Triple
T593471
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sears, Roebuck & Co. |
E17326
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Richard Warren Sears
Richard Warren Sears was an American businessman and retail pioneer who co-founded the mail-order and department store giant Sears, Roebuck & Co.
|
E103507
|
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: Richard Warren Sears | Statement: [Sears, Roebuck & Co., foundedBy, Richard Warren Sears]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Warren Sears Context triple: [Sears, Roebuck & Co., foundedBy, Richard Warren Sears]
-
A.
Frederic L. Smith
Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
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B.
Frank Winfield Woolworth
Frank Winfield Woolworth was an American entrepreneur and retail pioneer who founded the F. W. Woolworth Company, one of the first and most successful five-and-dime store chains.
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C.
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
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D.
Edward Mead Johnson
Edward Mead Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, later known for establishing a major infant nutrition business.
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E.
George Burroughs
George Burroughs was a Puritan minister in colonial New England who was infamously executed for alleged witchcraft during the Salem witch trials.
- 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: Richard Warren Sears Triple: [Sears, Roebuck & Co., foundedBy, Richard Warren Sears]
Generated description
Richard Warren Sears was an American businessman and retail pioneer who co-founded the mail-order and department store giant Sears, Roebuck & Co.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard Warren Sears Target entity description: Richard Warren Sears was an American businessman and retail pioneer who co-founded the mail-order and department store giant Sears, Roebuck & Co.
-
A.
Frederic L. Smith
Frederic L. Smith was an American industrialist and early automotive pioneer who played a key role in the creation and development of General Motors.
-
B.
Frank Winfield Woolworth
Frank Winfield Woolworth was an American entrepreneur and retail pioneer who founded the F. W. Woolworth Company, one of the first and most successful five-and-dime store chains.
-
C.
Walter A. Brown
Walter A. Brown was an American sports executive best known for helping establish the NBA and building the Boston Celtics into a championship franchise.
-
D.
Edward Mead Johnson
Edward Mead Johnson was an American businessman and co-founder of the healthcare company Johnson & Johnson, later known for establishing a major infant nutrition business.
-
E.
George Burroughs
George Burroughs was a Puritan minister in colonial New England who was infamously executed for alleged witchcraft during the Salem witch trials.
- 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_69a49379d09c8190ac7e00b24e2810b1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49bbcaf5c81908de4e27096d3da13 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a7b830bf5c81908784e8146987eb96 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:42 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a7ba8dd7408190b5ee7688e45f2473 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:52 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a7bc1da490819097fe1e60e3e93ba4 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 4:59 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.