Triple

T361402
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Costco Wholesale Corporation E7861 entity
Predicate hasSubsidiary P254 FINISHED
Object Costco Wholesale Mexico
Costco Wholesale Mexico is the Mexican division of the global membership-based warehouse club retailer Costco, operating large-format stores that sell bulk merchandise and services to local consumers and businesses.
 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 Mexico | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Costco Wholesale Mexico]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Costco Wholesale Mexico
Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Costco Wholesale Mexico]
  • 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. Las Americas Premium Outlets
    Las Americas Premium Outlets is a large open-air shopping center in San Diego near the U.S.–Mexico border, known for its wide range of brand-name outlet stores and discounted retail shopping.
  • 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. Sam's Club
    Sam's Club is an American chain of membership-only warehouse clubs owned by Walmart, offering bulk goods and discounted merchandise similar to other wholesale retailers.
  • E. Neiman Marcus Group
    Neiman Marcus Group is a luxury retail holding company best known for operating high-end department stores and specialty boutiques in the United States.
  • 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 Mexico
Triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, hasSubsidiary, Costco Wholesale Mexico]
Generated description
Costco Wholesale Mexico is the Mexican division of the global membership-based warehouse club retailer Costco, operating large-format stores that sell bulk merchandise and services to local consumers and businesses.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Costco Wholesale Mexico
Target entity description: Costco Wholesale Mexico is the Mexican division of the global membership-based warehouse club retailer Costco, operating large-format stores that sell bulk merchandise and services to local consumers and businesses.
  • 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. Las Americas Premium Outlets
    Las Americas Premium Outlets is a large open-air shopping center in San Diego near the U.S.–Mexico border, known for its wide range of brand-name outlet stores and discounted retail shopping.
  • 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. Sam's Club
    Sam's Club is an American chain of membership-only warehouse clubs owned by Walmart, offering bulk goods and discounted merchandise similar to other wholesale retailers.
  • E. Neiman Marcus Group
    Neiman Marcus Group is a luxury retail holding company best known for operating high-end department stores and specialty boutiques in the United States.
  • 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.