Eastman Kodak Company
E59683
Eastman Kodak Company is an American technology and photography company historically known for pioneering consumer and professional film, cameras, and imaging products.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastman Kodak Company canonical | 40 |
| Kodak | 13 |
| Eastman Kodak | 4 |
| Eastman Kodak Company headquarters | 1 |
| Eastman Kodak consumer division | 1 |
| Eastman Kodak consumer imaging assets | 1 |
| George Eastman’s Kodak brand | 1 |
| Kodak (former) | 1 |
| Kodak corporate facilities | 1 |
| Kodak film | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T474542 — 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: Eastman Kodak Company Context triple: [Motion Picture Patents Company, memberCompany, Eastman Kodak Company]
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A.
Reading Company
Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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B.
Edison Manufacturing Company
Edison Manufacturing Company was an early American film production and equipment company created by inventor Thomas Edison that played a key role in the birth of the motion picture industry.
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C.
DuPont
DuPont is a major American chemical company historically known for pioneering materials science innovations and playing a key role in U.S. industrial and wartime production.
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D.
Biograph Company
Biograph Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company known for pioneering work in silent films and launching the careers of major stars and directors in the early 20th century.
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E.
Charles L. Webster and Company
Charles L. Webster and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm founded by Mark Twain to publish his own works and those of other authors.
- 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: Eastman Kodak Company Target entity description: Eastman Kodak Company is an American technology and photography company historically known for pioneering consumer and professional film, cameras, and imaging products.
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A.
Reading Company
Reading Company was a major American railroad and coal company based in Pennsylvania, best known for operating the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and influencing regional transportation and industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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B.
Edison Manufacturing Company
Edison Manufacturing Company was an early American film production and equipment company created by inventor Thomas Edison that played a key role in the birth of the motion picture industry.
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C.
DuPont
DuPont is a major American chemical company historically known for pioneering materials science innovations and playing a key role in U.S. industrial and wartime production.
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D.
Biograph Company
Biograph Company was an early American motion picture studio and production company known for pioneering work in silent films and launching the careers of major stars and directors in the early 20th century.
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E.
Charles L. Webster and Company
Charles L. Webster and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm founded by Mark Twain to publish his own works and those of other authors.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
manufacturing company
ⓘ
photography company ⓘ public company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| brand |
Kodachrome film
ⓘ
surface form:
Kodachrome
Eastman Kodak Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kodak
Kodak EasyShare digital cameras ⓘ
surface form:
Kodak EasyShare
|
| businessModel |
business-to-business
ⓘ
business-to-consumer ⓘ |
| chairperson | Jim Continenza ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerTickerSymbol | EK ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
George Eastman
ⓘ
Henry A. Strong ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
Rochester
ⓘ
surface form:
Rochester, New York, United States
|
| hasLogo | Kodak wordmark and red-and-yellow K symbol ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Kodak Alaris
ⓘ
Kodak Limited ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Rochester
ⓘ
surface form:
Rochester, New York, United States
|
| historicalRole | dominant film and camera manufacturer in the 20th century ⓘ |
| inception | 1888 ⓘ |
| industry |
chemicals
ⓘ
imaging technology ⓘ photographic equipment ⓘ printing ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
George Eastman
ⓘ
Jim Continenza ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
major supplier of motion picture film
ⓘ
pioneered roll film for still photography ⓘ popularized consumer photography in the 20th century ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Instamatic camera
ⓘ
Kodachrome film ⓘ Kodak Brownie camera ⓘ Kodak EasyShare digital cameras ⓘ Eastman Kodak Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kodak film
Kodak photographic paper ⓘ Kodak printers ⓘ |
| productCategory |
cameras
ⓘ
digital imaging systems ⓘ film ⓘ motion picture film ⓘ photographic chemicals ⓘ printing systems ⓘ |
| slogan |
Share moments. Share life.
ⓘ
You press the button, we do the rest. ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | KODK ⓘ |
| website | https://www.kodak.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: Eastman Kodak Company Description of subject: Eastman Kodak Company is an American technology and photography company historically known for pioneering consumer and professional film, cameras, and imaging products.
Referenced by (64)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Journey Into Imagination
introduced the slogan "You press the button, we do the rest" for Kodak cameras
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founded
→
Eastman Kodak Company
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subject surface form:
George Eastman
introduced the slogan "You press the button, we do the rest" for Kodak cameras
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founded
→
Eastman Kodak Company
ⓘ
subject surface form:
George Eastman
this entity surface form:
Kodak
introduced the slogan "You press the button, we do the rest" for Kodak cameras
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notable work
→
Eastman Kodak Company
ⓘ
subject surface form:
George Eastman
introduced the slogan "You press the button, we do the rest" for Kodak cameras
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employer
→
Eastman Kodak Company
ⓘ
subject surface form:
George Eastman
subject surface form:
Kodak Park
subject surface form:
Kodak Park
subject surface form:
Kodak Park
this entity surface form:
Kodak
subject surface form:
Kodak Park
this entity surface form:
George Eastman’s Kodak brand
subject surface form:
Kodak Park
this entity surface form:
Kodak