Service Corporation International
E741297
Service Corporation International is a large North American provider of funeral, cremation, and cemetery services, operating numerous locations under brands such as Dignity Memorial.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Service Corporation International canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8545784 — 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: Service Corporation International Context triple: [Dignity Memorial, ownedBy, Service Corporation International]
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A.
Material Service Corporation
Material Service Corporation was a major Chicago-based building materials and aggregates company that became the foundation of industrialist Henry Crown’s business empire.
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B.
Health Care Service Corporation
Health Care Service Corporation is a large U.S. customer-owned health insurance company that operates several Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans across multiple states.
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C.
Container Corporation of America
Container Corporation of America was a pioneering American packaging company renowned for its innovative modernist graphic design and influential corporate identity campaigns in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Marcus Corporation
Marcus Corporation is a U.S.-based company best known for its movie theatre and hospitality businesses, including operating cinema chains and hotels.
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E.
CSR Corporation Limited
CSR Corporation Limited was a major Chinese state-owned rolling stock manufacturer that later merged to form CRRC Corporation, one of the world’s largest train and rail equipment producers.
- 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: Service Corporation International Target entity description: Service Corporation International is a large North American provider of funeral, cremation, and cemetery services, operating numerous locations under brands such as Dignity Memorial.
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A.
Material Service Corporation
Material Service Corporation was a major Chicago-based building materials and aggregates company that became the foundation of industrialist Henry Crown’s business empire.
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B.
Health Care Service Corporation
Health Care Service Corporation is a large U.S. customer-owned health insurance company that operates several Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans across multiple states.
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C.
Container Corporation of America
Container Corporation of America was a pioneering American packaging company renowned for its innovative modernist graphic design and influential corporate identity campaigns in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Marcus Corporation
Marcus Corporation is a U.S.-based company best known for its movie theatre and hospitality businesses, including operating cinema chains and hotels.
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E.
CSR Corporation Limited
CSR Corporation Limited was a major Chinese state-owned rolling stock manufacturer that later merged to form CRRC Corporation, one of the world’s largest train and rail equipment producers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery operator
ⓘ
cremation services provider ⓘ funeral services company ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| brand | Dignity Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| businessModel | consolidation of funeral homes and cemeteries ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| foundedBy | Robert L. Waltrip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
Dignity Memorial
NERFINISHED
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multiple local funeral home brands ⓘ |
| hasBrandWebsite | https://www.dignitymemorial.com ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Dignity Memorial
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cemetery properties ⓘ various local funeral homes ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.sci-corp.com ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Houston, Texas, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1962 ⓘ |
| industry |
cemetery operations
ⓘ
cremation services ⓘ death care industry ⓘ funeral services ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the largest providers of funeral and cemetery services in North America ⓘ |
| offersProduct | funeral insurance and pre-need contracts ⓘ |
| operatesInArea |
Canada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North America NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owns |
cemeteries
ⓘ
crematoria ⓘ funeral homes ⓘ |
| provides |
at-need funeral services
ⓘ
cemetery property sales ⓘ cremation memorialization options ⓘ pre-need sales programs ⓘ |
| regulatoryEnvironment | subject to state and provincial funeral and cemetery regulations ⓘ |
| sector | services ⓘ |
| service |
burial services
ⓘ
cemetery services ⓘ cremation services ⓘ funeral services ⓘ grief support resources ⓘ memorial services ⓘ pre-planned funeral arrangements ⓘ |
| targetMarket | individuals and families arranging end-of-life services ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | SCI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Service Corporation International Description of subject: Service Corporation International is a large North American provider of funeral, cremation, and cemetery services, operating numerous locations under brands such as Dignity Memorial.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.