Triple

T23183347
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Alexander Turney Stewart E579519 entity
Predicate founded P104 FINISHED
Object A. T. Stewart & Co.
A. T. Stewart & Co. was one of 19th-century America’s earliest and most influential department stores, helping pioneer modern retailing in New York City.
E1572451 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: A. T. Stewart & Co. | Statement: [Alexander Turney Stewart, founded, A. T. Stewart & Co.]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A. T. Stewart & Co.
Context triple: [Alexander Turney Stewart, founded, A. T. Stewart & Co.]
  • A. William S. Farish & Co.
    William S. Farish & Co. is a business enterprise linked to the prominent American oil heir and thoroughbred horse breeder William S. Farish, whose family is behind the renowned Lane’s End Farm.
  • B. Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company
    Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company was a historic department store that eventually evolved into the modern upscale retailer now known as Von Maur.
  • C. D. M. Ferry & Co.
    D. M. Ferry & Co. was a prominent American seed company founded in the 19th century that became one of the largest and most influential seed distributors in the United States.
  • D. Edwin H. Morris & Co.
    Edwin H. Morris & Co. was a prominent American music publishing company known for issuing popular songs and standards in the mid-20th century.
  • E. William D. Ticknor & Company
    William D. Ticknor & Company was a prominent 19th-century Boston publishing house known for issuing major American literary works and collaborating with authors such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
  • 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: A. T. Stewart & Co.
Triple: [Alexander Turney Stewart, founded, A. T. Stewart & Co.]
Generated description
A. T. Stewart & Co. was one of 19th-century America’s earliest and most influential department stores, helping pioneer modern retailing in New York City.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A. T. Stewart & Co.
Target entity description: A. T. Stewart & Co. was one of 19th-century America’s earliest and most influential department stores, helping pioneer modern retailing in New York City.
  • A. William S. Farish & Co.
    William S. Farish & Co. is a business enterprise linked to the prominent American oil heir and thoroughbred horse breeder William S. Farish, whose family is behind the renowned Lane’s End Farm.
  • B. Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company
    Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company was a historic department store that eventually evolved into the modern upscale retailer now known as Von Maur.
  • C. D. M. Ferry & Co.
    D. M. Ferry & Co. was a prominent American seed company founded in the 19th century that became one of the largest and most influential seed distributors in the United States.
  • D. Edwin H. Morris & Co.
    Edwin H. Morris & Co. was a prominent American music publishing company known for issuing popular songs and standards in the mid-20th century.
  • E. William D. Ticknor & Company
    William D. Ticknor & Company was a prominent 19th-century Boston publishing house known for issuing major American literary works and collaborating with authors such as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
  • 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_69e245ff8000819090d12008805315b7 completed April 17, 2026, 2:38 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f18f705c14819082c8580a03ed6286 completed April 29, 2026, 4:56 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0c30b3e07481908a4867997cbc5588 completed May 19, 2026, 9:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0c314598d081908816ff2bee9b192a completed May 19, 2026, 9:45 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0c3245c9808190ab5212a14aa2e42e completed May 19, 2026, 9:49 a.m.
Created at: April 17, 2026, 4:05 p.m.