Triple
T1980211
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | J Sainsbury plc |
E43007
|
entity |
| Predicate | subsidiary |
P258
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd is a major UK grocery and retail chain operating supermarkets and convenience stores under the Sainsbury’s brand.
|
E43007
|
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: Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd | Statement: [J Sainsbury plc, subsidiary, Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd Context triple: [J Sainsbury plc, subsidiary, Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd]
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A.
J Sainsbury plc
J Sainsbury plc is a major British supermarket and retail chain, one of the largest and oldest in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Sainsbury
Sainsbury is a prominent British family name most closely associated with the founders and owners of the J Sainsbury supermarket chain and notable figures in business and public life.
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C.
Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer is a major British multinational retailer known for its clothing, home goods, and food products.
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D.
Whitbread PLC
Whitbread PLC is a major British multinational hospitality company best known for owning the Premier Inn hotel chain and various restaurant brands.
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E.
Carrefour
Carrefour is a major French multinational retail corporation and one of the world’s largest hypermarket chains.
- 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: Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd Triple: [J Sainsbury plc, subsidiary, Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd]
Generated description
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd is a major UK grocery and retail chain operating supermarkets and convenience stores under the Sainsbury’s brand.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd Target entity description: Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd is a major UK grocery and retail chain operating supermarkets and convenience stores under the Sainsbury’s brand.
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A.
J Sainsbury plc
chosen
J Sainsbury plc is a major British supermarket and retail chain, one of the largest and oldest in the United Kingdom.
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B.
Sainsbury
Sainsbury is a prominent British family name most closely associated with the founders and owners of the J Sainsbury supermarket chain and notable figures in business and public life.
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C.
Marks & Spencer
Marks & Spencer is a major British multinational retailer known for its clothing, home goods, and food products.
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D.
Whitbread PLC
Whitbread PLC is a major British multinational hospitality company best known for owning the Premier Inn hotel chain and various restaurant brands.
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E.
Carrefour
Carrefour is a major French multinational retail corporation and one of the world’s largest hypermarket chains.
- F. None of above.
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_69a88713ddc88190a969715658ebe7a8 |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:25 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb7c87bc081908ed179d1ca94fa3b |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:29 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae0ad2a3888190a93e54b53a071afc |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:48 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ae0b8bd2bc8190a6f16519f3f6e924 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:51 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ae0bf5364c8190bffbbd211a5e11a6 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 11:53 p.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:37 p.m.