Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject L Brands E93686 entity
Predicate formerName P65 FINISHED
Object Limited Brands, Inc.
Limited Brands, Inc. was the former corporate name of L Brands, the American retail company best known for owning brands such as Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works.
 E437842 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: Limited Brands, Inc. | Statement: [L Brands, formerName, Limited Brands, Inc.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Limited Brands, Inc.
Context triple: [L Brands, formerName, Limited Brands, Inc.]
  • A. Neiman Marcus Group
    Neiman Marcus Group is a luxury retail holding company best known for operating high-end department stores and specialty boutiques in the United States.
  • B. Ann Taylor
    Ann Taylor was a daughter of U.S. President Zachary Taylor and the sister of Sarah Knox Taylor, belonging to the prominent 19th-century Taylor family.
  • C. Moda, Inc.
    Moda, Inc. is a U.S.-based healthcare company that operates insurance and related health services businesses, including Moda Health.
  • D. J.Crew (historically)
    J.Crew is an American multi-brand, multi-channel retailer known for its classic, preppy clothing and accessories, which historically operated a flagship store on London's Regent Street.
  • E. Nordstrom Rack
    Nordstrom Rack is an off-price retail chain owned by Nordstrom that sells discounted designer and brand-name apparel, shoes, and accessories.
  • 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: Limited Brands, Inc.
Triple: [L Brands, formerName, Limited Brands, Inc.]
Generated description
Limited Brands, Inc. was the former corporate name of L Brands, the American retail company best known for owning brands such as Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Limited Brands, Inc.
Target entity description: Limited Brands, Inc. was the former corporate name of L Brands, the American retail company best known for owning brands such as Victoria’s Secret and Bath & Body Works.
  • A. Neiman Marcus Group
    Neiman Marcus Group is a luxury retail holding company best known for operating high-end department stores and specialty boutiques in the United States.
  • B. Ann Taylor
    Ann Taylor was a daughter of U.S. President Zachary Taylor and the sister of Sarah Knox Taylor, belonging to the prominent 19th-century Taylor family.
  • C. Moda, Inc.
    Moda, Inc. is a U.S.-based healthcare company that operates insurance and related health services businesses, including Moda Health.
  • D. J.Crew (historically)
    J.Crew is an American multi-brand, multi-channel retailer known for its classic, preppy clothing and accessories, which historically operated a flagship store on London's Regent Street.
  • E. Nordstrom Rack
    Nordstrom Rack is an off-price retail chain owned by Nordstrom that sells discounted designer and brand-name apparel, shoes, and accessories.
  • 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_69b345158c748190a2c040fce2da9980 completed March 12, 2026, 10:58 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69b352d1af608190ac06d50433cf24bb completed March 12, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b5f6016bd881908099c4a9ab972580 completed March 14, 2026, 11:57 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b5f689da008190ae5bd42af1f95bfa completed March 15, 2026, midnight
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b5f72f5dac819081f98d835c467aca completed March 15, 2026, 12:02 a.m.
Created at: March 12, 2026, 11:28 p.m.