Great Northern Telegraph Company
E103540
The Great Northern Telegraph Company was a major 19th-century international telegraph firm that operated extensive submarine cable networks connecting Europe with Asia.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Det Store Nordiske Telegraf-Selskab | 1 |
| Europe–Asia telegraph cable network | 1 |
| Great Northern Telegraph Company canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T880736 — 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.
Target entity: Great Northern Telegraph Company Context triple: [Oliver Heaviside, employer, Great Northern Telegraph Company]
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Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway was a major American transcontinental railroad that operated in the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest.
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Northern Electric
Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
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C.
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company was the pioneering telecommunications firm established in the late 19th century that evolved into the core of the Bell System and laid the foundation for modern telephone service in North America.
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D.
James Lumsden and Company
James Lumsden and Company was a 19th-century Scottish firm, associated with Glasgow civic leader and stationer James Lumsden, that played a key role in the early development of what became Clydesdale Bank.
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E.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) is a major American telecommunications corporation historically known for its nationwide telephone service monopoly and significant contributions to communications technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Great Northern Telegraph Company Target entity description: The Great Northern Telegraph Company was a major 19th-century international telegraph firm that operated extensive submarine cable networks connecting Europe with Asia.
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A.
Great Northern Railway
Great Northern Railway was a major American transcontinental railroad that operated in the northern United States, connecting the Great Lakes to the Pacific Northwest.
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B.
Northern Electric
Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
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C.
Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company was the pioneering telecommunications firm established in the late 19th century that evolved into the core of the Bell System and laid the foundation for modern telephone service in North America.
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D.
James Lumsden and Company
James Lumsden and Company was a 19th-century Scottish firm, associated with Glasgow civic leader and stationer James Lumsden, that played a key role in the early development of what became Clydesdale Bank.
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E.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) is a major American telecommunications corporation historically known for its nationwide telephone service monopoly and significant contributions to communications technology.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Danish company
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submarine cable company ⓘ telegraph company ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Great Northern Telegraph Company
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surface form:
Det Store Nordiske Telegraf-Selskab
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| basedIn | Copenhagen ⓘ |
| communicationTechnology | electric telegraph ⓘ |
| coreBusiness |
construction of submarine telegraph cables
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operation of international telegraph traffic ⓘ |
| country | Denmark ⓘ |
| era |
19th century
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early 20th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Carl Frederik Tietgen ⓘ |
| foundedDuring | Second Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Copenhagen ⓘ |
| hasPart |
submarine cable between China and Japan
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submarine cable between Denmark and Russia ⓘ submarine cable between Europe and the Far East ⓘ submarine cable between Russia and China ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Copenhagen ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
major European–Asian telegraph carrier
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pioneer in long-distance submarine telegraphy ⓘ |
| inception | 1869 ⓘ |
| industry |
telecommunications
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telegraphy ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Danish ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Great Northern Telegraph Company
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Europe–Asia telegraph cable network
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| operated | submarine telegraph cables ⓘ |
| operatedInArea |
Asia
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China ⓘ Europe ⓘ Japan ⓘ Nordic countries ⓘ Russia ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| primaryCustomers |
financial institutions
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governments ⓘ shipping companies ⓘ |
| primaryService | international telegram transmission ⓘ |
| product |
international cable connections
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telegraph services ⓘ |
| servedRegion |
Eurasia
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North Atlantic–Eurasian cable network ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
expansion of telegraph network to East Asia in the 1870s
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participation in global telegraph cable consortia ⓘ |
| transportMedium | submarine telegraph cable ⓘ |
| typeOfBusiness | joint-stock company ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Great Northern Telegraph Company Description of subject: The Great Northern Telegraph Company was a major 19th-century international telegraph firm that operated extensive submarine cable networks connecting Europe with Asia.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.