Triple
T6994810
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Hoffman Estates, Illinois |
E162181
|
entity |
| Predicate | hasEmployer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Sears Holdings Corporation (former headquarters) |
E74943
|
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: Sears Holdings Corporation (former headquarters) | Statement: [Hoffman Estates, Illinois, hasEmployer, Sears Holdings Corporation (former headquarters)]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sears Holdings Corporation (former headquarters) Context triple: [Hoffman Estates, Illinois, hasEmployer, Sears Holdings Corporation (former headquarters)]
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A.
Sears Holdings Corporation
chosen
Sears Holdings Corporation was an American retail holding company formed in 2005 that became the parent of Sears and Kmart before ultimately declining into bankruptcy.
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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.
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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D.
Kmart Corporation
Kmart Corporation is a U.S.-based discount retail chain that became part of Sears Holdings after merging with Sears, Roebuck & Co.
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E.
TJX Companies
TJX Companies is a major American off-price retail corporation that operates popular discount apparel and home goods chains worldwide.
- 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_69c68857ffc08190857dc62cd5253777 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 1:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69c6dbec259c8190bb4cfbc1ff6fc786 |
completed | March 27, 2026, 7:35 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69c76a1adec88190a769ec7af0fa7b51 |
completed | March 28, 2026, 5:41 a.m. |
Created at: March 27, 2026, 2:32 p.m.