Triple

T91706
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Tony James E1841 entity
Predicate boardMemberOf P10 FINISHED
Object Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
E7861 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: Costco Wholesale Corporation | Statement: [Tony James, boardMemberOf, Costco Wholesale Corporation]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Costco Wholesale Corporation
Context triple: [Tony James, boardMemberOf, Costco Wholesale Corporation]
  • A. Nordstrom
    Nordstrom is a leading American luxury department store chain known for its high-end fashion, quality customer service, and nationwide retail presence.
  • B. Starbucks
    Starbucks is a global coffeehouse chain and coffee roastery brand known for its specialty coffee drinks and widespread presence in cities around the world.
  • C. Meredith Corporation
    Meredith Corporation was a major American media and marketing company best known for its portfolio of lifestyle magazines and television broadcasting assets.
  • D. Amazon
    Amazon is a multinational technology and e-commerce company best known for its vast online marketplace, cloud computing services through AWS, and significant influence on global retail and logistics.
  • E. Delaware North
    Delaware North is a global hospitality and food service company known for operating concessions, lodging, and venues at major sports stadiums, airports, and entertainment destinations.
  • 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: Costco Wholesale Corporation
Triple: [Tony James, boardMemberOf, Costco Wholesale Corporation]
Generated description
Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Costco Wholesale Corporation
Target entity description: Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
  • A. Nordstrom
    Nordstrom is a leading American luxury department store chain known for its high-end fashion, quality customer service, and nationwide retail presence.
  • B. Starbucks
    Starbucks is a global coffeehouse chain and coffee roastery brand known for its specialty coffee drinks and widespread presence in cities around the world.
  • C. Meredith Corporation
    Meredith Corporation was a major American media and marketing company best known for its portfolio of lifestyle magazines and television broadcasting assets.
  • D. Amazon
    Amazon is a multinational technology and e-commerce company best known for its vast online marketplace, cloud computing services through AWS, and significant influence on global retail and logistics.
  • E. Delaware North
    Delaware North is a global hospitality and food service company known for operating concessions, lodging, and venues at major sports stadiums, airports, and entertainment destinations.
  • 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_69a24d1a97dc819094e6c021fe9b05a7 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:04 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a24faa6d608190920c8fc144e85e21 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 2:15 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a26245bf748190828d5cb4624b2a79 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:34 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a262bec71481909b251923011ca502 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:36 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a263626b7c8190b53469d93ac604d9 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 3:39 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:07 a.m.