Triple
T361422
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Costco Wholesale Corporation |
E7861
|
entity |
| Predicate | competitor |
P1375
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E46243
|
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: BJ's Wholesale Club | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, competitor, BJ's Wholesale Club]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BJ's Wholesale Club Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, competitor, BJ's Wholesale Club]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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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.
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.
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E.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. was a major American retail company and mail-order catalog pioneer that became one of the largest and most influential department store chains 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: BJ's Wholesale Club Triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, competitor, BJ's Wholesale Club]
Generated description
BJ's Wholesale Club is an American membership-based warehouse retail chain offering bulk goods and discounted merchandise similar to other wholesale clubs.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: BJ's Wholesale Club Target entity description: BJ's Wholesale Club is an American membership-based warehouse retail chain offering bulk goods and discounted merchandise similar to other wholesale clubs.
-
A.
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.
-
B.
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.
-
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.
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.
-
E.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Sears, Roebuck & Co. was a major American retail company and mail-order catalog pioneer that became one of the largest and most influential department store chains in the United States.
- 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_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.