Triple
T593491
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sears, Roebuck & Co. |
E17326
|
entity |
| Predicate | foundedAs |
P364
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FINISHED |
| Object | R.W. Sears Watch Company |
E17326
|
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: R.W. Sears Watch Company | Statement: [Sears, Roebuck & Co., foundedAs, R.W. Sears Watch Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: R.W. Sears Watch Company Context triple: [Sears, Roebuck & Co., foundedAs, R.W. Sears Watch Company]
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A.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
chosen
Sears, Roebuck & Co. was a major American retail company and mail-order catalog pioneer that became one of the largest and most influential department store chains in the United States.
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B.
Kate Spade New York (licensed watches)
Kate Spade New York (licensed watches) is a fashion watch line known for its playful, feminine designs and colorful, modern aesthetic, produced under license by Fossil Group.
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C.
Emporio Armani (licensed watches)
Emporio Armani (licensed watches) is a fashion watch line that carries the Emporio Armani brand name and is designed and produced under license by the Fossil Group.
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D.
Tiffany & Co.
Tiffany & Co. is a renowned American luxury jewelry and specialty retailer famous for its diamond engagement rings, sterling silver, and iconic blue boxes.
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E.
Charles L. Webster and Company
Charles L. Webster and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm founded by Mark Twain to publish his own works and those of other authors.
- 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_69a49379d09c8190ac7e00b24e2810b1 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 7:28 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a49bd15c5881909b59ed4c88687e7b |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:04 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a515565720819086c59527d6f782f5 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:43 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.