Triple

T4118478
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Parisian E90350 entity
Predicate successor P78 FINISHED
Object Younkers
Younkers was a regional American department store chain, historically based in the Midwest and known for its full-line retail offerings before its eventual closure.
 E415488 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: Younkers | Statement: [Parisian, successor, Younkers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Younkers
Context triple: [Parisian, successor, Younkers]
  • A. Lord & Taylor
    Lord & Taylor is a historic American department store chain known for its upscale fashion offerings and flagship presence on New York City's Fifth Avenue.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Macy's
    Macy's is a major American department store chain known for its wide range of apparel, home goods, and its flagship store in New York City.
  • D. Ohrbach’s department store
    Ohrbach’s department store was a mid-20th-century American discount department store chain known for its fashionable yet affordable clothing and prominent urban locations, including its former flagship in Los Angeles.
  • E. Dillard's
    Dillard's is a major American department store chain offering a wide range of apparel, cosmetics, and home goods, primarily located in shopping malls across the United States.
  • 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: Younkers
Triple: [Parisian, successor, Younkers]
Generated description
Younkers was a regional American department store chain, historically based in the Midwest and known for its full-line retail offerings before its eventual closure.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Younkers
Target entity description: Younkers was a regional American department store chain, historically based in the Midwest and known for its full-line retail offerings before its eventual closure.
  • A. Lord & Taylor
    Lord & Taylor is a historic American department store chain known for its upscale fashion offerings and flagship presence on New York City's Fifth Avenue.
  • B. 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.
  • C. Macy's
    Macy's is a major American department store chain known for its wide range of apparel, home goods, and its flagship store in New York City.
  • D. Ohrbach’s department store
    Ohrbach’s department store was a mid-20th-century American discount department store chain known for its fashionable yet affordable clothing and prominent urban locations, including its former flagship in Los Angeles.
  • E. Dillard's
    Dillard's is a major American department store chain offering a wide range of apparel, cosmetics, and home goods, primarily located in shopping malls across the United States.
  • 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_69aed95c080881908125e30c5dcdc6f8 completed March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69af01f48c1c8190aacde6cdf70d7775 completed March 9, 2026, 5:23 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b576abe02081908a1b0322758089bd completed March 14, 2026, 2:54 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b577180e2881908e3bf4bfce7c9edd completed March 14, 2026, 2:56 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5778dcdc08190aee087f6d54992dc completed March 14, 2026, 2:58 p.m.
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:41 p.m.