Macmillan Learning
E249092
Macmillan Learning is an educational publishing and technology company that develops textbooks, digital learning tools, and course solutions for higher education and K–12 markets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Macmillan Learning canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2219168 — 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: Macmillan Learning Context triple: [Macmillan Publishers, hasSubsidiary, Macmillan Learning]
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A.
Pearson
Pearson is a major British multinational publishing and education company known for its textbooks, assessments, and digital learning solutions worldwide.
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B.
McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill is a major American educational publishing company known for producing textbooks and academic resources across a wide range of disciplines.
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C.
Collins Educational
Collins Educational is an imprint of the British publishing house William Collins, Sons, specializing in educational books and learning materials.
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D.
Cengage Learning
Cengage Learning is a major educational content and technology company that produces textbooks, digital learning solutions, and course materials for higher education and professional markets worldwide.
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E.
Britannica School
Britannica School is an online educational resource platform from Encyclopaedia Britannica that provides age-appropriate, curriculum-aligned reference content and learning tools for students and educators.
- 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: Macmillan Learning Target entity description: Macmillan Learning is an educational publishing and technology company that develops textbooks, digital learning tools, and course solutions for higher education and K–12 markets.
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A.
Pearson
Pearson is a major British multinational publishing and education company known for its textbooks, assessments, and digital learning solutions worldwide.
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B.
McGraw-Hill
McGraw-Hill is a major American educational publishing company known for producing textbooks and academic resources across a wide range of disciplines.
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C.
Collins Educational
Collins Educational is an imprint of the British publishing house William Collins, Sons, specializing in educational books and learning materials.
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D.
Cengage Learning
Cengage Learning is a major educational content and technology company that produces textbooks, digital learning solutions, and course materials for higher education and professional markets worldwide.
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E.
Britannica School
Britannica School is an online educational resource platform from Encyclopaedia Britannica that provides age-appropriate, curriculum-aligned reference content and learning tools for students and educators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational publishing company
ⓘ
educational technology company ⓘ |
| brandFamily |
Macmillan Publishers
ⓘ
surface form:
Macmillan
|
| businessType | for-profit company ⓘ |
| develops |
course solutions
ⓘ
digital learning tools ⓘ textbooks ⓘ |
| distributionChannel |
campus bookstores
ⓘ
institutional adoptions ⓘ online platforms ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
learning outcomes
ⓘ
student engagement ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel |
B2B
ⓘ
B2C ⓘ |
| industry |
education
ⓘ
educational technology ⓘ publishing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| market |
North America
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| offers |
adaptive learning tools
ⓘ
analytics for learning ⓘ instructor resources ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Holtzbrinck Publishing Group ⓘ |
| productType |
assessment tools
ⓘ
courseware ⓘ e-textbooks ⓘ online homework platforms ⓘ print textbooks ⓘ |
| provides |
assessment solutions
ⓘ
course management solutions ⓘ curriculum-aligned content ⓘ |
| segment |
K–12 educational materials
ⓘ
higher education publishing ⓘ |
| servesEducationLevel |
K–12
ⓘ
higher education ⓘ |
| subjectAreaCoverage |
STEM
ⓘ
college success ⓘ humanities ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
institutions
ⓘ
instructors ⓘ students ⓘ |
| usesTechnologyFor |
digital course delivery
ⓘ
learning analytics ⓘ online homework ⓘ |
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: Macmillan Learning Description of subject: Macmillan Learning is an educational publishing and technology company that develops textbooks, digital learning tools, and course solutions for higher education and K–12 markets.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.