Triple
T3593572
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sears Canada |
E76082
|
entity |
| Predicate | operated |
P1688
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sears Home Services
Sears Home Services is a home repair, maintenance, and appliance service provider that handled in-home services and installations for Sears customers.
|
E372005
|
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: Sears Home Services | Statement: [Sears Canada, operated, Sears Home Services]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Home Services Context triple: [Sears Canada, operated, Sears Home Services]
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A.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. was a major American retail company and mail-order catalog pioneer that became one of the largest and most influential department store chains in the United States.
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B.
Sears Essentials
Sears Essentials was a mid-2000s big-box retail format created by Sears Holdings that combined elements of Sears department stores with Kmart-style discount and convenience merchandise.
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C.
Sears Canada
Sears Canada was a major Canadian department store chain that operated retail stores, catalog, and online shopping until its closure in 2018.
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D.
Lowe's
Lowe's is a major American home improvement retail chain known for selling hardware, building materials, appliances, and related products to both DIY customers and professionals.
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E.
Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Holdings Corporation was an American retail holding company formed in 2005 that became the parent of Sears and Kmart before ultimately declining into bankruptcy.
- 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: Sears Home Services Triple: [Sears Canada, operated, Sears Home Services]
Generated description
Sears Home Services is a home repair, maintenance, and appliance service provider that handled in-home services and installations for Sears customers.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Home Services Target entity description: Sears Home Services is a home repair, maintenance, and appliance service provider that handled in-home services and installations for Sears customers.
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A.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. was a major American retail company and mail-order catalog pioneer that became one of the largest and most influential department store chains in the United States.
-
B.
Sears Essentials
Sears Essentials was a mid-2000s big-box retail format created by Sears Holdings that combined elements of Sears department stores with Kmart-style discount and convenience merchandise.
-
C.
Sears Canada
Sears Canada was a major Canadian department store chain that operated retail stores, catalog, and online shopping until its closure in 2018.
-
D.
Lowe's
Lowe's is a major American home improvement retail chain known for selling hardware, building materials, appliances, and related products to both DIY customers and professionals.
-
E.
Sears Holdings Corporation
Sears Holdings Corporation was an American retail holding company formed in 2005 that became the parent of Sears and Kmart before ultimately declining into bankruptcy.
- 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_69ad85d8042081908af94a04c410dec0 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adc15bbbcc81908d6cf95f8e70c6ca |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b4030fab188190b8de1a4b4d625f00 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b406dccca481909d03305229ce8c23 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:45 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b408744dcc819081308b7182a40c88 |
completed | March 13, 2026, 12:52 p.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:22 p.m.