Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
E5663
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T55752 — 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: Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company Context triple: [IBM, formerName, Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company]
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A.
Radio Corporation of America
Radio Corporation of America was a major American electronics and communications conglomerate best known for pioneering radio and television technology and broadcasting throughout the 20th century.
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B.
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation was an early 20th-century film company that pioneered synchronized sound-on-film technology for motion pictures.
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C.
De Forest Radio Telephone Company
De Forest Radio Telephone Company was an early 20th-century American firm that developed and commercialized pioneering radio and wireless telephony technologies.
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D.
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bell Telephone Laboratories was a pioneering American research and development organization renowned for groundbreaking innovations in telecommunications and electronics, including the invention of the transistor.
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E.
Packard
Packard is a surname most prominently associated with David Packard, the American electrical engineer and co-founder of Hewlett-Packard.
- 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: Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company Target entity description: Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
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A.
Radio Corporation of America
Radio Corporation of America was a major American electronics and communications conglomerate best known for pioneering radio and television technology and broadcasting throughout the 20th century.
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B.
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation
De Forest Phonofilm Corporation was an early 20th-century film company that pioneered synchronized sound-on-film technology for motion pictures.
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C.
De Forest Radio Telephone Company
De Forest Radio Telephone Company was an early 20th-century American firm that developed and commercialized pioneering radio and wireless telephony technologies.
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D.
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bell Telephone Laboratories was a pioneering American research and development organization renowned for groundbreaking innovations in telecommunications and electronics, including the invention of the transistor.
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E.
Packard
Packard is a surname most prominently associated with David Packard, the American electrical engineer and co-founder of Hewlett-Packard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
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business company ⓘ predecessor of IBM ⓘ |
| basedIn |
U.S. state of New York
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surface form:
New York state
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dissolved | 1924 ⓘ |
| foundedAs | merger of Tabulating Machine Company, International Time Recording Company, and Computing Scale Company of America ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Charles Ranlett Flint ⓘ |
| hasPart |
NCR Corporation
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surface form:
Computing Scale Company of America
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
International Time Recording Company
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tabulating Machine Company
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| headquartersLocation |
Endicott, New York
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New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York, New York
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| historicalRole |
early business machines manufacturer
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foundation of IBM’s business operations ⓘ |
| inception | 1911 ⓘ |
| industry |
business machines
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punch card equipment ⓘ tabulating machines ⓘ time recording devices ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Thomas J. Watson ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| notableFor |
being the direct predecessor of IBM
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development of punched card tabulating systems ⓘ |
| operatedIn | early 20th century ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Flint-controlled holding companies ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Thomas J. Watson – general manager
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Thomas J. Watson – president ⓘ |
| predecessor |
IBM
ⓘ
surface form:
Computing Scale Company of America
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
International Time Recording Company
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Tabulating Machine Company
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| product |
meat and cheese scales
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punch cards ⓘ tabulating machines ⓘ time clocks ⓘ |
| renamedAs |
IBM
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IBM ⓘ
surface form:
International Business Machines
|
| successor |
IBM
ⓘ
IBM ⓘ
surface form:
International Business Machines
|
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: Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company Description of subject: Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company was the early 20th-century American business machines firm that later evolved into IBM, a global leader in computing technology.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
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predecessor
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Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Tabulating Machine Company
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
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predecessor
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Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
International Time Recording Company
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
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hasPart
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Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Tabulating Machine Company
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
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hasPart
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Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
International Time Recording Company
this entity surface form:
transforming Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company into IBM
this entity surface form:
Hollerith electric tabulating system
subject surface form:
Charles Ranlett Flint