Triple

T3725671
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Lord & Taylor E81741 entity
Predicate formerOwner P347 FINISHED
Object May Department Stores Company
May Department Stores Company was a major American department store holding company that operated numerous regional chains before being acquired by Federated Department Stores (now Macy’s, Inc.).
E381670 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: May Department Stores Company | Statement: [Lord & Taylor, formerOwner, May Department Stores Company]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: May Department Stores Company
Context triple: [Lord & Taylor, formerOwner, May Department Stores Company]
  • A. May Company Wilshire
    May Company Wilshire is a historic Streamline Moderne department store building in Los Angeles, renowned for its iconic gold-tiled cylinder and later adaptation into part of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures complex.
  • B. J. C. Penney
    J. C. Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the JCPenney department store chain.
  • C. Montgomery Ward
    Montgomery Ward was a pioneering American mail-order and department store retailer that became one of the largest and most influential retail chains in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
  • D. Target Corporation
    Target Corporation is a major American big-box retail chain known for its broad selection of affordable, stylish merchandise and nationwide presence.
  • E. Jordan Marsh
    Jordan Marsh was a prominent New England-based department store chain that operated for over a century before being absorbed into larger retail brands.
  • 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: May Department Stores Company
Triple: [Lord & Taylor, formerOwner, May Department Stores Company]
Generated description
May Department Stores Company was a major American department store holding company that operated numerous regional chains before being acquired by Federated Department Stores (now Macy’s, Inc.).
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: May Department Stores Company
Target entity description: May Department Stores Company was a major American department store holding company that operated numerous regional chains before being acquired by Federated Department Stores (now Macy’s, Inc.).
  • A. May Company Wilshire
    May Company Wilshire is a historic Streamline Moderne department store building in Los Angeles, renowned for its iconic gold-tiled cylinder and later adaptation into part of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures complex.
  • B. J. C. Penney
    J. C. Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the JCPenney department store chain.
  • C. Montgomery Ward
    Montgomery Ward was a pioneering American mail-order and department store retailer that became one of the largest and most influential retail chains in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
  • D. Target Corporation
    Target Corporation is a major American big-box retail chain known for its broad selection of affordable, stylish merchandise and nationwide presence.
  • E. Jordan Marsh
    Jordan Marsh was a prominent New England-based department store chain that operated for over a century before being absorbed into larger retail brands.
  • 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_69ad8b1b7ef081908d2d381bbf54985a completed March 8, 2026, 2:43 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69adcaf669d48190852aaeef70265404 completed March 8, 2026, 7:16 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69b4ce206cb88190985a727b769e1e12 completed March 14, 2026, 2:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69b4cf1840bc81908a85642430ab5339 completed March 14, 2026, 2:59 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69b4cf92e9c48190a3d87ba1f90548ec completed March 14, 2026, 3:01 a.m.
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:34 p.m.