Triple

T593472
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Sears, Roebuck & Co. E17326 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Alvah Curtis Roebuck
Alvah Curtis Roebuck was an American businessman and watchmaker best known as the co-founder of the retail giant Sears, Roebuck & Co.
E214898 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: Alvah Curtis Roebuck | Statement: [Sears, Roebuck & Co., foundedBy, Alvah Curtis Roebuck]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alvah Curtis Roebuck
Context triple: [Sears, Roebuck & Co., foundedBy, Alvah Curtis Roebuck]
  • A. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • B. Asa Gilbert Eddy
    Asa Gilbert Eddy was the husband of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, and is noted for being her first follower and supporter in establishing the movement.
  • C. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • D. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • E. Charles H. Smith
    Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
  • 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: Alvah Curtis Roebuck
Triple: [Sears, Roebuck & Co., foundedBy, Alvah Curtis Roebuck]
Generated description
Alvah Curtis Roebuck was an American businessman and watchmaker best known as the co-founder of the retail giant Sears, Roebuck & Co.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alvah Curtis Roebuck
Target entity description: Alvah Curtis Roebuck was an American businessman and watchmaker best known as the co-founder of the retail giant Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  • A. Albert D. Wheelon
    Albert D. Wheelon was an American physicist and intelligence official known for his pioneering role in developing U.S. satellite reconnaissance programs and later contributions to aerospace and national security policy.
  • B. Asa Gilbert Eddy
    Asa Gilbert Eddy was the husband of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, and is noted for being her first follower and supporter in establishing the movement.
  • C. Cecil H. Green
    Cecil H. Green was a British-born American geophysicist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of Texas Instruments and a major benefactor of educational and research institutions.
  • D. Edmund G. Ross
    Edmund G. Ross was a 19th-century U.S. senator from Kansas best known for casting the decisive vote against the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, an act later celebrated in John F. Kennedy’s "Profiles in Courage."
  • E. Charles H. Smith
    Charles H. Smith was an engineer best known for his role in designing and developing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle.
  • 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_69a49379d09c8190ac7e00b24e2810b1 completed March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a49bbcaf5c81908de4e27096d3da13 completed March 1, 2026, 8:04 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69adf39f5694819086fcdbd27fa2ea4b completed March 8, 2026, 10:09 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69adf471909881909de20d9d1fa0b372 completed March 8, 2026, 10:13 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69adf50b17a081909b93ad3e08c71772 completed March 8, 2026, 10:15 p.m.
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.