Triple

T361375
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Costco Wholesale Corporation E7861 entity
Predicate headquartersLocation P62 FINISHED
Object Issaquah, Washington, United States
Issaquah, Washington, United States is a suburban city east of Seattle known as the home of Costco’s corporate headquarters and for its proximity to the Cascade Mountains and outdoor recreation.
 E46632 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: Issaquah, Washington, United States | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, headquartersLocation, Issaquah, Washington, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Issaquah, Washington, United States
Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, headquartersLocation, Issaquah, Washington, United States]
  • A. Tumwater, Washington
    Tumwater, Washington is a small city in Thurston County near Washington’s capital, Olympia, known for its historic brewery, waterfalls on the Deschutes River, and role as a regional transportation hub.
  • B. Lacey, Washington
    Lacey, Washington is a suburban city in Thurston County near Olympia, known for its proximity to state government centers and its role as a regional administrative and commercial hub.
  • C. Everett, Washington, United States
    Everett, Washington, United States is a city north of Seattle best known as a major aerospace manufacturing hub and home to one of the world’s largest airplane assembly plants.
  • D. Federal Way, Washington, United States
    Federal Way is a suburban city in King County, Washington, known for its location between Seattle and Tacoma and its history as a corporate and commercial hub.
  • E. Mercer Island, Washington, United States
    Mercer Island, Washington, United States is a suburban city located on an island in Lake Washington between Seattle and Bellevue, known for its affluent residential character and scenic surroundings.
  • 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: Issaquah, Washington, United States
Triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, headquartersLocation, Issaquah, Washington, United States]
Generated description
Issaquah, Washington, United States is a suburban city east of Seattle known as the home of Costco’s corporate headquarters and for its proximity to the Cascade Mountains and outdoor recreation.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Issaquah, Washington, United States
Target entity description: Issaquah, Washington, United States is a suburban city east of Seattle known as the home of Costco’s corporate headquarters and for its proximity to the Cascade Mountains and outdoor recreation.
  • A. Tumwater, Washington
    Tumwater, Washington is a small city in Thurston County near Washington’s capital, Olympia, known for its historic brewery, waterfalls on the Deschutes River, and role as a regional transportation hub.
  • B. Lacey, Washington
    Lacey, Washington is a suburban city in Thurston County near Olympia, known for its proximity to state government centers and its role as a regional administrative and commercial hub.
  • C. Everett, Washington, United States
    Everett, Washington, United States is a city north of Seattle best known as a major aerospace manufacturing hub and home to one of the world’s largest airplane assembly plants.
  • D. Federal Way, Washington, United States
    Federal Way is a suburban city in King County, Washington, known for its location between Seattle and Tacoma and its history as a corporate and commercial hub.
  • E. Mercer Island, Washington, United States
    Mercer Island, Washington, United States is a suburban city located on an island in Lake Washington between Seattle and Bellevue, known for its affluent residential character and scenic surroundings.
  • 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_69a2e7e880008190a6ad7e06e5d03007 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ebce64c88190a0a8edcc7095f78b completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:21 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3eca750748190b5a2914f318bc1c2 completed March 1, 2026, 7:37 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3ed7d472c8190afd508fcb71c93c7 completed March 1, 2026, 7:40 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3edd107e08190ad7107ce9f6996ba completed March 1, 2026, 7:42 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.