SYK
E236728
SYK is the stock ticker symbol for Stryker Corporation, a major U.S.-based medical technology company specializing in surgical equipment, orthopedics, and related healthcare products.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SYK canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2143094 — 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: SYK Context triple: [Stryker Corporation, tickerSymbol, SYK]
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A.
SYP
SYP is the ISO 4217 currency code for the Syrian pound, the official monetary unit of Syria.
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B.
SYR
SYR is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Middle Eastern nation of Syria.
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C.
SK
SK is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for vehicles registered in Skopje, the capital city of North Macedonia.
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D.
SK
SK is the postcode area covering Stockport and surrounding parts of Greater Manchester and nearby counties in North West England.
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E.
Sk
Sk is the currency symbol that was used to denote the Slovak koruna, the former national currency of Slovakia before adoption of the euro.
- 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: SYK Target entity description: SYK is the stock ticker symbol for Stryker Corporation, a major U.S.-based medical technology company specializing in surgical equipment, orthopedics, and related healthcare products.
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A.
SYP
SYP is the ISO 4217 currency code for the Syrian pound, the official monetary unit of Syria.
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B.
SYR
SYR is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Middle Eastern nation of Syria.
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C.
SK
SK is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for vehicles registered in Skopje, the capital city of North Macedonia.
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D.
SK
SK is the postcode area covering Stockport and surrounding parts of Greater Manchester and nearby counties in North West England.
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E.
Sk
Sk is the currency symbol that was used to denote the Slovak koruna, the former national currency of Slovakia before adoption of the euro.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public company
ⓘ
stock ticker symbol ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
endoscopy products
ⓘ
hospital beds ⓘ joint replacement implants ⓘ medical and surgical equipment ⓘ medical software and services ⓘ neurotechnology ⓘ orthobiologics ⓘ orthopedics ⓘ patient handling equipment ⓘ spine products ⓘ surgical equipment ⓘ surgical navigation systems ⓘ trauma and extremities products ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfIncorporation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currency | US dollar ⓘ |
| exchangeMic | XNYS ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Homer Stryker ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1941 ⓘ |
| hasCompanyName | Stryker Corporation ⓘ |
| hasCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| hasCUSIP | 863667101 ⓘ |
| hasFIGI | BBG000C2V3D6 ⓘ |
| hasGICSindustry | Health Care Equipment ⓘ |
| hasGICSindustryGroup | Health Care Equipment & Services ⓘ |
| hasGICSsector | Health Care ⓘ |
| hasISIN | US8636671013 ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryListing | NYSE ⓘ |
| hasShareClass | ordinary shares ⓘ |
| headquarteredIn |
Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Kalamazoo, Michigan
|
| industry |
Medical devices
ⓘ
Medical technology ⓘ |
| isComponentOf | S&P 500 Index ⓘ |
| issuer | Stryker Corporation ⓘ |
| listedOn |
New York Stock Exchange
ⓘ
New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| regulatoryJurisdiction |
Securities and Exchange Commission
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
|
| represents | Stryker Corporation ⓘ |
| sector | Healthcare ⓘ |
| securityType | common stock ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
medical technology
ⓘ
orthopedics ⓘ surgical equipment ⓘ |
| tradedAs | SYK self-link ⓘ |
| tradesUnderTicker | SYK self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
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: SYK Description of subject: SYK is the stock ticker symbol for Stryker Corporation, a major U.S.-based medical technology company specializing in surgical equipment, orthopedics, and related healthcare products.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Stryker Corporation