Triple

T15363029
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject SHLD E367336 entity
Predicate underlyingCompanyStoreFormats P4952 FINISHED
Object Sears Auto Centers
Sears Auto Centers is a chain of automotive service and repair facilities historically associated with Sears department stores, offering services such as tire, battery, and general vehicle maintenance.
E1153728 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 Auto Centers | Statement: [SHLD, underlyingCompanyStoreFormats, Sears Auto Centers]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Auto Centers
Context triple: [SHLD, underlyingCompanyStoreFormats, Sears Auto Centers]
  • A. Pep Boys
    Pep Boys is a long-established American automotive aftermarket retail and service chain known for selling auto parts, accessories, and providing vehicle maintenance and repair services.
  • B. O'Reilly Auto Parts
    O'Reilly Auto Parts is a major American retailer and distributor of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories serving both professional mechanics and do-it-yourself customers.
  • C. Advance Auto Parts
    Advance Auto Parts is a major American retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts, accessories, and maintenance items for both professional installers and do‑it‑yourself customers.
  • D. NAPA Auto Parts
    NAPA Auto Parts is a major American automotive parts retail and distribution chain serving both professional repair shops and do-it-yourself customers.
  • E. Carquest
    Carquest is an automotive parts and accessories retail brand in North America, known for supplying replacement parts, tools, and related products to both professional mechanics and do‑it‑yourself customers.
  • 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 Auto Centers
Triple: [SHLD, underlyingCompanyStoreFormats, Sears Auto Centers]
Generated description
Sears Auto Centers is a chain of automotive service and repair facilities historically associated with Sears department stores, offering services such as tire, battery, and general vehicle maintenance.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Auto Centers
Target entity description: Sears Auto Centers is a chain of automotive service and repair facilities historically associated with Sears department stores, offering services such as tire, battery, and general vehicle maintenance.
  • A. Pep Boys
    Pep Boys is a long-established American automotive aftermarket retail and service chain known for selling auto parts, accessories, and providing vehicle maintenance and repair services.
  • B. O'Reilly Auto Parts
    O'Reilly Auto Parts is a major American retailer and distributor of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories serving both professional mechanics and do-it-yourself customers.
  • C. Advance Auto Parts
    Advance Auto Parts is a major American retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts, accessories, and maintenance items for both professional installers and do‑it‑yourself customers.
  • D. NAPA Auto Parts
    NAPA Auto Parts is a major American automotive parts retail and distribution chain serving both professional repair shops and do-it-yourself customers.
  • E. Carquest
    Carquest is an automotive parts and accessories retail brand in North America, known for supplying replacement parts, tools, and related products to both professional mechanics and do‑it‑yourself customers.
  • 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_69d85a1483788190ad93c2748e8af34b completed April 10, 2026, 2:01 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e03e479f188190bbbc3dcd73853e02 completed April 16, 2026, 1:41 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69ff0b4a181c8190bffc1ac1a86e215d completed May 9, 2026, 10:24 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ff0f82441c81909a8ae13817fd3e96 completed May 9, 2026, 10:42 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ff0fd586708190a54b33efd27d84b2 completed May 9, 2026, 10:43 a.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 3:18 a.m.