Starrett Corporation
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Starrett Corporation is a prominent New York real estate development and construction firm known for major industrial and commercial projects in the early to mid-20th century.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Starrett Corporation canonical | 4 |
| Starrett Brothers and Eken | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2226636 — 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: Starrett Corporation Context triple: [Starrett-Lehigh Building, developer, Starrett Corporation]
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A.
Rogers Cutlery Company
Rogers Cutlery Company was an American manufacturer of cutlery and related silver-plated tableware, known for its association with the International Silver Company.
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B.
Steward Machine Company
Steward Machine Company was an American manufacturing firm best known for its role as the petitioner in the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, which upheld key provisions of the Social Security Act.
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C.
Sloan Valve Company
Sloan Valve Company is an American manufacturer best known for its commercial plumbing products, particularly flush valves and water-efficient fixtures used in public and institutional restrooms.
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D.
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Dickson Manufacturing Company was a historic American builder of steam locomotives and industrial machinery that later became part of the American Locomotive Company through merger.
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E.
John P. Jewett & Company
John P. Jewett & Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm best known for issuing Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
- 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: Starrett Corporation Target entity description: Starrett Corporation is a prominent New York real estate development and construction firm known for major industrial and commercial projects in the early to mid-20th century.
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A.
Rogers Cutlery Company
Rogers Cutlery Company was an American manufacturer of cutlery and related silver-plated tableware, known for its association with the International Silver Company.
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B.
Steward Machine Company
Steward Machine Company was an American manufacturing firm best known for its role as the petitioner in the landmark 1937 U.S. Supreme Court case Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, which upheld key provisions of the Social Security Act.
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C.
Sloan Valve Company
Sloan Valve Company is an American manufacturer best known for its commercial plumbing products, particularly flush valves and water-efficient fixtures used in public and institutional restrooms.
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D.
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Dickson Manufacturing Company was a historic American builder of steam locomotives and industrial machinery that later became part of the American Locomotive Company through merger.
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E.
John P. Jewett & Company
John P. Jewett & Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm best known for issuing Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
construction company
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real estate development company ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 20th century
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mid-20th century ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York ⓘ |
| businessType | privately held company ⓘ |
| coreActivity |
building construction
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project management ⓘ property development ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| hasReputationFor |
large-scale construction projects
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major commercial developments ⓘ major industrial developments ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | contributed to New York City urban growth in the 20th century ⓘ |
| industry |
construction
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real estate development ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| marketFocus |
commercial properties
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industrial properties ⓘ |
| notableFor |
commercial projects in New York
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industrial projects in New York ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
commercial real estate
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industrial real estate ⓘ urban development ⓘ |
| operationalStatus | historically active in 20th century ⓘ |
| regionServed |
New York metropolitan area
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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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: Starrett Corporation Description of subject: Starrett Corporation is a prominent New York real estate development and construction firm known for major industrial and commercial projects in the early to mid-20th century.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Starrett Brothers and Eken