Triple
T361401
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Costco Wholesale Corporation |
E7861
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasSubsidiary |
P254
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Costco Wholesale Australia Pty Ltd.
Costco Wholesale Australia Pty Ltd is the Australian subsidiary of global membership-based warehouse retailer Costco, operating large-format wholesale clubs across Australia.
|
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 Australia Pty Ltd. | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Costco Wholesale Australia Pty Ltd.]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Costco Wholesale Australia Pty Ltd. Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Costco Wholesale Australia Pty Ltd.]
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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.
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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.
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C.
J. C. Penney
J. C. Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the JCPenney department store chain.
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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.
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E.
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.
- 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 Australia Pty Ltd. Triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Costco Wholesale Australia Pty Ltd.]
Generated description
Costco Wholesale Australia Pty Ltd is the Australian subsidiary of global membership-based warehouse retailer Costco, operating large-format wholesale clubs across Australia.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Costco Wholesale Australia Pty Ltd. Target entity description: Costco Wholesale Australia Pty Ltd is the Australian subsidiary of global membership-based warehouse retailer Costco, operating large-format wholesale clubs across Australia.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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E.
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.
- 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_69a3f0a43da48190b9888c60cf565f9d |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:54 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a3f13a36c08190b508037c27435b45 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:56 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a3f19823608190a0d0b6b4335d6d0a |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:58 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.