Cummins
E237599
Cummins is a global power technology company best known for designing, manufacturing, and servicing diesel and alternative-fuel engines and related power systems.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cummins Inc. | 5 |
| Cummins canonical | 4 |
| Cummins Engine Company | 4 |
| Cummins (engines on selected models) | 1 |
| Cummins QSK engines | 1 |
| Cummins turbo diesel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2140316 — 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: Cummins Context triple: [Fridley, Minnesota, United States, hasMajorEmployer, Cummins]
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A.
PACCAR
PACCAR is a major American manufacturer of commercial trucks and related heavy-duty vehicles headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
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B.
Navistar International Corporation
Navistar International Corporation is a major American manufacturer of commercial trucks, buses, and diesel engines, best known for its International brand of vehicles.
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C.
MAN Engines
MAN Engines is a division of MAN specializing in the development and production of high-performance diesel and gas engines for applications such as commercial vehicles, marine vessels, and industrial machinery.
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D.
Electro-Motive Division
Electro-Motive Division was a major American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives that played a leading role in the transition from steam to diesel power on North American railroads.
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E.
Duramax V8 diesel
The Duramax V8 diesel is a family of turbocharged diesel engines co-developed by General Motors and Isuzu, widely used in heavy-duty Chevrolet and GMC trucks for their strong torque, towing capability, and durability.
- 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: Cummins Target entity description: Cummins is a global power technology company best known for designing, manufacturing, and servicing diesel and alternative-fuel engines and related power systems.
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A.
PACCAR
PACCAR is a major American manufacturer of commercial trucks and related heavy-duty vehicles headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
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B.
Navistar International Corporation
Navistar International Corporation is a major American manufacturer of commercial trucks, buses, and diesel engines, best known for its International brand of vehicles.
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C.
MAN Engines
MAN Engines is a division of MAN specializing in the development and production of high-performance diesel and gas engines for applications such as commercial vehicles, marine vessels, and industrial machinery.
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D.
Electro-Motive Division
Electro-Motive Division was a major American manufacturer of diesel-electric locomotives that played a leading role in the transition from steam to diesel power on North American railroads.
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E.
Duramax V8 diesel
The Duramax V8 diesel is a family of turbocharged diesel engines co-developed by General Motors and Isuzu, widely used in heavy-duty Chevrolet and GMC trucks for their strong torque, towing capability, and durability.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
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engineering company ⓘ manufacturing company ⓘ multinational corporation ⓘ |
| businessDivision |
Accelera (zero-emissions technologies)
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Components segment ⓘ Distribution segment ⓘ Engine segment ⓘ Power Systems segment ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn |
emissions reduction technologies
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low-carbon and zero-carbon power solutions ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Clessie Lyle Cummins
ⓘ
William G. Irwin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1919-02-03 ⓘ |
| fullName |
Cummins
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cummins Inc.
|
| hasService |
aftermarket parts distribution
ⓘ
engine maintenance ⓘ power system servicing ⓘ remote monitoring and diagnostics ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Columbus, Indiana, United States ⓘ |
| inception | 1919 ⓘ |
| industry |
alternative-fuel engines
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commercial vehicle components ⓘ diesel engines ⓘ power generation systems ⓘ power technology ⓘ |
| legalForm | public company ⓘ |
| notableProductFamily |
Cummins B Series engines
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Cummins ISX engines ⓘ Cummins self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Cummins QSK engines
|
| products |
batteries
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diesel engines ⓘ electric powertrains ⓘ emission control systems ⓘ filtration products ⓘ fuel systems ⓘ generator sets ⓘ hybrid powertrains ⓘ hydrogen fuel cell systems ⓘ hydrogen production systems ⓘ natural gas engines ⓘ power generation systems ⓘ turbochargers ⓘ |
| serves | global market ⓘ |
| servesIndustry |
agricultural equipment
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buses ⓘ construction equipment ⓘ marine applications ⓘ mining equipment ⓘ on-highway trucks ⓘ power generation ⓘ rail applications ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | CMI ⓘ |
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: Cummins Description of subject: Cummins is a global power technology company best known for designing, manufacturing, and servicing diesel and alternative-fuel engines and related power systems.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cummins turbo diesel
subject surface form:
Columbus, Indiana
this entity surface form:
Cummins Inc.
subject surface form:
Columbus, Indiana
this entity surface form:
Cummins Inc.
this entity surface form:
Cummins Engine Company
this entity surface form:
Cummins Engine Company
this entity surface form:
Cummins Engine Company
this entity surface form:
Cummins Engine Company
this entity surface form:
Cummins (engines on selected models)
this entity surface form:
Cummins QSK engines
this entity surface form:
Cummins Inc.
this entity surface form:
Cummins Inc.