Triple

T3579629
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sears Outlet E75767 entity
Predicate inventorySource P10914 FINISHED
Object Sears distribution centers
Sears distribution centers are large-scale logistics and warehousing facilities that store, manage, and ship merchandise to Sears retail outlets and customers.
E370183 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: Sears distribution centers | Statement: [Sears Outlet, inventorySource, Sears distribution centers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears distribution centers
Context triple: [Sears Outlet, inventorySource, Sears distribution centers]
  • A. Sears Grand
    Sears Grand was a big-box retail store format developed by Sears, Roebuck & Co. that combined traditional department store merchandise with a broader selection of general goods in a single large-format location.
  • B. Sears Outlet
    Sears Outlet was a chain of discount retail stores offering overstocked, discontinued, and refurbished merchandise from Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  • C. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
    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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Sears Canada
    Sears Canada was a major Canadian department store chain that operated retail stores, catalog, and online shopping until its closure in 2018.
  • 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: Sears distribution centers
Triple: [Sears Outlet, inventorySource, Sears distribution centers]
Generated description
Sears distribution centers are large-scale logistics and warehousing facilities that store, manage, and ship merchandise to Sears retail outlets and customers.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears distribution centers
Target entity description: Sears distribution centers are large-scale logistics and warehousing facilities that store, manage, and ship merchandise to Sears retail outlets and customers.
  • A. Sears Grand
    Sears Grand was a big-box retail store format developed by Sears, Roebuck & Co. that combined traditional department store merchandise with a broader selection of general goods in a single large-format location.
  • B. Sears Outlet
    Sears Outlet was a chain of discount retail stores offering overstocked, discontinued, and refurbished merchandise from Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  • C. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
    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.
  • D. 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.
  • E. Sears Canada
    Sears Canada was a major Canadian department store chain that operated retail stores, catalog, and online shopping until its closure in 2018.
  • 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_69ad85d5e3008190bdfe0bacdd1f5a1b completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc0ffecdc8190bf01c8ba90e3733e completed March 8, 2026, 6:33 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b3bbc6bc948190a517639f5d79c0a3 completed March 13, 2026, 7:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b3bc93f93c8190a23301340b08d76b completed March 13, 2026, 7:28 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b3f8033cd481909bc0e24fd9d86831 completed March 13, 2026, 11:41 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:21 p.m.