Simon & Schuster
E3658
Simon & Schuster is a major American publishing company known for producing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
All labels observed (14)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T31732 — 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: Simon & Schuster Context triple: [A Beautiful Mind (biography), publisher, Simon & Schuster]
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A.
Times Books
Times Books is a publishing imprint known for producing nonfiction works, particularly in the fields of history, politics, and current affairs.
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B.
Time Inc.
Time Inc. was a major American media company best known for publishing influential magazines such as Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.
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C.
Atlantic Media
Atlantic Media is an American media company best known for owning and operating influential publications such as The Atlantic.
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D.
Valeria Wasserman
Valeria Wasserman is a Brazilian linguist and translator best known as the wife of renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky.
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E.
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is one of the largest public library systems in the world, renowned for its extensive collections, iconic Beaux-Arts main branch in Manhattan, and role as a major cultural and research institution.
- 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: Simon & Schuster Target entity description: Simon & Schuster is a major American publishing company known for producing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
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A.
Times Books
Times Books is a publishing imprint known for producing nonfiction works, particularly in the fields of history, politics, and current affairs.
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B.
Time Inc.
Time Inc. was a major American media company best known for publishing influential magazines such as Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune.
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C.
Atlantic Media
Atlantic Media is an American media company best known for owning and operating influential publications such as The Atlantic.
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D.
Valeria Wasserman
Valeria Wasserman is a Brazilian linguist and translator best known as the wife of renowned intellectual Noam Chomsky.
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E.
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is one of the largest public library systems in the world, renowned for its extensive collections, iconic Beaux-Arts main branch in Manhattan, and role as a major cultural and research institution.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book publisher
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publishing company ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| focus |
children's books
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fiction ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ young adult literature ⓘ |
| formerParentOrganization |
Paramount Global
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surface form:
CBS Corporation
Paramount Global ⓘ Paramount Global ⓘ
surface form:
ViacomCBS
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| foundedAs |
Simon & Schuster
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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| foundedBy |
M. Lincoln Schuster
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Richard L. Simon ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Simon & Schuster adult trade
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surface form:
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing
Simon & Schuster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Simon & Schuster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
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| hasImprint |
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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Simon & Schuster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Atria Books
Free Press ⓘ Gallery Books ⓘ Howard Books ⓘ Margaret K. McElderry Books ⓘ Pocket Books ⓘ Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ
surface form:
Scribner
Simon & Schuster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Simon & Schuster self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Threshold Editions ⓘ Touchstone ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| inception | 1924 ⓘ |
| industry |
book publishing
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publishing ⓘ |
| languageOfPublication | English ⓘ |
| notableAuthorPublished |
Bob Woodward
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Ernest Hemingway ⓘ F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ Hillary Clinton ⓘ
surface form:
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Mary Higgins Clark ⓘ Stephen King ⓘ |
| notableWorkPublished |
Carrie
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ⓘ The Secret ⓘ The Shining ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | KKR ⓘ |
| product |
audiobooks
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books ⓘ e-books ⓘ |
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: Simon & Schuster Description of subject: Simon & Schuster is a major American publishing company known for producing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
Referenced by (323)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Frank Hardy and Joe Hardy
subject surface form:
The Men Who Stare at Goats
109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos
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publisher
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Simon & Schuster
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