Graham-Newman Corporation
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Graham-Newman Corporation was an influential mid-20th-century investment partnership known for pioneering value investing principles under Benjamin Graham’s leadership.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Graham-Newman Corporation canonical | 5 |
| Graham-Newman investment partnership | 1 |
| Graham-Newman partnership | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T638863 — 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: Graham-Newman Corporation Context triple: [Benjamin Graham, founded, Graham-Newman Corporation]
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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.
The Woodbridge Company
The Woodbridge Company is a Canadian private holding and investment firm that serves as the primary investment vehicle for the Thomson family, including its controlling interest in Thomson Reuters.
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C.
Goodrich Corporation
Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
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D.
Harrison/Erickson Inc.
Harrison/Erickson Inc. is a design firm best known for creating the iconic Phillie Phanatic mascot for Major League Baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies.
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E.
Pella Corporation
Pella Corporation is a major American manufacturer of windows and doors known for its innovative, energy-efficient building products.
- 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: Graham-Newman Corporation Target entity description: Graham-Newman Corporation was an influential mid-20th-century investment partnership known for pioneering value investing principles under Benjamin Graham’s leadership.
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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.
The Woodbridge Company
The Woodbridge Company is a Canadian private holding and investment firm that serves as the primary investment vehicle for the Thomson family, including its controlling interest in Thomson Reuters.
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C.
Goodrich Corporation
Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
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D.
Harrison/Erickson Inc.
Harrison/Erickson Inc. is a design firm best known for creating the iconic Phillie Phanatic mascot for Major League Baseball’s Philadelphia Phillies.
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E.
Pella Corporation
Pella Corporation is a major American manufacturer of windows and doors known for its innovative, energy-efficient building products.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
investment company
ⓘ
investment partnership ⓘ |
| activePeriod | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Irving Kahn
ⓘ
Walter Schloss ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Columbia Business School
ⓘ
Security Analysis ⓘ
surface form:
Security Analysis (book)
The Intelligent Investor ⓘ
surface form:
The Intelligent Investor (book)
|
| basedOnPrinciple | value investing ⓘ |
| coreConcept | margin of safety in investing ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| documentedIn |
biographies of Benjamin Graham
ⓘ
memoirs and writings of Warren Buffett ⓘ |
| employedRole |
Warren Buffett
ⓘ
surface form:
Warren Buffett as securities analyst
|
| employedStrategy |
margin of safety
ⓘ
net-net investing ⓘ special situations investing ⓘ workouts and arbitrage ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Benjamin Graham
ⓘ
Jerome Newman ⓘ |
| governedByPhilosophy |
buying securities below intrinsic value
ⓘ
capital preservation first, profit second ⓘ |
| hadEmployee | Warren Buffett ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | one of the earliest professional value investing firms ⓘ |
| industry | investment management ⓘ |
| influenced |
Warren Buffett
ⓘ
value investing movement ⓘ |
| investmentFocus |
distressed and special situation securities
ⓘ
undervalued securities ⓘ |
| investmentStyle |
deep value investing
ⓘ
fundamental analysis ⓘ |
| knownFor | pioneering value investing principles ⓘ |
| legacy |
influential case studies in investment literature
ⓘ
template for later value investing partnerships ⓘ |
| notableAlumnus | Warren Buffett ⓘ |
| notableLeader | Benjamin Graham ⓘ |
| operatedInMarket | U.S. stock market ⓘ |
| organizationalForm |
closed-end investment fund
ⓘ
partnership-like structure ⓘ |
| regulatoryForm | registered investment company ⓘ |
| taughtBy | Benjamin Graham to junior analysts ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
detailed balance-sheet analysis
ⓘ
earnings power valuation ⓘ intrinsic value estimation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Graham-Newman Corporation Description of subject: Graham-Newman Corporation was an influential mid-20th-century investment partnership known for pioneering value investing principles under Benjamin Graham’s leadership.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Graham-Newman investment partnership
this entity surface form:
Graham-Newman partnership