Triple
T3868033
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Staples Inc. |
E91908
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasNumberOfEmployeesApprox |
P17907
|
FINISHED |
| Object | tens of thousands |
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LITERAL 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: tens of thousands | Statement: [Staples Inc., hasNumberOfEmployeesApprox, tens of thousands]
PD
Predicate disambiguation
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target predicate: hasNumberOfEmployeesApprox Context triple: [Staples Inc., hasNumberOfEmployeesApprox, tens of thousands]
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A.
employsApproximateNumberOfPeople
chosen
Indicates that an entity employs a roughly estimated or approximate number of people, rather than an exact headcount.
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B.
hasEmployees
Indicates that one entity employs one or more other entities as its workers or staff.
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C.
hasNumberOfCompanies
Indicates the quantitative relationship specifying how many companies are associated with a given entity.
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D.
employedApproximately
Indicates that one entity employs another in a manner where the number, duration, or extent of employment is approximate rather than exact.
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E.
staffSize
Indicates the number of staff members associated with an entity.
- F. None of above.
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_69aed9645f348190a9868e7cef56ab7e |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69aeec3cc1a88190924125a86f72fd5b |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:50 p.m. |
| PD | Predicate disambiguation | batch_69aee754dddc8190936e1f9c40a770db |
completed | March 9, 2026, 3:29 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:19 p.m.