Triple
T9535693
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Filene's |
E230008
|
entity |
| Predicate | originalName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Filene & Sons
William Filene & Sons was a prominent Boston-based department store business that evolved into the well-known Filene's retail chain.
|
E806120
|
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: William Filene & Sons | Statement: [Filene's, originalName, William Filene & Sons]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Filene & Sons Context triple: [Filene's, originalName, William Filene & Sons]
-
A.
Carson Pirie Scott
Carson Pirie Scott was a prominent Midwestern American department store chain best known for its flagship store in Chicago and its role in regional retail history.
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B.
S.S. Kresge Company
S.S. Kresge Company was an American retail chain of five-and-dime stores that evolved into the modern discount retailer Kmart.
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C.
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward was a pioneering American mail-order and department store retailer that became one of the largest and most influential retail chains in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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D.
Dayton-Hudson Corporation
Dayton-Hudson Corporation was a major American retail company that evolved into Target Corporation, known for operating prominent department and discount store chains.
-
E.
R. H. Macy
R. H. Macy was an American businessman and founder of the iconic Macy’s department store chain.
- 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: William Filene & Sons Triple: [Filene's, originalName, William Filene & Sons]
Generated description
William Filene & Sons was a prominent Boston-based department store business that evolved into the well-known Filene's retail chain.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Filene & Sons Target entity description: William Filene & Sons was a prominent Boston-based department store business that evolved into the well-known Filene's retail chain.
-
A.
Carson Pirie Scott
Carson Pirie Scott was a prominent Midwestern American department store chain best known for its flagship store in Chicago and its role in regional retail history.
-
B.
S.S. Kresge Company
S.S. Kresge Company was an American retail chain of five-and-dime stores that evolved into the modern discount retailer Kmart.
-
C.
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward was a pioneering American mail-order and department store retailer that became one of the largest and most influential retail chains in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
-
D.
Dayton-Hudson Corporation
Dayton-Hudson Corporation was a major American retail company that evolved into Target Corporation, known for operating prominent department and discount store chains.
-
E.
R. H. Macy
R. H. Macy was an American businessman and founder of the iconic Macy’s department store chain.
- 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_69ca847b1b3081908f72bc932c17cc41 |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:11 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cd98cd6a5c8190835c0910ec38ede3 |
completed | April 1, 2026, 10:14 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69d14c4804988190b99343734b4882e0 |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:37 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69d14e5455848190a0b2aa4d93204c6a |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69d14eab4b6c819081e1f54cc79bf49f |
completed | April 4, 2026, 5:47 p.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 8 p.m.