Triple

T6171884
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis) E137720 entity
Predicate ownedBy P347 FINISHED
Object Famous-Barr Company (historically)
Famous-Barr Company was a prominent St. Louis–based department store chain that became a key regional retail institution in the Midwest during the 20th century.
E573727 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: Famous-Barr Company (historically) | Statement: [Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis), ownedBy, Famous-Barr Company (historically)]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Famous-Barr Company (historically)
Context triple: [Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis), ownedBy, Famous-Barr Company (historically)]
  • A. United Brands Company
    United Brands Company was a major American agribusiness and food conglomerate best known as the successor to the United Fruit Company and a key player in the global banana trade.
  • B. Johnson & Johnson
    Johnson & Johnson is a multinational healthcare conglomerate best known for its pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health products.
  • C. Procter & Gamble
    Procter & Gamble is a multinational consumer goods corporation known for a wide range of household, personal care, and hygiene brands sold globally.
  • D. The Coca-Cola Company
    The Coca-Cola Company is a multinational beverage corporation best known as the producer of the iconic soft drink Coca-Cola and a wide portfolio of nonalcoholic beverages sold worldwide.
  • E. A.H. Robins Company
    A.H. Robins Company was an American pharmaceutical and consumer products manufacturer best known for brands like ChapStick and Robitussin.
  • 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: Famous-Barr Company (historically)
Triple: [Railway Exchange Building (St. Louis), ownedBy, Famous-Barr Company (historically)]
Generated description
Famous-Barr Company was a prominent St. Louis–based department store chain that became a key regional retail institution in the Midwest during the 20th century.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Famous-Barr Company (historically)
Target entity description: Famous-Barr Company was a prominent St. Louis–based department store chain that became a key regional retail institution in the Midwest during the 20th century.
  • A. United Brands Company
    United Brands Company was a major American agribusiness and food conglomerate best known as the successor to the United Fruit Company and a key player in the global banana trade.
  • B. Johnson & Johnson
    Johnson & Johnson is a multinational healthcare conglomerate best known for its pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health products.
  • C. Procter & Gamble
    Procter & Gamble is a multinational consumer goods corporation known for a wide range of household, personal care, and hygiene brands sold globally.
  • D. The Coca-Cola Company
    The Coca-Cola Company is a multinational beverage corporation best known as the producer of the iconic soft drink Coca-Cola and a wide portfolio of nonalcoholic beverages sold worldwide.
  • E. A.H. Robins Company
    A.H. Robins Company was an American pharmaceutical and consumer products manufacturer best known for brands like ChapStick and Robitussin.
  • 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_69c008a68c508190a8d78245c865960e completed March 22, 2026, 3:20 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69c05d9319548190980c99f692bd4115 completed March 22, 2026, 9:22 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69c141ad559881909076b6ab34b14f2b completed March 23, 2026, 1:35 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69c14889a3b48190bf5d523cbc261d7c completed March 23, 2026, 2:04 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69c148de2d64819094d623e7f3b0f5f8 completed March 23, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
Created at: March 22, 2026, 4:18 p.m.