Triple
T9151734
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Paul B. Sears |
E219601
|
entity |
| Predicate | familyName |
P18
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sears
Sears is a historic American retail company best known for its former dominance as a department store chain and mail-order catalog business.
|
E17326
|
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: Sears | Statement: [Paul B. Sears, familyName, Sears]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Context triple: [Paul B. Sears, familyName, Sears]
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A.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. was a major American retail company and mail-order catalog pioneer that became one of the largest and most influential department store chains in the United States.
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B.
Sears Outlet
Sears Outlet was a chain of discount retail stores offering overstocked, discontinued, and refurbished merchandise from Sears, Roebuck & Co.
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C.
Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Holdings Corporation was an American retail holding company formed in 2005 that became the parent of Sears and Kmart before ultimately declining into bankruptcy.
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D.
Sears Canada
Sears Canada was a major Canadian department store chain that operated retail stores, catalog, and online shopping until its closure in 2018.
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E.
Sears Grand
Sears Grand was a big-box retail store format developed by Sears, Roebuck & Co. that combined traditional department store merchandise with a broader selection of general goods in a single large-format location.
- 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: Sears Triple: [Paul B. Sears, familyName, Sears]
Generated description
Sears is a historic American retail company best known for its former dominance as a department store chain and mail-order catalog business.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Target entity description: Sears is a historic American retail company best known for its former dominance as a department store chain and mail-order catalog business.
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A.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
chosen
Sears, Roebuck & Co. was a major American retail company and mail-order catalog pioneer that became one of the largest and most influential department store chains in the United States.
-
B.
Sears Outlet
Sears Outlet was a chain of discount retail stores offering overstocked, discontinued, and refurbished merchandise from Sears, Roebuck & Co.
-
C.
Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Holdings Corporation was an American retail holding company formed in 2005 that became the parent of Sears and Kmart before ultimately declining into bankruptcy.
-
D.
Sears Canada
Sears Canada was a major Canadian department store chain that operated retail stores, catalog, and online shopping until its closure in 2018.
-
E.
Sears Grand
Sears Grand was a big-box retail store format developed by Sears, Roebuck & Co. that combined traditional department store merchandise with a broader selection of general goods in a single large-format location.
- F. None of above.
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_69ca83e25418819093c6503deeaf30de |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cca96cf4548190a3a45172f0e9d0ec |
completed | April 1, 2026, 5:13 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d04846544481909012f5c7fbbf3b0a |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:07 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d048dcd7448190bee7509495e964eb |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:10 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d049b6a0188190b52f833795a8ad05 |
completed | April 3, 2026, 11:13 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:20 p.m.