Triple

T17530718
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Karl Albrecht E426921 entity
Predicate employer P7 FINISHED
Object Aldi Süd
Aldi Süd is a major German discount supermarket chain, forming one half of the global Aldi brand and operating thousands of low-cost grocery stores across Europe, the U.S., and other regions.
E1273044 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: Aldi Süd | Statement: [Karl Albrecht, employer, Aldi Süd]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aldi Süd
Context triple: [Karl Albrecht, employer, Aldi Süd]
  • A. ALDI Nord
    ALDI Nord is a major German discount supermarket chain operating numerous stores across Europe.
  • B. Tönnies
    Tönnies is a German surname most notably associated with the sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies, a founding figure of modern sociology.
  • C. Lidl
    Lidl is a major German international discount supermarket chain known for its low prices and extensive network of stores across Europe and beyond.
  • D. Kaufhof
    Kaufhof was a major German department store chain that later became part of the Galeria Kaufhof brand.
  • E. A. D. German Warehouse
    The A. D. German Warehouse is a notable early 20th-century commercial building in Richland Center, Wisconsin, designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright and recognized for its distinctive Mayan Revival style.
  • 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: Aldi Süd
Triple: [Karl Albrecht, employer, Aldi Süd]
Generated description
Aldi Süd is a major German discount supermarket chain, forming one half of the global Aldi brand and operating thousands of low-cost grocery stores across Europe, the U.S., and other regions.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Aldi Süd
Target entity description: Aldi Süd is a major German discount supermarket chain, forming one half of the global Aldi brand and operating thousands of low-cost grocery stores across Europe, the U.S., and other regions.
  • A. ALDI Nord
    ALDI Nord is a major German discount supermarket chain operating numerous stores across Europe.
  • B. Tönnies
    Tönnies is a German surname most notably associated with the sociologist Ferdinand Tönnies, a founding figure of modern sociology.
  • C. Lidl
    Lidl is a major German international discount supermarket chain known for its low prices and extensive network of stores across Europe and beyond.
  • D. Kaufhof
    Kaufhof was a major German department store chain that later became part of the Galeria Kaufhof brand.
  • E. A. D. German Warehouse
    The A. D. German Warehouse is a notable early 20th-century commercial building in Richland Center, Wisconsin, designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright and recognized for its distinctive Mayan Revival style.
  • 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_69d889de677081909b22d2657b1f0292 completed April 10, 2026, 5:25 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e453688950819098162d853cd2674e completed April 19, 2026, 4 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a01c94b1ad48190b06c23661ac2d19c completed May 11, 2026, 12:19 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a01c9efa2408190992ac4ecea051f2b completed May 11, 2026, 12:22 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a01caed0ed08190b76f485cab1da514 completed May 11, 2026, 12:26 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:49 a.m.