Triple

T361376
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Costco Wholesale Corporation E7861 entity
Predicate formerHeadquartersLocation P62 FINISHED
Object Kirkland, Washington, United States
Kirkland, Washington, United States is a suburban city on the eastern shore of Lake Washington near Seattle, known for its waterfront parks, tech industry presence, and association with Costco’s “Kirkland Signature” brand.
 E55629 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: Kirkland, Washington, United States | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, formerHeadquartersLocation, Kirkland, Washington, United States]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kirkland, Washington, United States
Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, formerHeadquartersLocation, Kirkland, Washington, United States]
  • A. Bellevue, Washington, United States
    Bellevue, Washington, United States is a major city in the Seattle metropolitan area known for its thriving tech industry, upscale downtown, and role as a regional business and retail hub.
  • B. Seattle, Washington, United States
    Seattle, Washington, United States is a major Pacific Northwest city known for its tech industry, vibrant cultural scene, and iconic landmarks like the Space Needle.
  • C. Renton, Washington, United States
    Renton, Washington, United States is a city in the Seattle metropolitan area known for its significant aerospace manufacturing presence and diverse suburban community.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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: Kirkland, Washington, United States
Triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, formerHeadquartersLocation, Kirkland, Washington, United States]
Generated description
Kirkland, Washington, United States is a suburban city on the eastern shore of Lake Washington near Seattle, known for its waterfront parks, tech industry presence, and association with Costco’s “Kirkland Signature” brand.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Kirkland, Washington, United States
Target entity description: Kirkland, Washington, United States is a suburban city on the eastern shore of Lake Washington near Seattle, known for its waterfront parks, tech industry presence, and association with Costco’s “Kirkland Signature” brand.
  • A. Bellevue, Washington, United States
    Bellevue, Washington, United States is a major city in the Seattle metropolitan area known for its thriving tech industry, upscale downtown, and role as a regional business and retail hub.
  • B. Seattle, Washington, United States
    Seattle, Washington, United States is a major Pacific Northwest city known for its tech industry, vibrant cultural scene, and iconic landmarks like the Space Needle.
  • C. Renton, Washington, United States
    Renton, Washington, United States is a city in the Seattle metropolitan area known for its significant aerospace manufacturing presence and diverse suburban community.
  • D. 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.
  • E. 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.
  • 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_69a43e6b0d048190b9623bd47a86ecdd completed March 1, 2026, 1:26 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a43ed5a8588190801f63c206c4d294 completed March 1, 2026, 1:27 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a43f5db50c8190bb63690cc84427ce completed March 1, 2026, 1:30 p.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.