Triple
T8378198
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Robert L. May |
E197626
|
entity |
| Predicate | employer |
P7
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Montgomery Ward |
E44578
|
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: Montgomery Ward | Statement: [Robert L. May, employer, Montgomery Ward]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Montgomery Ward Context triple: [Robert L. May, employer, Montgomery Ward]
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A.
Montgomery Ward
chosen
Montgomery Ward was a pioneering American mail-order and department store retailer that became one of the largest and most influential retail chains in the United States in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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B.
Woolworth
Woolworth is a surname most famously associated with Frank Winfield Woolworth, the American entrepreneur who founded the pioneering F. W. Woolworth retail chain.
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C.
Dayton-Hudson Corporation
Dayton-Hudson Corporation was a major American retail company that evolved into Target Corporation, known for operating prominent department and discount store chains.
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D.
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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E.
J. C. Penney
J. C. Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the JCPenney department store chain.
- 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_69ca82f64c188190af4e1608036b865d |
completed | March 30, 2026, 2:04 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69cb80c229708190b813f5e7e44e10d4 |
completed | March 31, 2026, 8:07 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69cde7fa87908190a504f8aaae125a7a |
completed | April 2, 2026, 3:52 a.m. |
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:02 p.m.