Triple
T361424
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Costco Wholesale Corporation |
E7861
|
entity |
| Predicate | employerOf |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | James Sinegal |
E64860
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 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: James Sinegal | Statement: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, employerOf, James Sinegal]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Sinegal Context triple: [Costco Wholesale Corporation, employerOf, James Sinegal]
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A.
James Sinegal
chosen
James Sinegal is an American businessman best known as the co-founder and longtime CEO of Costco, where he became recognized for his employee-friendly and customer-focused leadership style.
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B.
Ted Cheesman
Ted Cheesman was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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C.
John K. Minasian
John K. Minasian was an American structural engineer best known for helping design Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
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D.
Merritt Paulson
Merritt Paulson is an American sports executive best known for owning and leading Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
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E.
Bill Rasmussen
Bill Rasmussen is an American sports broadcasting executive best known for creating ESPN, the first 24-hour cable sports television network.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 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_69a4efc821b48190af6d3cd88ab3f980 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 2:02 a.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.