Triple
T593502
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Sears, Roebuck & Co. |
E17326
|
entity |
| Predicate | operatedStoreFormat |
P4952
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Sears Auto Center
Sears Auto Center is an automotive service and repair chain historically associated with Sears, offering services such as tire sales, maintenance, and general car repairs.
|
E17326
|
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: Sears Auto Center | Statement: [Sears, Roebuck & Co., operatedStoreFormat, Sears Auto Center]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Auto Center Context triple: [Sears, Roebuck & Co., operatedStoreFormat, Sears Auto Center]
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A.
AutoZone
AutoZone is a leading American retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories, operating thousands of stores across the United States and beyond.
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B.
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
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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C.
Ford Motor Credit Company
Ford Motor Credit Company is the financial services arm of Ford that provides automotive financing and leasing solutions to dealers and customers.
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D.
Penske Automotive Group
Penske Automotive Group is a large international transportation services company and one of the world’s leading automotive and commercial truck retailers.
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E.
Ventra
Ventra is the contactless fare payment system used across Chicago’s public transit network, including buses and trains.
- 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: Sears Auto Center Triple: [Sears, Roebuck & Co., operatedStoreFormat, Sears Auto Center]
Generated description
Sears Auto Center is an automotive service and repair chain historically associated with Sears, offering services such as tire sales, maintenance, and general car repairs.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Auto Center Target entity description: Sears Auto Center is an automotive service and repair chain historically associated with Sears, offering services such as tire sales, maintenance, and general car repairs.
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A.
AutoZone
AutoZone is a leading American retailer and distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories, operating thousands of stores across the United States and beyond.
-
B.
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.
-
C.
Ford Motor Credit Company
Ford Motor Credit Company is the financial services arm of Ford that provides automotive financing and leasing solutions to dealers and customers.
-
D.
Penske Automotive Group
Penske Automotive Group is a large international transportation services company and one of the world’s leading automotive and commercial truck retailers.
-
E.
Ventra
Ventra is the contactless fare payment system used across Chicago’s public transit network, including buses and trains.
- F. None of above.
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_69a49d2a5f5481908bb9a71ff0f534d4 |
completed | March 1, 2026, 8:10 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a515565720819086c59527d6f782f5 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:43 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a515d673e08190bf66072a20c5b912 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:45 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a5168e76448190aec260b3b9b4bdc6 |
completed | March 2, 2026, 4:48 a.m. |
Created at: March 1, 2026, 7:33 p.m.