Triple
T3071606
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Loblaws |
E64035
|
entity |
| Predicate | ownedBy |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
George Weston Limited (indirectly via Loblaw Companies Limited)
George Weston Limited is a major Canadian food processing and distribution company that serves as the parent of Loblaw Companies Limited, the country’s largest grocery retailer.
|
E325236
|
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: George Weston Limited (indirectly via Loblaw Companies Limited) | Statement: [Loblaws, ownedBy, George Weston Limited (indirectly via Loblaw Companies Limited)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Weston Limited (indirectly via Loblaw Companies Limited) Context triple: [Loblaws, ownedBy, George Weston Limited (indirectly via Loblaw Companies Limited)]
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A.
Loblaws supermarket
Loblaws supermarket is a major Canadian grocery store chain known for its large-format supermarkets and wide selection of food and household products.
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B.
J. D. Irving, Limited
J. D. Irving, Limited is a large, privately owned Canadian conglomerate based in New Brunswick, active in sectors such as forestry, transportation, shipbuilding, and consumer products.
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C.
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company is a historic Canadian retail and fur-trading enterprise founded in 1670 that became one of the oldest and most influential commercial institutions in North America.
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D.
Transcona Enterprises
Transcona Enterprises was a film production company co-founded by Judy Garland and her then-husband Sid Luft, best known for producing the 1954 version of "A Star Is Born."
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E.
J Sainsbury plc
J Sainsbury plc is a major British supermarket and retail chain, one of the largest and oldest in the United Kingdom.
- 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: George Weston Limited (indirectly via Loblaw Companies Limited) Triple: [Loblaws, ownedBy, George Weston Limited (indirectly via Loblaw Companies Limited)]
Generated description
George Weston Limited is a major Canadian food processing and distribution company that serves as the parent of Loblaw Companies Limited, the country’s largest grocery retailer.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: George Weston Limited (indirectly via Loblaw Companies Limited) Target entity description: George Weston Limited is a major Canadian food processing and distribution company that serves as the parent of Loblaw Companies Limited, the country’s largest grocery retailer.
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A.
Loblaws supermarket
Loblaws supermarket is a major Canadian grocery store chain known for its large-format supermarkets and wide selection of food and household products.
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B.
J. D. Irving, Limited
J. D. Irving, Limited is a large, privately owned Canadian conglomerate based in New Brunswick, active in sectors such as forestry, transportation, shipbuilding, and consumer products.
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C.
Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company is a historic Canadian retail and fur-trading enterprise founded in 1670 that became one of the oldest and most influential commercial institutions in North America.
-
D.
Transcona Enterprises
Transcona Enterprises was a film production company co-founded by Judy Garland and her then-husband Sid Luft, best known for producing the 1954 version of "A Star Is Born."
-
E.
J Sainsbury plc
J Sainsbury plc is a major British supermarket and retail chain, one of the largest and oldest in the United Kingdom.
- 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_69ad857a8aec8190bfdfd9c14554ac5a |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:19 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69ada14c8bd881909cf1bb2649ba36db |
completed | March 8, 2026, 4:18 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b1f8828c488190877902a6c2dfcb5e |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:19 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b1f930321081908f98aa5f9b8ba611 |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:22 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b1f9ad0b148190b98f93699598dd1e |
completed | March 11, 2026, 11:24 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:02 p.m.