Triple
T2060416
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Costco Wholesale Corporation |
E45775
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Jeffrey Brotman |
E49059
|
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: Jeffrey Brotman | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, foundedBy, Jeffrey Brotman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeffrey Brotman Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, foundedBy, Jeffrey Brotman]
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A.
Jeffrey Brotman
chosen
Jeffrey Brotman was an American businessman and attorney best known as the co-founder and longtime chairman of Costco, one of the world’s largest warehouse retail chains.
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B.
Martin O’Malley
Martin O’Malley is an American Democratic politician and former governor of Maryland who ran for his party’s presidential nomination in 2016.
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C.
Kwame Kilpatrick
Kwame Kilpatrick is a former mayor of Detroit who became widely known for his corruption scandal, criminal convictions, and subsequent imprisonment.
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D.
Bob Gansler
Bob Gansler is an American soccer coach best known for leading the underdog U.S. national team at the 1990 World Cup and later achieving major success in Major League Soccer.
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E.
Jumaane Williams
Jumaane Williams is a New York City politician and activist known for his progressive stances on issues such as police reform, housing, and social justice.
- 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_69ae2014da048190902b2a23574d34ef |
completed | March 9, 2026, 1:19 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.