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]
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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.
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B.
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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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.
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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.
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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.