Triple

T361400
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Costco Wholesale Corporation E7861 entity
Predicate hasSubsidiary P254 FINISHED
Object Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd.
Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd. is the Japanese arm of the global membership-based warehouse retailer Costco, operating large-scale wholesale clubs across Japan.
 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 Japan Ltd. | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd.
Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Costco Wholesale Japan 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. BJ's Wholesale Club
    BJ's Wholesale Club is an American membership-based warehouse retail chain offering bulk goods and discounted merchandise similar to other wholesale clubs.
  • C. J. C. Penney
    J. C. Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the JCPenney department store chain.
  • D. J Sainsbury plc
    J Sainsbury plc is a major British supermarket and retail chain, one of the largest and oldest in the United Kingdom.
  • E. Carrier Corporation
    Carrier Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), and refrigeration systems.
  • 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 Japan Ltd.
Triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd.]
Generated description
Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd. is the Japanese arm of the global membership-based warehouse retailer Costco, operating large-scale wholesale clubs across Japan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd.
Target entity description: Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd. is the Japanese arm of the global membership-based warehouse retailer Costco, operating large-scale wholesale clubs across Japan.
  • 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. BJ's Wholesale Club
    BJ's Wholesale Club is an American membership-based warehouse retail chain offering bulk goods and discounted merchandise similar to other wholesale clubs.
  • C. J. C. Penney
    J. C. Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the JCPenney department store chain.
  • D. J Sainsbury plc
    J Sainsbury plc is a major British supermarket and retail chain, one of the largest and oldest in the United Kingdom.
  • E. Carrier Corporation
    Carrier Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), and refrigeration systems.
  • 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_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.