Triple

T355903
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Bergdorf Goodman E7541 entity
Predicate foundedBy P104 FINISHED
Object Herman Bergdorf
Herman Bergdorf was a German-born American tailor and businessman best known as the co-founder of the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
E47061 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: Herman Bergdorf | Statement: [Bergdorf Goodman, foundedBy, Herman Bergdorf]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Bergdorf
Context triple: [Bergdorf Goodman, foundedBy, Herman Bergdorf]
  • A. Kaufmann Kohler
    Kaufmann Kohler was a prominent German-born American rabbi and theologian who became a leading architect and spokesperson of Reform Judaism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Henry Alsberg
    Henry Alsberg was an American journalist, editor, and theater producer best known for directing the New Deal–era Federal Writers’ Project, which employed thousands of writers during the Great Depression.
  • C. John J. Raskob
    John J. Raskob was an American businessman and financier best known for masterminding and financing the construction of New York City's Empire State Building.
  • D. Hans Hellmann
    Hans Hellmann was a German theoretical chemist and physicist known for pioneering work in quantum chemistry, including contributions that led to the Feynman–Hellmann theorem.
  • E. Leo Friedlander
    Leo Friedlander was an American sculptor known for his large-scale public monuments and architectural sculpture, particularly in the mid-20th century.
  • 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: Herman Bergdorf
Triple: [Bergdorf Goodman, foundedBy, Herman Bergdorf]
Generated description
Herman Bergdorf was a German-born American tailor and businessman best known as the co-founder of the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Bergdorf
Target entity description: Herman Bergdorf was a German-born American tailor and businessman best known as the co-founder of the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
  • A. Kaufmann Kohler
    Kaufmann Kohler was a prominent German-born American rabbi and theologian who became a leading architect and spokesperson of Reform Judaism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • B. Henry Alsberg
    Henry Alsberg was an American journalist, editor, and theater producer best known for directing the New Deal–era Federal Writers’ Project, which employed thousands of writers during the Great Depression.
  • C. John J. Raskob
    John J. Raskob was an American businessman and financier best known for masterminding and financing the construction of New York City's Empire State Building.
  • D. Hans Hellmann
    Hans Hellmann was a German theoretical chemist and physicist known for pioneering work in quantum chemistry, including contributions that led to the Feynman–Hellmann theorem.
  • E. Leo Friedlander
    Leo Friedlander was an American sculptor known for his large-scale public monuments and architectural sculpture, particularly in the mid-20th century.
  • 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_69a2e7e696948190bebc966535995e45 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:04 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69a2ebad8bf08190b4a38ffd9157d641 completed Feb. 28, 2026, 1:20 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69a3f0a43da48190b9888c60cf565f9d completed March 1, 2026, 7:54 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69a3f13a36c08190b508037c27435b45 completed March 1, 2026, 7:56 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69a3f19823608190a0d0b6b4335d6d0a completed March 1, 2026, 7:58 a.m.
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 1:08 p.m.