Triple
T23164016
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Boscov's |
E578664
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entity |
| Predicate | notablePerson |
P304
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FINISHED |
| Object |
Albert Boscov
Albert Boscov was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for expanding his family’s Boscov’s department store chain into one of the largest privately owned retail chains in the United States.
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E1577950
|
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: Albert Boscov | Statement: [Boscov's, notablePerson, Albert Boscov]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albert Boscov Context triple: [Boscov's, notablePerson, Albert Boscov]
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A.
Solomon Boscov
Solomon Boscov was a Russian immigrant and entrepreneur who established Boscov's as a family-owned department store chain in the United States.
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B.
Aby Rosen
Aby Rosen is a prominent New York real estate developer and art collector known for owning and redeveloping high-profile properties and integrating contemporary art into his projects.
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C.
Herman Bergdorf
Herman Bergdorf was a German-born American tailor and businessman best known as the co-founder of the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
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D.
Louis Zabar
Louis Zabar was a New York City grocer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the iconic Upper West Side gourmet food emporium Zabar’s.
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E.
Joseph B. Bloomingdale
Joseph B. Bloomingdale was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Bloomingdale's department store.
- 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: Albert Boscov Triple: [Boscov's, notablePerson, Albert Boscov]
Generated description
Albert Boscov was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for expanding his family’s Boscov’s department store chain into one of the largest privately owned retail chains in the United States.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Albert Boscov Target entity description: Albert Boscov was an American businessman and philanthropist best known for expanding his family’s Boscov’s department store chain into one of the largest privately owned retail chains in the United States.
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A.
Solomon Boscov
Solomon Boscov was a Russian immigrant and entrepreneur who established Boscov's as a family-owned department store chain in the United States.
-
B.
Aby Rosen
Aby Rosen is a prominent New York real estate developer and art collector known for owning and redeveloping high-profile properties and integrating contemporary art into his projects.
-
C.
Herman Bergdorf
Herman Bergdorf was a German-born American tailor and businessman best known as the co-founder of the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
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D.
Louis Zabar
Louis Zabar was a New York City grocer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the iconic Upper West Side gourmet food emporium Zabar’s.
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E.
Joseph B. Bloomingdale
Joseph B. Bloomingdale was an American businessman best known as a co-founder of the Bloomingdale's department store.
- 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_69e245fc75348190a0288401044c8af8 |
completed | April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69f18f2b0414819081f9c2d6b8c88421 |
completed | April 29, 2026, 4:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a0c3f428730819093c8c29d2f5b2c2a |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10:45 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a0c4075bc508190ae0dc8b61c24faa0 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10:50 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a0c411702a48190ba2964ba221394d1 |
completed | May 19, 2026, 10:53 a.m. |
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:02 p.m.