CRD
E123932
CRD is a centralized online database maintained by FINRA that contains licensing and registration information on broker-dealers and their associated individuals in the U.S. financial industry.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CRD canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1064457 — 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: CRD Context triple: [Central Registration Depository, abbreviation, CRD]
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A.
CR
CR is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Costa Rica.
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B.
CRL
CRL is the ICAO airline designator used to identify Corsair International in aviation operations and communications.
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C.
CRP
CRP was the common abbreviation for the Committee to Re-elect the President, the fundraising organization for U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1972 reelection campaign, later infamous for its role in the Watergate scandal.
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D.
CRP
CRP is a U.S. federal land conservation program that pays farmers and landowners to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and implement conservation practices.
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E.
CRI
CRI is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Costa Rica.
- 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: CRD Target entity description: CRD is a centralized online database maintained by FINRA that contains licensing and registration information on broker-dealers and their associated individuals in the U.S. financial industry.
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A.
CR
CR is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Costa Rica.
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B.
CRL
CRL is the ICAO airline designator used to identify Corsair International in aviation operations and communications.
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C.
CRP
CRP was the common abbreviation for the Committee to Re-elect the President, the fundraising organization for U.S. President Richard Nixon’s 1972 reelection campaign, later infamous for its role in the Watergate scandal.
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D.
CRP
CRP is a U.S. federal land conservation program that pays farmers and landowners to remove environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and implement conservation practices.
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E.
CRI
CRI is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Costa Rica.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
centralized online database
ⓘ
securities industry registration system ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
electronic filing system
ⓘ
online system ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataType |
disciplinary history
ⓘ
employment history ⓘ examination results ⓘ licensing records ⓘ registration records ⓘ self-regulatory organization registrations ⓘ state registrations ⓘ |
| fullName | Central Registration Depository ⓘ |
| industry |
U.S. financial industry
ⓘ
securities industry ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal securities regulation
ⓘ
state securities regulation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
FINRA
ⓘ
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
FINRA Technology Department
ⓘ
surface form:
FINRA Technology and Operations
|
| primaryFunction |
store licensing information on associated individuals
ⓘ
store licensing information on broker-dealers ⓘ store registration information on associated individuals ⓘ store registration information on broker-dealers ⓘ |
| purpose |
facilitate uniform registration of associated persons
ⓘ
facilitate uniform registration of broker-dealers ⓘ provide centralized regulatory information ⓘ |
| regulatorRole |
supports FINRA oversight of broker-dealers
ⓘ
supports state securities regulators ⓘ |
| regulatoryDomain |
broker-dealer licensing
ⓘ
broker-dealer registration ⓘ individual securities licensing ⓘ individual securities registration ⓘ |
| relatedSystem | BrokerCheck ⓘ |
| scope |
licensing of associated persons
ⓘ
licensing of broker-dealers ⓘ registration of associated persons ⓘ registration of broker-dealers ⓘ |
| supportsForm |
Form BD
ⓘ
Form BR ⓘ Form U4 ⓘ Form U5 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
FINRA member firms
ⓘ
broker-dealers ⓘ investment banks ⓘ registered representatives ⓘ securities regulators ⓘ |
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: CRD Description of subject: CRD is a centralized online database maintained by FINRA that contains licensing and registration information on broker-dealers and their associated individuals in the U.S. financial industry.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.