Bass Pro Shops
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Bass Pro Shops is a major American retail chain specializing in outdoor recreation gear, particularly for fishing, hunting, and camping.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bass Pro Shops canonical | 22 |
| Cabela's | 3 |
| Bass Pro Shops megastore | 2 |
| Bass Pro Shops retail stores | 2 |
| Bass Pro Shops Group | 1 |
| Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World | 1 |
| Bass Pro Shops online store | 1 |
| Bass Pro Shops retail store | 1 |
| Bass Pro Shops website | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T580418 — 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: Bass Pro Shops Context triple: [Patriot Place, hasAnchor, Bass Pro Shops]
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A.
Hunt Sports Group
Hunt Sports Group is a sports ownership and management company best known for operating professional teams such as Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas.
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B.
BJ's Wholesale Club
BJ's Wholesale Club is an American membership-based warehouse retail chain offering bulk goods and discounted merchandise similar to other wholesale clubs.
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C.
Delaware North
Delaware North is a global hospitality and food service company known for operating concessions, lodging, and venues at major sports stadiums, airports, and entertainment destinations.
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D.
Peregrine Sports LLC
Peregrine Sports LLC is a sports ownership and management company best known for formerly owning Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Thorns FC and Portland Timbers.
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E.
Ollie’s Barbecue
Ollie’s Barbecue was a family-owned Birmingham, Alabama restaurant whose racially discriminatory service practices led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Katzenbach v. McClung on the scope of federal civil rights law under the Commerce Clause.
- 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: Bass Pro Shops Target entity description: Bass Pro Shops is a major American retail chain specializing in outdoor recreation gear, particularly for fishing, hunting, and camping.
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A.
Hunt Sports Group
Hunt Sports Group is a sports ownership and management company best known for operating professional teams such as Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas.
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B.
BJ's Wholesale Club
BJ's Wholesale Club is an American membership-based warehouse retail chain offering bulk goods and discounted merchandise similar to other wholesale clubs.
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C.
Delaware North
Delaware North is a global hospitality and food service company known for operating concessions, lodging, and venues at major sports stadiums, airports, and entertainment destinations.
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D.
Peregrine Sports LLC
Peregrine Sports LLC is a sports ownership and management company best known for formerly owning Portland’s professional soccer clubs, including the Portland Thorns FC and Portland Timbers.
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E.
Ollie’s Barbecue
Ollie’s Barbecue was a family-owned Birmingham, Alabama restaurant whose racially discriminatory service practices led to the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Katzenbach v. McClung on the scope of federal civil rights law under the Commerce Clause.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
privately held company
ⓘ
retail company ⓘ sporting goods retailer ⓘ |
| acquired |
Bass Pro Shops
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cabela's
|
| acquisitionOfCabela'sAnnounced | 2016 ⓘ |
| acquisitionOfCabela'sCompleted | 2017 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn |
camping
ⓘ
hunting ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ sport fishing ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Johnny Morris ⓘ |
| founder | Johnny Morris ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
Bass Pro Shops
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cabela's
|
| hasHouseBrand |
Ascend
ⓘ
Bass Pro Shops self-link ⓘ Offshore Angler ⓘ RedHead ⓘ XPS ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson | Johnny Morris ⓘ |
| hasRetailFormat |
destination retail store
ⓘ
megastore ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Springfield, Missouri ⓘ |
| inception | 1972 ⓘ |
| industry |
outdoor recreation
ⓘ
retail ⓘ sporting goods ⓘ |
| notableFor |
aquariums in stores
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indoor archery ranges ⓘ large indoor wildlife displays ⓘ |
| operates |
online store
ⓘ
retail stores ⓘ |
| owns |
Bass Pro Shops
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cabela's
|
| sells |
ammunition
ⓘ
boats ⓘ camping gear ⓘ firearms ⓘ fishing lures ⓘ fishing rods ⓘ hunting clothing ⓘ kayaks ⓘ tents ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
boating equipment
ⓘ
camping equipment ⓘ fishing equipment ⓘ hunting equipment ⓘ outdoor apparel ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
anglers
ⓘ
hunters ⓘ outdoor enthusiasts ⓘ |
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: Bass Pro Shops Description of subject: Bass Pro Shops is a major American retail chain specializing in outdoor recreation gear, particularly for fishing, hunting, and camping.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bass Pro Shops megastore
this entity surface form:
Cabela's
this entity surface form:
Cabela's
this entity surface form:
Cabela's
subject surface form:
Big Cypress Lodge
this entity surface form:
Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World
subject surface form:
The Pyramid (Memphis)
this entity surface form:
Bass Pro Shops megastore
subject surface form:
The Pyramid (Memphis)
this entity surface form:
Bass Pro Shops retail store
subject surface form:
The Pyramid (Memphis)
this entity surface form:
Bass Pro Shops retail stores
this entity surface form:
Bass Pro Shops online store
this entity surface form:
Bass Pro Shops Group
this entity surface form:
Bass Pro Shops website