PCP
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PCP is the former New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Precision Castparts Corp., a major manufacturer of complex metal components and products for aerospace, power, and industrial markets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PCP canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2952092 — 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: PCP Context triple: [Precision Castparts, tickerSymbol, PCP]
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A.
CPC
CPC is the abbreviated name for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, a major annual gathering of parliamentarians from Commonwealth countries to discuss governance and legislative issues.
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B.
CPC
CPC is the abbreviation for the Permanent Consultation Committee of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, a key body that supports coordination and decision-making among its member states.
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C.
CPC
CPC is the commonly used English abbreviation for the Chinese Communist Party, the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China.
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D.
CPC
CPC is the commonly used acronym for the Conservative Party of Canada, a major federal political party that advocates center-right to right-wing policies.
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E.
CPC
CPC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Communist Party of Canada, a Marxist–Leninist political party in Canada.
- 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: PCP Target entity description: PCP is the former New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Precision Castparts Corp., a major manufacturer of complex metal components and products for aerospace, power, and industrial markets.
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A.
CPC
CPC is the abbreviation for the Permanent Consultation Committee of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, a key body that supports coordination and decision-making among its member states.
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B.
CPC
CPC is the abbreviated name for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, a major annual gathering of parliamentarians from Commonwealth countries to discuss governance and legislative issues.
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C.
CPC
CPC is the commonly used English abbreviation for the Chinese Communist Party, the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China.
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D.
CPC
CPC is the commonly used acronym for the Conservative Party of Canada, a major federal political party that advocates center-right to right-wing policies.
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E.
CPC
CPC is the commonly used abbreviation for the Communist Party of Canada, a Marxist–Leninist political party in Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conglomerate holding company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ stock ticker symbol ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Berkshire Hathaway ⓘ |
| acquisitionAnnounced | 2015 ⓘ |
| acquisitionCompleted | 2016 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| exchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| formerlyListedAs | PCP on NYSE ⓘ |
| formerTickerSymbol | PCP self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| founder | Joseph Buford Cox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Portland, Oregon, United States ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace components manufacturing
ⓘ
industrial components manufacturing ⓘ power generation components manufacturing ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| majorCustomerIndustry |
commercial aerospace
ⓘ
industrial gas turbine ⓘ military aerospace ⓘ |
| marketServed |
aerospace market
ⓘ
industrial market ⓘ power market ⓘ |
| productType |
complex metal components
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metal products ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Precision Castparts
ⓘ
surface form:
Precision Castparts Corp.
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| specialization |
fasteners and fastener systems
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forgings ⓘ investment castings ⓘ |
| tickerStatus | former ⓘ |
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: PCP Description of subject: PCP is the former New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Precision Castparts Corp., a major manufacturer of complex metal components and products for aerospace, power, and industrial markets.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Precision Castparts Corp.