Triple

T3692570
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Dick's Sporting Goods E78375 entity
Predicate competitor P1375 FINISHED
Object REI
REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) is a U.S.-based consumer cooperative and major outdoor retail chain specializing in gear and apparel for activities like camping, hiking, climbing, and cycling.
 E380890 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: REI | Statement: [Dick's Sporting Goods, competitor, REI]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: REI
Context triple: [Dick's Sporting Goods, competitor, REI]
  • A. Sportsman’s Shoppe
    Sportsman’s Shoppe is a British-themed retail store located in the United Kingdom Pavilion at EPCOT, offering merchandise inspired by traditional UK sports and culture.
  • B. Dick's Sporting Goods
    Dick's Sporting Goods is a major American retail chain specializing in sporting goods, apparel, footwear, and outdoor equipment.
  • C. Bass Pro Shops
    Bass Pro Shops is a major American retail chain specializing in outdoor recreation gear, particularly for fishing, hunting, and camping.
  • D. Murphey
    Murphey is a less common spelling variant of the surname Murphy, which is of Irish origin.
  • E. Sears Outlet
    Sears Outlet was a chain of discount retail stores offering overstocked, discontinued, and refurbished merchandise from Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  • 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: REI
Triple: [Dick's Sporting Goods, competitor, REI]
Generated description
REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) is a U.S.-based consumer cooperative and major outdoor retail chain specializing in gear and apparel for activities like camping, hiking, climbing, and cycling.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: REI
Target entity description: REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) is a U.S.-based consumer cooperative and major outdoor retail chain specializing in gear and apparel for activities like camping, hiking, climbing, and cycling.
  • A. Sportsman’s Shoppe
    Sportsman’s Shoppe is a British-themed retail store located in the United Kingdom Pavilion at EPCOT, offering merchandise inspired by traditional UK sports and culture.
  • B. Dick's Sporting Goods
    Dick's Sporting Goods is a major American retail chain specializing in sporting goods, apparel, footwear, and outdoor equipment.
  • C. Bass Pro Shops
    Bass Pro Shops is a major American retail chain specializing in outdoor recreation gear, particularly for fishing, hunting, and camping.
  • D. Murphey
    Murphey is a less common spelling variant of the surname Murphy, which is of Irish origin.
  • E. Sears Outlet
    Sears Outlet was a chain of discount retail stores offering overstocked, discontinued, and refurbished merchandise from Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  • 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_69ad85e285a081908f8cbfa9e2ed9b75 completed March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adc4e89f588190951371439a035850 completed March 8, 2026, 6:50 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4c3cd64c4819098f9f93a8d2efdf7 completed March 14, 2026, 2:11 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4c5e9ce5481909465e77cb3590f88 completed March 14, 2026, 2:20 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4c644efe0819098d982c6a06cd9b4 completed March 14, 2026, 2:21 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:26 p.m.