 5:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ae3060b834819091dff510b89b3ec8 completed March 9, 2026, 2:28 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae30f84d548190b2d99162471207a4 completed March 9, 2026, 2:31 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae317473408190ad67374cfb82a7db completed March 9, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:43 p.m.