Triple
T4118422
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Von Maur |
E90349
|
entity |
| Predicate | formerName |
P65
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
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.
|
E415486
|
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: Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company | Statement: [Von Maur, formerName, Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company Context triple: [Von Maur, formerName, Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company]
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A.
William A. Read & Co.
William A. Read & Co. was an early 20th-century American investment banking firm founded by financier William A. Read that later evolved into the prominent Wall Street house Dillon, Read & Co.
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B.
John P. Jewett & Company
John P. Jewett & Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm best known for issuing Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
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C.
J.W. Foster and Sons
J.W. Foster and Sons was a pioneering British athletic footwear company founded in the late 19th century, best known as the ancestor of the modern sportswear brand Reebok.
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D.
Thomas H. Webb & Co.
Thomas H. Webb & Co. was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing influential works on domestic life and household management.
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E.
Guber-Peters Company
Guber-Peters Company was a film and television production company co-founded by producers Peter Guber and Jon Peters, known for backing major Hollywood projects in the 1980s.
- 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: Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company Triple: [Von Maur, formerName, Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company]
Generated description
Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company was a historic department store that eventually evolved into the modern upscale retailer now known as Von Maur.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company Target entity description: Petersen & Sons Dry Goods Company was a historic department store that eventually evolved into the modern upscale retailer now known as Von Maur.
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A.
William A. Read & Co.
William A. Read & Co. was an early 20th-century American investment banking firm founded by financier William A. Read that later evolved into the prominent Wall Street house Dillon, Read & Co.
-
B.
John P. Jewett & Company
John P. Jewett & Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm best known for issuing Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
-
C.
J.W. Foster and Sons
J.W. Foster and Sons was a pioneering British athletic footwear company founded in the late 19th century, best known as the ancestor of the modern sportswear brand Reebok.
-
D.
Thomas H. Webb & Co.
Thomas H. Webb & Co. was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing influential works on domestic life and household management.
-
E.
Guber-Peters Company
Guber-Peters Company was a film and television production company co-founded by producers Peter Guber and Jon Peters, known for backing major Hollywood projects in the 1980s.
- 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_69aed95c080881908125e30c5dcdc6f8 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 2:29 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69af01f48c1c8190aacde6cdf70d7775 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 5:23 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69b576abe02081908a1b0322758089bd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:54 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69b577180e2881908e3bf4bfce7c9edd |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:56 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69b5778dcdc08190aee087f6d54992dc |
completed | March 14, 2026, 2:58 p.m. |
Created at: March 9, 2026, 3:41 p.m.