Triple
T21087254
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Foley's |
E519531
|
entity |
| Predicate | brandOwner |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object | The May Department Stores Company |
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|
NE NERFINISHED |
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: The May Department Stores Company | Statement: [Foley's, brandOwner, The May Department Stores Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The May Department Stores Company Context triple: [Foley's, brandOwner, The May Department Stores Company]
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A.
Dayton-Hudson Corporation
Dayton-Hudson Corporation was a major American retail company that evolved into Target Corporation, known for operating prominent department and discount store chains.
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B.
J.L. Hudson Company
J.L. Hudson Company was a prominent Detroit-based department store chain that became one of the largest and most influential retailers in the United States during the 20th century.
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C.
F. W. Woolworth Company
The F. W. Woolworth Company was a pioneering American retail chain that popularized the five-and-dime store concept and helped shape modern mass-market merchandising.
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D.
May Department Stores Company
chosen
May Department Stores Company was a major American department store holding company that operated numerous regional chains before being acquired by Federated Department Stores (now Macy’s, Inc.).
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E.
Allied Stores Corporation
Allied Stores Corporation was a major American department store holding company that owned and operated numerous regional retail chains across the United States during the 20th century.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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_69e0b507dd9081908fb8bfcbef4c8b46 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 10:08 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e7094be9388190b004fda23f301397 |
completed | April 21, 2026, 5:21 a.m. |
Created at: April 16, 2026, 2:50 p.m.