Triple
T2060415
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Costco Wholesale Corporation |
E45775
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Sinegal |
E64860
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: James Sinegal | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, foundedBy, James Sinegal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Sinegal Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, foundedBy, James Sinegal]
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A.
James Sinegal
chosen
James Sinegal is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of Costco, where he became recognized for his employee-friendly and customer-focused leadership style.
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B.
Jack Cummings
Jack Cummings was an American film producer best known for his work on classic MGM musicals in the mid-20th century.
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C.
Ted Cheesman
Ted Cheesman was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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D.
Richard Madsen
Richard Madsen is an American sociologist and scholar of Chinese society and culture, known for his influential work on religion, morality, and modernity, often in collaboration with Robert N. Bellah.
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E.
David Scearce
David Scearce is a Canadian screenwriter best known for adapting Christopher Isherwood’s novel into the acclaimed film "A Single Man."
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a8891a19508190a12ef1e192308dcb |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb9cfdac88190b8b7af1bfea6a78e |
completed | March 7, 2026, 5:38 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ae271cb26c81908664f4c26f4fb5ea |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:49 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.