Triple

T2060550
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sam's Club E45777 entity
Predicate operatedBy P86 FINISHED
Object Sam's West, Inc.
Sam's West, Inc. is the corporate subsidiary of Walmart Inc. responsible for operating the Sam's Club chain of membership-only warehouse clubs.
E228388 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: Sam's West, Inc. | Statement: [Sam's Club, operatedBy, Sam's West, Inc.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam's West, Inc.
Context triple: [Sam's Club, operatedBy, Sam's West, Inc.]
  • A. Ames Brothers
    The Ames Brothers were a popular American singing quartet active in the 1940s and 1950s, known for their smooth harmonies and numerous hit records.
  • B. Mutual of Omaha
    Mutual of Omaha is a major American insurance and financial services company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.
  • C. Frank Russell Company
    Frank Russell Company is a global financial services firm best known for creating and maintaining widely used stock market indexes and providing investment management and advisory services.
  • D. The Donners' Company
    The Donners' Company is a film production company best known for producing major Hollywood movies, including entries in the X-Men franchise and other popular studio films.
  • E. Carsey-Werner Company
    Carsey-Werner Company is an American television production company best known for creating and producing hit sitcoms such as The Cosby Show, Roseanne, and 3rd Rock from the Sun.
  • 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: Sam's West, Inc.
Triple: [Sam's Club, operatedBy, Sam's West, Inc.]
Generated description
Sam's West, Inc. is the corporate subsidiary of Walmart Inc. responsible for operating the Sam's Club chain of membership-only warehouse clubs.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sam's West, Inc.
Target entity description: Sam's West, Inc. is the corporate subsidiary of Walmart Inc. responsible for operating the Sam's Club chain of membership-only warehouse clubs.
  • A. Ames Brothers
    The Ames Brothers were a popular American singing quartet active in the 1940s and 1950s, known for their smooth harmonies and numerous hit records.
  • B. Mutual of Omaha
    Mutual of Omaha is a major American insurance and financial services company headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.
  • C. Frank Russell Company
    Frank Russell Company is a global financial services firm best known for creating and maintaining widely used stock market indexes and providing investment management and advisory services.
  • D. The Donners' Company
    The Donners' Company is a film production company best known for producing major Hollywood movies, including entries in the X-Men franchise and other popular studio films.
  • E. Carsey-Werner Company
    Carsey-Werner Company is an American television production company best known for creating and producing hit sitcoms such as The Cosby Show, Roseanne, and 3rd Rock from the Sun.
  • 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_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.
NEDg Description generation batch_69ae20dff3c48190943a913c63247537 completed March 9, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69ae21465d048190a1ee3a52c96ee37d completed March 9, 2026, 1:24 a.m.
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:40 p.m.