Bradham Drug Company
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Bradham Drug Company was the New Bern, North Carolina pharmacy owned by Caleb Bradham where he created and first sold the soft drink that became Pepsi-Cola.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bradham Drug Company canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6107596 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bradham Drug Company Context triple: [Caleb Bradham, founded, Bradham Drug Company]
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A.
Emerson Drug Company
Emerson Drug Company was an American pharmaceutical firm best known for producing the popular antacid and pain reliever Bromo-Seltzer.
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B.
Upjohn Company
Upjohn Company was a prominent American pharmaceutical manufacturer founded in the 19th century, known for its innovations in drug formulation and its long-standing presence in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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C.
G. D. Searle & Company
G. D. Searle & Company was a major American pharmaceutical firm known for developing products such as the artificial sweetener aspartame (NutraSweet) before being acquired by Monsanto.
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D.
A.H. Robins Company
A.H. Robins Company was an American pharmaceutical and consumer products manufacturer best known for brands like ChapStick and Robitussin.
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E.
Smith’s Food and Drug
Smith’s Food and Drug is a regional supermarket and pharmacy chain in the United States that operates as a banner of Kroger, offering groceries, pharmaceuticals, and household goods.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bradham Drug Company Target entity description: Bradham Drug Company was the New Bern, North Carolina pharmacy owned by Caleb Bradham where he created and first sold the soft drink that became Pepsi-Cola.
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A.
Emerson Drug Company
Emerson Drug Company was an American pharmaceutical firm best known for producing the popular antacid and pain reliever Bromo-Seltzer.
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B.
Upjohn Company
Upjohn Company was a prominent American pharmaceutical manufacturer founded in the 19th century, known for its innovations in drug formulation and its long-standing presence in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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C.
G. D. Searle & Company
G. D. Searle & Company was a major American pharmaceutical firm known for developing products such as the artificial sweetener aspartame (NutraSweet) before being acquired by Monsanto.
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D.
A.H. Robins Company
A.H. Robins Company was an American pharmaceutical and consumer products manufacturer best known for brands like ChapStick and Robitussin.
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E.
Smith’s Food and Drug
Smith’s Food and Drug is a regional supermarket and pharmacy chain in the United States that operates as a banner of Kroger, offering groceries, pharmaceuticals, and household goods.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
drugstore
ⓘ
pharmacy ⓘ retail business ⓘ |
| associatedWithBrand |
Pepsi
ⓘ
Pepsi-Cola ⓘ
linked to:
Pepsi
|
| city |
New Bern, North Carolina
ⓘ
linked to:
New Bern
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| era |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Caleb Bradham ⓘ |
| hasFounder | Caleb Bradham ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson | Caleb Bradham ⓘ |
| hasOwnerOccupation | pharmacist ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | birthplace of the soft drink that became Pepsi-Cola ⓘ |
| industry |
food and beverage retail
ⓘ
pharmaceutical retail ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Bern, North Carolina
ⓘ
linked to:
New Bern
North Carolina ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| notableFor |
being the first place Pepsi-Cola was sold
ⓘ
being the pharmacy where Pepsi-Cola was created ⓘ |
| operatedAs |
pharmacy and soda fountain combination
ⓘ
soda fountain ⓘ |
| originalBeverageNameSold |
Brad’s Drink
ⓘ
linked to:
Brad's Drink
|
| ownedBy | Caleb Bradham ⓘ |
| productDevelopedOnPremises |
Brad’s Drink
ⓘ
linked to:
Brad's Drink
Pepsi-Cola ⓘ
linked to:
Pepsi
|
| state | North Carolina ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bradham Drug Company Description of subject: Bradham Drug Company was the New Bern, North Carolina pharmacy owned by Caleb Bradham where he created and first sold the soft drink that became Pepsi-Cola.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.