Phillips, Sampson and Company
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Phillips, Sampson and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing notable literary works, including influential antislavery literature.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phillips, Sampson and Company canonical | 2 |
| James Munroe and Company | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T487628 — 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: Phillips, Sampson and Company Context triple: [Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, publisher, Phillips, Sampson and Company]
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A.
John Graham & Company
John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the mid-20th century.
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B.
John P. Jewett & Company
John P. Jewett & Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm best known for issuing Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
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C.
Wilson Brothers & Company
Wilson Brothers & Company was a prominent 19th-century American architectural and engineering firm known for designing major railroad stations and industrial structures.
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D.
James R. Osgood & Co.
James R. Osgood & Co. was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing works by major authors such as Mark Twain.
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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: Phillips, Sampson and Company Target entity description: Phillips, Sampson and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing notable literary works, including influential antislavery literature.
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A.
John Graham & Company
John Graham & Company was a prominent American architectural firm best known for designing Seattle’s iconic Space Needle and numerous commercial buildings in the mid-20th century.
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B.
John P. Jewett & Company
John P. Jewett & Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm best known for issuing Harriet Beecher Stowe’s influential anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
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C.
Wilson Brothers & Company
Wilson Brothers & Company was a prominent 19th-century American architectural and engineering firm known for designing major railroad stations and industrial structures.
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D.
James R. Osgood & Co.
James R. Osgood & Co. was a prominent 19th-century American publishing house known for issuing works by major authors such as Mark Twain.
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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 (12)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book publisher
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publishing company ⓘ |
| activeInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genrePublished |
antislavery literature
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literature ⓘ |
| industry | publishing ⓘ |
| location | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| notableFor |
issuing notable literary works
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publishing influential antislavery literature ⓘ |
| operatedDuring | antebellum period in the United States ⓘ |
| socialImpact | supported the antislavery movement through its publications ⓘ |
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: Phillips, Sampson and Company Description of subject: Phillips, Sampson and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm known for issuing notable literary works, including influential antislavery literature.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nature (essay)
this entity surface form:
James Munroe and Company