Triple
T2979931
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | McLane Company |
E80484
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object | McLane Grocery Company |
E80484
|
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: McLane Grocery Company | Statement: [McLane Company, formerName, McLane Grocery Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McLane Grocery Company Context triple: [McLane Company, formerName, McLane Grocery Company]
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A.
McLane Company
chosen
McLane Company is a major American supply chain services and wholesale distribution company serving retailers, restaurants, and convenience stores across the United States.
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B.
Snyder’s of Hanover
Snyder’s of Hanover is a popular American snack food company best known for its wide variety of pretzels and pretzel-based snacks.
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C.
The J.B.'s
The J.B.'s were James Brown’s legendary funk backing band, renowned for their tight grooves and major influence on the development of funk music in the late 1960s and 1970s.
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D.
Save Mart Supermarkets
Save Mart Supermarkets is a regional supermarket chain based in California, known for operating grocery stores under several banners throughout the state and parts of Nevada.
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E.
Kroger
Kroger is one of the largest supermarket and retail grocery chains in the United States, operating thousands of stores under various banners nationwide.
- 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_69ad8b15f6ac8190be5fd16a33edcb4f |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ad999e91788190a2d430dd0600a660 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 3:45 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b108f27d648190a7a58670fec8b74d |
completed | March 11, 2026, 6:17 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 2:58 p.m.