Sperry Corporation
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Sperry Corporation was a major American technology and defense contractor known for its innovations in electronics, navigation, and computing systems during the 20th century.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sperry Corporation canonical | 6 |
| Sperry Gyroscope Company | 3 |
| Sperry Rand | 2 |
| Sperry Flight Systems | 1 |
| Sperry Marine | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3008694 — 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.
Target entity: Sperry Corporation Context triple: [Grace Hopper, employer, Sperry Corporation]
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Glenn L. Martin Company
The Glenn L. Martin Company was a pioneering American aerospace and aircraft manufacturing firm that played a major role in early military and civilian aviation and later became part of the conglomerate that evolved into Lockheed Martin.
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B.
A.V. Roe and Company
A.V. Roe and Company, commonly known as Avro, was a British aircraft manufacturer renowned for producing iconic military and civilian aircraft during the first half of the 20th century.
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C.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded by Howard Hughes, known for pioneering work in aviation, electronics, and space systems.
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D.
Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace manufacturer known for producing influential military and commercial aircraft throughout much of the 20th century.
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E.
Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate best known in aerospace for building the Space Shuttle orbiters and contributing extensively to U.S. defense and space programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Sperry Corporation Target entity description: Sperry Corporation was a major American technology and defense contractor known for its innovations in electronics, navigation, and computing systems during the 20th century.
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A.
Glenn L. Martin Company
The Glenn L. Martin Company was a pioneering American aerospace and aircraft manufacturing firm that played a major role in early military and civilian aviation and later became part of the conglomerate that evolved into Lockheed Martin.
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B.
A.V. Roe and Company
A.V. Roe and Company, commonly known as Avro, was a British aircraft manufacturer renowned for producing iconic military and civilian aircraft during the first half of the 20th century.
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C.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded by Howard Hughes, known for pioneering work in aviation, electronics, and space systems.
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D.
Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace manufacturer known for producing influential military and commercial aircraft throughout much of the 20th century.
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E.
Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate best known in aerospace for building the Space Shuttle orbiters and contributing extensively to U.S. defense and space programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defense contractor
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defunct company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| acquired |
Ford Instrument Company
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Remington Rand ⓘ |
| activeDuring |
Cold War
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World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| basedIn |
New York State
ⓘ
surface form:
New York (state)
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| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateDissolved | 1986 ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Elmer Ambrose Sperry ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Lake Success, New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| inception | 1910 ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace
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computer hardware ⓘ defense ⓘ electronics ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
ⓘ
Lawrence A. Skantze ⓘ |
| knownFor |
innovations in navigation technology
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mainframe computer systems ⓘ military electronics ⓘ |
| majorCustomer |
United States Air Force
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United States Army ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Unisys ⓘ |
| mergedWith | Burroughs Corporation ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of aircraft navigation systems
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development of naval fire-control systems ⓘ early commercial computing systems ⓘ |
| originalName |
Sperry Corporation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sperry Gyroscope Company
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| owns |
UNIVAC I
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surface form:
UNIVAC
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| predecessor |
Sperry Corporation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sperry Gyroscope Company
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| product |
UNIVAC I
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surface form:
UNIVAC computers
analog computers ⓘ autopilot systems ⓘ digital computers ⓘ fire-control systems ⓘ gyroscopic compasses ⓘ inertial navigation systems ⓘ radar systems ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
Sperry Corporation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Sperry Flight Systems
Sperry Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sperry Gyroscope Company
Sperry Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sperry Marine
Remington Rand ⓘ
surface form:
Sperry Rand
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| successor | Unisys ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Sperry Corporation Description of subject: Sperry Corporation was a major American technology and defense contractor known for its innovations in electronics, navigation, and computing systems during the 20th century.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.