Grosset & Dunlap
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Grosset & Dunlap is a major American publishing company best known for producing popular mass-market books, including classic children's series and notable political memoirs.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grosset & Dunlap canonical | 11 |
| Grosset & Dunlap Classics | 1 |
| Grosset & Dunlap Young Readers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T325816 — 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: Grosset & Dunlap Context triple: [RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, publisher, Grosset & Dunlap]
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A.
Harper & Brothers
Harper & Brothers was a prominent American publishing house, founded in the early 19th century, known for releasing influential literary and historical works.
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B.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
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C.
Warner Books
Warner Books was a major American publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of popular fiction and nonfiction titles.
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D.
Harcourt Brace & World
Harcourt Brace & World was a major American publishing company known for its influential catalog of academic, literary, and educational works in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin is a major American publishing company known for its educational materials, textbooks, and notable works of fiction and non-fiction.
- 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: Grosset & Dunlap Target entity description: Grosset & Dunlap is a major American publishing company best known for producing popular mass-market books, including classic children's series and notable political memoirs.
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A.
Harper & Brothers
Harper & Brothers was a prominent American publishing house, founded in the early 19th century, known for releasing influential literary and historical works.
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B.
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
G. P. Putnam’s Sons is a long-established American publishing house known for producing a wide range of fiction and nonfiction titles.
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C.
Warner Books
Warner Books was a major American publishing imprint known for releasing a wide range of popular fiction and nonfiction titles.
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D.
Harcourt Brace & World
Harcourt Brace & World was a major American publishing company known for its influential catalog of academic, literary, and educational works in the mid-20th century.
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E.
Houghton Mifflin
Houghton Mifflin is a major American publishing company known for its educational materials, textbooks, and notable works of fiction and non-fiction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book publisher
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publishing company ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionFormat |
hardcover books
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mass-market editions ⓘ paperback books ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Alexander Grosset
ⓘ
George T. Dunlap ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
ⓘ
juvenile fiction ⓘ popular fiction ⓘ |
| hasImprint |
Grosset & Dunlap
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Grosset & Dunlap Classics
Grosset & Dunlap self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Grosset & Dunlap Young Readers
Price Stern Sloan ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType |
biographies
ⓘ
memoirs ⓘ novelizations ⓘ series books ⓘ |
| hasPublished |
Bobbsey Twins series
ⓘ
Little Orphan Annie books ⓘ Nancy Drew series ⓘ
surface form:
Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Nancy Drew series ⓘ Tarzan reprints ⓘ Bobbsey Twins series ⓘ
surface form:
The Bobbsey Twins at School
The Hardy Boys series ⓘ
surface form:
The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories
The Hardy Boys series ⓘ Tom Swift series ⓘ juvenile series fiction ⓘ movie tie-in editions ⓘ political memoirs ⓘ television tie-in editions ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| inception | 1898 ⓘ |
| industry | publishing ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | New York ⓘ |
| locatedInTheCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| notableFor |
publishing classic children's series
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publishing political memoirs ⓘ publishing popular mass-market books ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Penguin Random House ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Penguin Random House ⓘ |
| partOf |
Penguin Group
ⓘ
surface form:
Penguin Group (USA)
|
| product |
books
ⓘ
children's books ⓘ mass-market paperbacks ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Grosset & Dunlap Description of subject: Grosset & Dunlap is a major American publishing company best known for producing popular mass-market books, including classic children's series and notable political memoirs.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Grosset & Dunlap Classics
this entity surface form:
Grosset & Dunlap Young Readers