Class A
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Class A is the original, high-priced share class of Berkshire Hathaway, known for its extremely high per-share price and long-term, value-investing shareholder base.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Class A canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T638816 — 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: Class A Context triple: [Berkshire Hathaway, hasShareClass, Class A]
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A.
Area C
Area C is the portion of the West Bank that remains under full Israeli civil and military control and contains most of its Israeli settlements and open land.
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B.
Class A airspace
Class A airspace is the highest controlled airspace layer in the United States, typically used for high-altitude en route flight under instrument flight rules (IFR) by commercial and other high-performance aircraft.
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C.
A's
A's is the common nickname for the Philadelphia Athletics, a historic Major League Baseball franchise.
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D.
B Division
B Division is a competitive grouping or tier within an organized league or tournament structure, typically representing an intermediate or secondary level of play.
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E.
AAS
AAS is a major professional organization dedicated to the advancement of astronomy and related sciences in the United States.
- 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: Class A Target entity description: Class A is the original, high-priced share class of Berkshire Hathaway, known for its extremely high per-share price and long-term, value-investing shareholder base.
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A.
Area C
Area C is the portion of the West Bank that remains under full Israeli civil and military control and contains most of its Israeli settlements and open land.
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B.
Class A airspace
Class A airspace is the highest controlled airspace layer in the United States, typically used for high-altitude en route flight under instrument flight rules (IFR) by commercial and other high-performance aircraft.
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C.
A's
A's is the common nickname for the Philadelphia Athletics, a historic Major League Baseball franchise.
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D.
B Division
B Division is a competitive grouping or tier within an organized league or tournament structure, typically representing an intermediate or secondary level of play.
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E.
AAS
AAS is a major professional organization dedicated to the advancement of astronomy and related sciences in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
common stock
ⓘ
equity security ⓘ financial instrument ⓘ share class ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Charlie Munger
ⓘ
Warren Buffett ⓘ |
| countryOfExchange | United States of America ⓘ |
| createdTo | serve long-term oriented shareholders ⓘ |
| currency |
US dollar
ⓘ
surface form:
United States dollar
|
| CUSIP | 084670108 ⓘ |
| dividendPolicy | no regular cash dividend ⓘ |
| exchangeMic | XNYS ⓘ |
| governanceFeature | discourages short-term trading through high per-share price ⓘ |
| governancePhilosophyOfIssuer |
long-term capital allocation focus
ⓘ
value investing ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
extremely high per-share price
ⓘ
long-term shareholder base ⓘ value-investing oriented shareholders ⓘ |
| hasShareClass |
Berkshire Hathaway
ⓘ
surface form:
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
|
| hasShareSplitHistory | no stock splits as of 2024 ⓘ |
| headquartersOfIssuer | Omaha, Nebraska ⓘ |
| indexInclusionStatus | not included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average due to high price per share ⓘ |
| industryOfIssuer | diversified holding company ⓘ |
| investorAccess | often accessed indirectly via fractional shares or Class B shares ⓘ |
| ISIN | US0846701086 ⓘ |
| isOriginalShareClassOf |
Berkshire Hathaway
ⓘ
surface form:
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
|
| issuer |
Berkshire Hathaway
ⓘ
surface form:
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
|
| issuerIncorporatedIn | United States of America ⓘ |
| issuerLegalForm | public company ⓘ |
| liquidityProfile | lower trading volume than many large-cap stocks due to high price per share ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| marketSegment | large-cap equities ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
no stock splits policy historically emphasized by management
ⓘ
used as a benchmark example of compounding over decades ⓘ |
| ownershipStructure | closely held by long-term individual and institutional investors ⓘ |
| primaryListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| regulator |
Securities and Exchange Commission
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
|
| relatedSecurity |
Berkshire Hathaway
ⓘ
surface form:
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
|
| relativePriceLevel | one of the highest-priced stocks in the world ⓘ |
| reportingStandard | U.S. GAAP via Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ⓘ |
| riskProfile | exposed to diversified portfolio of operating businesses and equity holdings ⓘ |
| sectorOfIssuer | conglomerate ⓘ |
| securityType | non-dividend-paying common stock ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | BRK.A ⓘ |
| typicalInvestorProfile |
long-term investor
ⓘ
value investor ⓘ |
| votingRights | full voting rights ⓘ |
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: Class A Description of subject: Class A is the original, high-priced share class of Berkshire Hathaway, known for its extremely high per-share price and long-term, value-investing shareholder base.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Single-A