Triple

T361399
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Costco Wholesale Corporation E7861 entity
Predicate hasSubsidiary P254 FINISHED
Object Costco Wholesale UK Ltd.
Costco Wholesale UK Ltd. is the British arm of the global membership-based warehouse retailer Costco, operating large wholesale clubs across the United Kingdom.
 E7861 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: Costco Wholesale UK Ltd. | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Costco Wholesale UK Ltd.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Costco Wholesale UK Ltd.
Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Costco Wholesale UK Ltd.]
  • A. Costco Wholesale Corporation
    Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
  • B. J Sainsbury plc
    J Sainsbury plc is a major British supermarket and retail chain, one of the largest and oldest in the United Kingdom.
  • C. Sainsbury
    Sainsbury is a prominent British family name most closely associated with the founders and owners of the J Sainsbury supermarket chain and notable figures in business and public life.
  • D. J. C. Penney
    J. C. Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the JCPenney department store chain.
  • E. Whole Foods Market
    Whole Foods Market is a U.S.-based supermarket chain specializing in natural and organic foods, known for its high-quality standards and focus on health-conscious products.
  • 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: Costco Wholesale UK Ltd.
Triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Costco Wholesale UK Ltd.]
Generated description
Costco Wholesale UK Ltd. is the British arm of the global membership-based warehouse retailer Costco, operating large wholesale clubs across the United Kingdom.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Costco Wholesale UK Ltd.
Target entity description: Costco Wholesale UK Ltd. is the British arm of the global membership-based warehouse retailer Costco, operating large wholesale clubs across the United Kingdom.
  • A. Costco Wholesale Corporation chosen
    Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
  • B. J Sainsbury plc
    J Sainsbury plc is a major British supermarket and retail chain, one of the largest and oldest in the United Kingdom.
  • C. Sainsbury
    Sainsbury is a prominent British family name most closely associated with the founders and owners of the J Sainsbury supermarket chain and notable figures in business and public life.
  • D. J. C. Penney
    J. C. Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the JCPenney department store chain.
  • E. Whole Foods Market
    Whole Foods Market is a U.S.-based supermarket chain specializing in natural and organic foods, known for its high-quality standards and focus on health-conscious products.
  • F. None of above.

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_69a3e86386e08190a21d34fea9faaef0 completed March 1, 2026, 7:18 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3e922d6f081908cea3427d892c5b7 completed March 1, 2026, 7:22 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3e983b7cc819089f54a04dd753ccd completed March 1, 2026, 7:23 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.