W. W. Norton & Company
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W. W. Norton & Company is an American independent publishing house known for its influential nonfiction, literary works, and widely used academic texts.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| W. W. Norton & Company canonical | 60 |
| W. W. Norton | 1 |
| W. W. Norton & Company imprints | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T58798 — 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: W. W. Norton & Company Context triple: [What Do You Care What Other People Think?, publisher, W. W. Norton & Company]
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A.
Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf is a prestigious American publishing house known for its high-quality literary fiction and nonfiction titles.
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B.
Random House
Random House is a major American book publishing company known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction titles.
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C.
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster is a major American publishing company known for producing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
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D.
Metropolitan Books
Metropolitan Books is an American publishing imprint known for releasing influential and often politically engaged nonfiction works by prominent intellectuals and public thinkers.
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E.
Pantheon Books
Pantheon Books is an American publishing imprint known for releasing influential works in politics, history, and critical theory.
- 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: W. W. Norton & Company Target entity description: W. W. Norton & Company is an American independent publishing house known for its influential nonfiction, literary works, and widely used academic texts.
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A.
Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf is a prestigious American publishing house known for its high-quality literary fiction and nonfiction titles.
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B.
Random House
Random House is a major American book publishing company known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction titles.
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C.
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster is a major American publishing company known for producing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
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D.
Metropolitan Books
Metropolitan Books is an American publishing imprint known for releasing influential and often politically engaged nonfiction works by prominent intellectuals and public thinkers.
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E.
Pantheon Books
Pantheon Books is an American publishing imprint known for releasing influential works in politics, history, and critical theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independent publisher
ⓘ
publishing company ⓘ |
| businessModel | independent, employee-owned publisher ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs | independent publishing house ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
humanities
ⓘ
sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Mary Dows Herter Norton
ⓘ
William Warder Norton ⓘ |
| genre |
academic publishing
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasImprint |
Countryman Press
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Liveright Publishing Corporation ⓘ Norton Young Readers ⓘ |
| hasNotableSeries |
Norton Anthologies
ⓘ
Norton Critical Editions ⓘ Norton Field Guides ⓘ Norton Anthologies ⓘ
surface form:
Norton Introduction to Literature
|
| hasPublicationFormat |
e-books
ⓘ
print books ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| inception | 1923 ⓘ |
| industry | book publishing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influential nonfiction titles
ⓘ
literary works ⓘ widely used academic texts ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| market |
higher education
ⓘ
trade book market ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Norton Anthologies
ⓘ
Norton Critical Editions ⓘ college textbooks ⓘ trade nonfiction books ⓘ |
| ownershipStructure | employee-owned company ⓘ |
| publishes |
Norton Anthologies
ⓘ
surface form:
Norton Anthology of American Literature
Norton Anthologies ⓘ
surface form:
Norton Anthology of English Literature
Norton Critical Editions ⓘ
surface form:
Norton Critical Editions series
college-level textbooks ⓘ general-interest nonfiction ⓘ literary fiction titles ⓘ scholarly works ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: W. W. Norton & Company Description of subject: W. W. Norton & Company is an American independent publishing house known for its influential nonfiction, literary works, and widely used academic texts.
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
W. W. Norton