Triple

T20813351
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Next plc E512369 entity
Predicate hasDivision P35 FINISHED
Object Next Sourcing
Next Sourcing is the global sourcing and buying arm of British retailer Next plc, responsible for managing its supply chain and product procurement.
E1451427 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: Next Sourcing | Statement: [Next plc, hasDivision, Next Sourcing]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Next Sourcing
Context triple: [Next plc, hasDivision, Next Sourcing]
  • A. Target Sourcing Services
    Target Sourcing Services is a division of Target Corporation responsible for managing global product sourcing, vendor relationships, and supply chain operations to support the retailer’s merchandise offerings.
  • B. Next Management
    Next Management is a prominent international modeling agency known for representing high-profile fashion models and talent.
  • C. Head Hunters
    Head Hunters is a landmark 1973 jazz-funk album by Herbie Hancock that fused jazz improvisation with funk and electronic elements, becoming one of the best-selling and most influential jazz records of all time.
  • D. CareerBuilder
    CareerBuilder is an employment website and human capital solutions company that connects job seekers with employers through online job listings, recruitment software, and labor market analytics.
  • E. ONESOURCE
    ONESOURCE is a comprehensive tax and accounting software platform developed by Thomson Reuters to help businesses manage global tax compliance and reporting.
  • 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: Next Sourcing
Triple: [Next plc, hasDivision, Next Sourcing]
Generated description
Next Sourcing is the global sourcing and buying arm of British retailer Next plc, responsible for managing its supply chain and product procurement.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Next Sourcing
Target entity description: Next Sourcing is the global sourcing and buying arm of British retailer Next plc, responsible for managing its supply chain and product procurement.
  • A. Target Sourcing Services
    Target Sourcing Services is a division of Target Corporation responsible for managing global product sourcing, vendor relationships, and supply chain operations to support the retailer’s merchandise offerings.
  • B. Next Management
    Next Management is a prominent international modeling agency known for representing high-profile fashion models and talent.
  • C. Head Hunters
    Head Hunters is a landmark 1973 jazz-funk album by Herbie Hancock that fused jazz improvisation with funk and electronic elements, becoming one of the best-selling and most influential jazz records of all time.
  • D. CareerBuilder
    CareerBuilder is an employment website and human capital solutions company that connects job seekers with employers through online job listings, recruitment software, and labor market analytics.
  • E. ONESOURCE
    ONESOURCE is a comprehensive tax and accounting software platform developed by Thomson Reuters to help businesses manage global tax compliance and reporting.
  • 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_69e0b4cd25088190b48ca9700cd24efc completed April 16, 2026, 10:07 a.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69e6c2d415688190b66adc44d4df9bbb completed April 21, 2026, 12:20 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a08f8cdb5d08190a8925efe00fef10e completed May 16, 2026, 11:07 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a08f9f7aff481908283ffe92d95646d completed May 16, 2026, 11:12 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a08faa15c488190b7a3ed000c093be7 completed May 16, 2026, 11:15 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 12:40 p.m.