Triple
T3521311
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Kmart Corporation |
E74427
|
entity |
| Predicate | predecessor |
P97
|
FINISHED |
| Object | S.S. Kresge Company |
E364275
|
NE FINISHED |
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: S.S. Kresge Company | Statement: [Kmart Corporation, predecessor, S.S. Kresge Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: S.S. Kresge Company Context triple: [Kmart Corporation, predecessor, S.S. Kresge Company]
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A.
S.S. Kresge Company
chosen
S.S. Kresge Company was an American retail chain of five-and-dime stores that evolved into the modern discount retailer Kmart.
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B.
Endicott Johnson Corporation
Endicott Johnson Corporation was a major American shoe and leather manufacturer that played a central role in the industrial and social history of Endicott, New York, particularly in the early to mid-20th century.
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C.
Schlesinger & Mayer Store
The Schlesinger & Mayer Store is a landmark Chicago department store building celebrated as one of architect Louis Sullivan’s finest examples of early commercial skyscraper design.
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D.
R. Griggs & Co.
R. Griggs & Co. is the British footwear company best known for developing and producing the iconic Dr. Martens boots and shoes.
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E.
Herbert S. Stone & Company
Herbert S. Stone & Company was an American publishing house active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, known for issuing notable literary works including Kate Chopin’s "The Awakening."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69ad85d0c5488190a3d8e02ebd01a1aa |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbc4c6ac8819096e9c773f3cccbfb |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:13 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b38bc74a208190b3fe59e7b56a3d0d |
completed | March 13, 2026, 4 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:19 p.m.