Xylem Inc.
E473528
Xylem Inc. is a global water technology company that designs and manufactures equipment and solutions for water and wastewater transport, treatment, and testing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ITT Fluid Technology (later Xylem) | 1 |
| Xylem Inc. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4848732 — 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: Xylem Inc. Context triple: [ITT Corporation, hasSuccessor, Xylem Inc.]
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A.
Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is a global engineering, consulting, and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in sectors such as energy, water, and telecommunications.
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B.
American Water
American Water is a critically acclaimed 1998 indie rock album by Silver Jews, noted for David Berman’s poetic lyrics and its wry, melancholic tone.
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C.
Clean Water Services
Clean Water Services is a public utility in Oregon that provides wastewater treatment, water resource management, and environmental services for the Tualatin River watershed and surrounding communities.
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D.
Koch Engineered Solutions
Koch Engineered Solutions is an industrial technology and engineering company that provides process, pollution control, and optimization solutions across energy, chemical, and manufacturing sectors.
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E.
Fortive
Fortive is an American diversified industrial technology company that owns and operates a portfolio of measurement, automation, and industrial solutions businesses.
- 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: Xylem Inc. Target entity description: Xylem Inc. is a global water technology company that designs and manufactures equipment and solutions for water and wastewater transport, treatment, and testing.
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A.
Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is a global engineering, consulting, and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in sectors such as energy, water, and telecommunications.
-
B.
American Water
American Water is a critically acclaimed 1998 indie rock album by Silver Jews, noted for David Berman’s poetic lyrics and its wry, melancholic tone.
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C.
Clean Water Services
Clean Water Services is a public utility in Oregon that provides wastewater treatment, water resource management, and environmental services for the Tualatin River watershed and surrounding communities.
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D.
Koch Engineered Solutions
Koch Engineered Solutions is an industrial technology and engineering company that provides process, pollution control, and optimization solutions across energy, chemical, and manufacturing sectors.
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E.
Fortive
Fortive is an American diversified industrial technology company that owns and operates a portfolio of measurement, automation, and industrial solutions businesses.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
manufacturing company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ water technology company ⓘ |
| acquired |
Evoqua Water Technologies
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pure Technologies NERFINISHED ⓘ Sensus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currencyOfListing | USD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employs | thousands of employees worldwide ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
energy-efficient water technologies
ⓘ
sustainable water solutions ⓘ wastewater management ⓘ water infrastructure resilience ⓘ water scarcity challenges ⓘ |
| foundedBy | ITT Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
Analytics brands for water quality
ⓘ
Flygt NERFINISHED ⓘ Godwin NERFINISHED ⓘ Goulds Water Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopold NERFINISHED ⓘ MultiTrode NERFINISHED ⓘ Pure Technologies NERFINISHED ⓘ Sensus NERFINISHED ⓘ WTW NERFINISHED ⓘ Wedeco NERFINISHED ⓘ YSI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Applied Water Systems
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Measurement & Control Solutions NERFINISHED ⓘ Water Infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasKeyProcess |
design of water equipment
ⓘ
development of digital water solutions ⓘ manufacturing of water and wastewater equipment ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C., United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 2011 ⓘ |
| industry |
industrial equipment
ⓘ
water and wastewater treatment ⓘ water technology ⓘ |
| ISIN | US98419M1009 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| motto | Let’s Solve Water NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Asia-Pacific
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Middle East and Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | spin-off from ITT Corporation ⓘ |
| products |
analytics and monitoring solutions
ⓘ
pipeline and network management solutions ⓘ pumps ⓘ smart water infrastructure solutions ⓘ wastewater treatment equipment ⓘ water testing instruments ⓘ water treatment systems ⓘ |
| sector |
industrial sector
ⓘ
utilities sector ⓘ |
| servesIndustry |
commercial buildings
ⓘ
industrial customers ⓘ municipal water utilities ⓘ residential water markets ⓘ |
| services |
digital water solutions
ⓘ
wastewater treatment solutions ⓘ water and wastewater transport solutions ⓘ water quality testing services ⓘ water treatment solutions ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | XYL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.xylem.com ⓘ |
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: Xylem Inc. Description of subject: Xylem Inc. is a global water technology company that designs and manufactures equipment and solutions for water and wastewater transport, treatment, and testing.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ITT Fluid Technology (later Xylem)