Triple

T19694045
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject HMV Group E472906 entity
Predicate formerOwnerOf P12936 FINISHED
Object Ottakar's
Ottakar's was a British chain of high-street bookshops known for its community-focused stores and role in the UK bookselling market before its acquisition and rebranding.
E1391672 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: Ottakar's | Statement: [HMV Group, formerOwnerOf, Ottakar's]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ottakar's
Context triple: [HMV Group, formerOwnerOf, Ottakar's]
  • A. Ottokar
    Ottokar is a Germanic given name, historically borne by several Central European nobles and rulers, particularly in Austria and Bohemia.
  • B. Wenceslaus
    Wenceslaus was a member of the Habsburg dynasty, known as an Austrian archduke from the late Middle Ages.
  • C. Wenceslaus
    Wenceslaus was the birth name of Charles IV, the 14th-century Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg.
  • D. King Ottokar II of Bohemia
    King Ottokar II of Bohemia was a powerful 13th-century ruler who expanded Bohemian influence across Central Europe and became one of the era’s most prominent monarchs.
  • E. Drostán
    Drostán is an alternative name for Saint Drostan, an early Scottish abbot and missionary associated with the Christianization of northeastern Scotland.
  • 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: Ottakar's
Triple: [HMV Group, formerOwnerOf, Ottakar's]
Generated description
Ottakar's was a British chain of high-street bookshops known for its community-focused stores and role in the UK bookselling market before its acquisition and rebranding.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ottakar's
Target entity description: Ottakar's was a British chain of high-street bookshops known for its community-focused stores and role in the UK bookselling market before its acquisition and rebranding.
  • A. Ottokar
    Ottokar is a Germanic given name, historically borne by several Central European nobles and rulers, particularly in Austria and Bohemia.
  • B. Wenceslaus
    Wenceslaus was a member of the Habsburg dynasty, known as an Austrian archduke from the late Middle Ages.
  • C. Wenceslaus
    Wenceslaus was the birth name of Charles IV, the 14th-century Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg.
  • D. King Ottokar II of Bohemia
    King Ottokar II of Bohemia was a powerful 13th-century ruler who expanded Bohemian influence across Central Europe and became one of the era’s most prominent monarchs.
  • E. Drostán
    Drostán is an alternative name for Saint Drostan, an early Scottish abbot and missionary associated with the Christianization of northeastern Scotland.
  • 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_69d8e515bef88190bc30781aea50537a completed April 10, 2026, 11:55 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6421385e88190b22b12ab3d851dea completed April 20, 2026, 3:11 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a07ab9273788190af6782d1c1f7d66f completed May 15, 2026, 11:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a07aca756b08190b830a10f8e1cb906 completed May 15, 2026, 11:30 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a07ad3212108190b691543e434f7514 completed May 15, 2026, 11:33 p.m.
Created at: April 10, 2026, 1:46 p.m.