Boeing
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Boeing is a major American aerospace company best known for designing and manufacturing commercial jetliners and military aircraft used worldwide.
All labels observed (24)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T26320 — 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: Boeing Context triple: [American Airlines, aircraftManufacturerUsed, Boeing]
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A.
Raytheon Company
Raytheon Company was a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation known for developing advanced military technologies, including missile systems and radar.
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B.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
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C.
Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines is a major U.S.-based global airline headquartered in Atlanta, known for its extensive domestic and international route network and membership in the SkyTeam alliance.
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D.
Boeing Galleries
Boeing Galleries are contemporary outdoor exhibition spaces in Chicago’s Millennium Park that showcase rotating large-scale art installations and sculptures.
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E.
American Airlines
American Airlines is a major U.S.-based airline and one of the world's largest carriers, operating extensive domestic and international routes.
- 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: Boeing Target entity description: Boeing is a major American aerospace company best known for designing and manufacturing commercial jetliners and military aircraft used worldwide.
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A.
Raytheon Company
Raytheon Company was a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation known for developing advanced military technologies, including missile systems and radar.
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B.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
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C.
Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines is a major U.S.-based global airline headquartered in Atlanta, known for its extensive domestic and international route network and membership in the SkyTeam alliance.
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D.
Boeing Galleries
Boeing Galleries are contemporary outdoor exhibition spaces in Chicago’s Millennium Park that showcase rotating large-scale art installations and sculptures.
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E.
American Airlines
American Airlines is a major U.S.-based airline and one of the world's largest carriers, operating extensive domestic and international routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace company
ⓘ
defense contractor ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| brandName | Boeing self-link ⓘ |
| businessDivision |
Boeing
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing Capital
Boeing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Boeing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing Defense, Space & Security
Boeing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing Global Services
|
| coreActivity |
aerospace services
ⓘ
design of commercial aircraft ⓘ design of military aircraft ⓘ manufacture of commercial aircraft ⓘ manufacture of military aircraft ⓘ satellite manufacturing ⓘ space systems development ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy | William E. Boeing ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| foundedOn | 1916-07-15 ⓘ |
| hasMajorFacilityIn |
Everett, Washington, United States
ⓘ
North Charleston, South Carolina, United States ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Renton, Washington, United States ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Aviall
ⓘ
Boeing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing Australia
Boeing self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing India
Jeppesen ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Arlington, Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Arlington, Virginia, United States
|
| industry |
aerospace
ⓘ
commercial aviation ⓘ defense ⓘ space ⓘ |
| ISIN | US0970231058 ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| majorCompetitor |
Airbus
ⓘ
Lockheed Martin ⓘ Northrop Grumman ⓘ |
| mergedWith |
Boeing
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
McDonnell Douglas
|
| mergerCompletedOn | 1997-08-01 ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Boeing 707
ⓘ
Boeing 707 ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 707 jet airliner
Boeing 727 ⓘ Boeing 737 ⓘ Boeing 737 ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 737 MAX
Boeing 747 ⓘ Boeing 747 ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 747-400
Boeing 747 ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 747-8
Boeing 757 ⓘ Boeing 767 ⓘ Boeing KC-46 Pegasus ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 767 tanker
Boeing 777 ⓘ Boeing 777 ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 777X
Boeing 787 Dreamliner ⓘ Boeing 787 Dreamliner ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 787-10
Boeing 787 Dreamliner ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 787-8
Boeing 787 Dreamliner ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing 787-9
Boeing AH-64 Apache ⓘ Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ⓘ C-17 Globemaster III ⓘ
surface form:
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet ⓘ Boeing KC-46 Pegasus ⓘ Boeing P-8 Poseidon ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
International Space Station components
ⓘ
Space Launch System ⓘ
surface form:
Space Launch System core stage
Starliner spacecraft ⓘ |
| previousHeadquartersLocation |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | BA ⓘ |
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: Boeing Description of subject: Boeing is a major American aerospace company best known for designing and manufacturing commercial jetliners and military aircraft used worldwide.
Referenced by (389)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Boeing Company
this entity surface form:
The Boeing Company
this entity surface form:
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
this entity surface form:
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
this entity surface form:
Boeing design team
subject surface form:
Delta II
subject surface form:
Delta IV
subject surface form:
AIM-9 Sidewinder
this entity surface form:
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
subject surface form:
Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
subject surface form:
American Airlines Flight 77
this entity surface form:
Boeing (successor company)
subject surface form:
United Airlines Flight 175
this entity surface form:
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
this entity surface form:
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
this entity surface form:
Boeing (historically in Wichita)
this entity surface form:
The Boeing Company
subject surface form:
Boeing facilities in Palmdale, California
subject surface form:
Boeing facilities in Palmdale, California