Triple
T20904337
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Willis Polk |
E514753
|
entity |
| Predicate | notableWork |
P4
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Hale Brothers Department Store (San Francisco) |
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NE NERFINISHED |
How this triple was built (3 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: Hale Brothers Department Store (San Francisco) | Statement: [Willis Polk, notableWork, Hale Brothers Department Store (San Francisco)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hale Brothers Department Store (San Francisco) Context triple: [Willis Polk, notableWork, Hale Brothers Department Store (San Francisco)]
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A.
Cashman’s Department Store
Cashman’s Department Store is a retail store serving the community of Lawndale, offering a range of goods under one roof.
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B.
Fordman’s Department Store
Fordman’s Department Store is a local retail shop in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, often depicted as a central community business in Superman-related stories.
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C.
Meier & Frank
Meier & Frank was a prominent regional department store chain based in Portland, Oregon, known for its flagship downtown store and long history in the Pacific Northwest before being absorbed into Macy’s.
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D.
Menken’s Department Store
Menken’s Department Store is a high-end New York City retail store featured in the television series "Mad Men," known for its modern marketing ambitions under executive Rachel Menken.
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E.
The Bon Marché (historical)
The Bon Marché (historical) was a prominent Pacific Northwest department store chain based in Seattle, later absorbed into the Macy’s brand.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hale Brothers Department Store (San Francisco) Target entity description: Hale Brothers Department Store (San Francisco) was a prominent early 20th-century San Francisco retail building designed by influential architect Willis Polk.
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A.
Cashman’s Department Store
Cashman’s Department Store is a retail store serving the community of Lawndale, offering a range of goods under one roof.
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B.
Fordman’s Department Store
Fordman’s Department Store is a local retail shop in the fictional town of Smallville, Kansas, often depicted as a central community business in Superman-related stories.
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C.
Meier & Frank
Meier & Frank was a prominent regional department store chain based in Portland, Oregon, known for its flagship downtown store and long history in the Pacific Northwest before being absorbed into Macy’s.
-
D.
Menken’s Department Store
Menken’s Department Store is a high-end New York City retail store featured in the television series "Mad Men," known for its modern marketing ambitions under executive Rachel Menken.
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E.
The Bon Marché (historical)
The Bon Marché (historical) was a prominent Pacific Northwest department store chain based in Seattle, later absorbed into the Macy’s brand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (2 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_69e0b4f8a1108190bce3d31331290ced |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e6e8fe4b808190bbc1bbde7a11f283 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 3:03 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:47 p.m.