Standard Oil of New York
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Standard Oil of New York was a major regional successor company formed from the breakup of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil trust, later evolving into part of the modern ExxonMobil corporation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Standard Oil Company of New York | 7 |
| Standard Oil of New York canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3778714 — 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: Standard Oil of New York Context triple: [Standard Oil, parentOrganizationOf, Standard Oil of New York]
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Standard Oil of Ohio
Standard Oil of Ohio was one of the regional successor companies created after the 1911 antitrust breakup of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil monopoly, operating primarily in the Ohio oil and gas market.
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Standard Oil
Standard Oil was a dominant late-19th and early-20th century American oil trust that became a symbol of industrial monopoly and led to landmark antitrust regulation.
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C.
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Standard Oil Company of Indiana was a major American oil refining and marketing company, later known as Amoco, that played a significant role in the development of the U.S. petroleum industry.
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D.
Standard Oil of California
Standard Oil of California was a major American oil company, later known as Chevron, that played a pivotal role in the development of the global petroleum industry.
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E.
Continental Oil Company
Continental Oil Company was a major American petroleum company that emerged as one of the successor firms to the dissolved Standard Oil trust and later became known as Conoco.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Standard Oil of New York Target entity description: Standard Oil of New York was a major regional successor company formed from the breakup of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil trust, later evolving into part of the modern ExxonMobil corporation.
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A.
Standard Oil of Ohio
Standard Oil of Ohio was one of the regional successor companies created after the 1911 antitrust breakup of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil monopoly, operating primarily in the Ohio oil and gas market.
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B.
Standard Oil
Standard Oil was a dominant late-19th and early-20th century American oil trust that became a symbol of industrial monopoly and led to landmark antitrust regulation.
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C.
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Standard Oil Company of Indiana was a major American oil refining and marketing company, later known as Amoco, that played a significant role in the development of the U.S. petroleum industry.
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D.
Standard Oil of California
Standard Oil of California was a major American oil company, later known as Chevron, that played a pivotal role in the development of the global petroleum industry.
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E.
Continental Oil Company
Continental Oil Company was a major American petroleum company that emerged as one of the successor firms to the dissolved Standard Oil trust and later became known as Conoco.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Standard Oil successor company
ⓘ
oil company ⓘ petroleum company ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Socony
|
| activity |
marketing of petroleum products
ⓘ
oil refining ⓘ operation of service stations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formedAsResultOf |
1911 antitrust decision against Standard Oil
ⓘ
breakup of Standard Oil ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Standard Oil ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Socony
|
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
component of modern ExxonMobil
ⓘ
major regional Standard Oil successor ⓘ predecessor of Mobil ⓘ |
| industry |
fuel distribution
ⓘ
oil refining ⓘ petroleum industry ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
Standard Oil
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Oil trust legacy
|
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mergedWith | Vacuum Oil Company ⓘ |
| mergerResultedIn | Socony-Vacuum Oil Company ⓘ |
| namedAfter | New York ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a major Standard Oil successor company
ⓘ
evolving into part of ExxonMobil ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
New York
ⓘ
Northeastern United States ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| parentOrganization | Standard Oil ⓘ |
| partOf | history of ExxonMobil ⓘ |
| predecessor | Standard Oil ⓘ |
| product |
fuel oil
ⓘ
gasoline ⓘ kerosene ⓘ lubricating oil ⓘ petroleum products ⓘ |
| segment |
downstream petroleum
ⓘ
upstream petroleum ⓘ |
| successor |
Exxon
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surface form:
ExxonMobil
Mobil ⓘ Socony-Vacuum Oil Company ⓘ |
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: Standard Oil of New York Description of subject: Standard Oil of New York was a major regional successor company formed from the breakup of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil trust, later evolving into part of the modern ExxonMobil corporation.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.