Triple
T361378
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Costco Wholesale Corporation |
E7861
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedBy |
P104
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Jeffrey Brotman
Jeffrey Brotman was an American businessman and attorney best known as the co-founder and longtime chairman of Costco, one of the world’s largest warehouse retail chains.
|
E49059
|
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: Jeffrey Brotman | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, foundedBy, Jeffrey Brotman]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeffrey Brotman Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, foundedBy, Jeffrey Brotman]
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A.
Martin O’Malley
Martin O’Malley is an American Democratic politician and former governor of Maryland who ran for his party’s presidential nomination in 2016.
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B.
Kwame Kilpatrick
Kwame Kilpatrick is a former mayor of Detroit who became widely known for his corruption scandal, criminal convictions, and subsequent imprisonment.
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C.
Jamie S. Gorelick
Jamie S. Gorelick is an American lawyer and former U.S. Deputy Attorney General who has held prominent roles in government, law, and public policy.
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D.
Michael Weiner
Michael Weiner was an American labor lawyer who served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, where he was known for his influential role in player labor relations and collective bargaining.
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E.
Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
- 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: Jeffrey Brotman Triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, foundedBy, Jeffrey Brotman]
Generated description
Jeffrey Brotman was an American businessman and attorney best known as the co-founder and longtime chairman of Costco, one of the world’s largest warehouse retail chains.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeffrey Brotman Target entity description: Jeffrey Brotman was an American businessman and attorney best known as the co-founder and longtime chairman of Costco, one of the world’s largest warehouse retail chains.
-
A.
Martin O’Malley
Martin O’Malley is an American Democratic politician and former governor of Maryland who ran for his party’s presidential nomination in 2016.
-
B.
Kwame Kilpatrick
Kwame Kilpatrick is a former mayor of Detroit who became widely known for his corruption scandal, criminal convictions, and subsequent imprisonment.
-
C.
Jamie S. Gorelick
Jamie S. Gorelick is an American lawyer and former U.S. Deputy Attorney General who has held prominent roles in government, law, and public policy.
-
D.
Michael Weiner
Michael Weiner was an American labor lawyer who served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, where he was known for his influential role in player labor relations and collective bargaining.
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E.
Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs is a former NFL linebacker best known for his long, Pro Bowl–caliber career with the Chicago Bears.
- 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_69a3fe8f7af481908942ab7872a45ab3 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:53 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a4024913b48190b3ac65a03aa8e727 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:09 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a402995c8081909ccc95b9a859b9d8 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 9:10 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.