Triple
T361377
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Costco Wholesale Corporation |
E7861
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
James Sinegal
James Sinegal is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of Costco, where he became recognized for his employee-friendly and customer-focused leadership style.
|
E64860
|
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: James Sinegal | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, foundedBy, James Sinegal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Sinegal Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, foundedBy, James Sinegal]
-
A.
John K. Minasian
John K. Minasian was an American structural engineer best known for helping design Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
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B.
Merritt Paulson
Merritt Paulson is an American sports executive best known for owning and leading Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
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C.
Bill Rasmussen
Bill Rasmussen is an American sports broadcasting executive best known for creating ESPN, the first 24-hour cable sports television network.
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D.
James Honaker
James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
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E.
Tom Werner
Tom Werner is an American television producer and businessman best known as a co-owner and chairman of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC.
- 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: James Sinegal Triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, foundedBy, James Sinegal]
Generated description
James Sinegal is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of Costco, where he became recognized for his employee-friendly and customer-focused leadership style.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Sinegal Target entity description: James Sinegal is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of Costco, where he became recognized for his employee-friendly and customer-focused leadership style.
-
A.
John K. Minasian
John K. Minasian was an American structural engineer best known for helping design Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
-
B.
Merritt Paulson
Merritt Paulson is an American sports executive best known for owning and leading Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
-
C.
Bill Rasmussen
Bill Rasmussen is an American sports broadcasting executive best known for creating ESPN, the first 24-hour cable sports television network.
-
D.
James Honaker
James Honaker is a political scientist and statistician known for his work on methods for handling missing data and for coauthoring influential research with Gary King.
-
E.
Tom Werner
Tom Werner is an American television producer and businessman best known as a co-owner and chairman of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC.
- 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_69a4a6f8e09481909fe1b329061d1a71 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:52 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4a7fd14188190b231731e6bb896f6 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:56 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a4a856aaec8190b698ce998626f10f |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:57 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.