Triple
T15744008
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Associated Dry Goods |
E381671
|
entity |
| Predicate | owned |
P347
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
William Hengerer Company
William Hengerer Company was a prominent Buffalo, New York department store chain that became part of the Associated Dry Goods retail conglomerate.
|
E1173903
|
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: William Hengerer Company | Statement: [Associated Dry Goods, owned, William Hengerer Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hengerer Company Context triple: [Associated Dry Goods, owned, William Hengerer Company]
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A.
O.P. and M.J. Van Sweringen Company
The O.P. and M.J. Van Sweringen Company was the real estate and development firm created by the Van Sweringen brothers, known for their large-scale suburban and railroad projects centered around Cleveland, Ohio in the early 20th century.
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B.
Henry S. King & Co.
Henry S. King & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British banking and publishing firm known for its operations in London and colonial India.
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C.
J. E. Greiner Company
J. E. Greiner Company was an American engineering and consulting firm known for its prominent bridge and transportation infrastructure designs in the early to mid-20th century.
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D.
Hallgarten & Company
Hallgarten & Company was a prominent New York investment banking and brokerage firm active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
L. Bamberger & Co.
L. Bamberger & Co. was a prominent Newark, New Jersey-based department store that became one of the leading retail establishments in the region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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: William Hengerer Company Triple: [Associated Dry Goods, owned, William Hengerer Company]
Generated description
William Hengerer Company was a prominent Buffalo, New York department store chain that became part of the Associated Dry Goods retail conglomerate.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Hengerer Company Target entity description: William Hengerer Company was a prominent Buffalo, New York department store chain that became part of the Associated Dry Goods retail conglomerate.
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A.
O.P. and M.J. Van Sweringen Company
The O.P. and M.J. Van Sweringen Company was the real estate and development firm created by the Van Sweringen brothers, known for their large-scale suburban and railroad projects centered around Cleveland, Ohio in the early 20th century.
-
B.
Henry S. King & Co.
Henry S. King & Co. was a prominent 19th-century British banking and publishing firm known for its operations in London and colonial India.
-
C.
J. E. Greiner Company
J. E. Greiner Company was an American engineering and consulting firm known for its prominent bridge and transportation infrastructure designs in the early to mid-20th century.
-
D.
Hallgarten & Company
Hallgarten & Company was a prominent New York investment banking and brokerage firm active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
-
E.
L. Bamberger & Co.
L. Bamberger & Co. was a prominent Newark, New Jersey-based department store that became one of the leading retail establishments in the region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- 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_69d86d9e6b44819085d1f6a969ecb74c |
completed | April 10, 2026, 3:25 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e0502c0c3c8190b8e512df307039c1 |
completed | April 16, 2026, 2:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69ff8307824881909ba85e4c3da65d28 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:55 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69ff83ca33d08190816130bf2ea735df |
completed | May 9, 2026, 6:58 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69ff8469354c819080b8cfddb7c66be5 |
completed | May 9, 2026, 7 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 4:46 a.m.