Random House
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Random House is a major American book publishing company known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction titles.
All labels observed (23)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T56008 — 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: Random House Context triple: [The Dragons of Eden, publisher, Random House]
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A.
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster is a major American publishing company known for producing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
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B.
Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf is a prestigious American publishing house known for its high-quality literary fiction and nonfiction titles.
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C.
Metropolitan Books
Metropolitan Books is an American publishing imprint known for releasing influential and often politically engaged nonfiction works by prominent intellectuals and public thinkers.
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D.
Pantheon Books
Pantheon Books is an American publishing imprint known for releasing influential works in politics, history, and critical theory.
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E.
Cassell
Cassell is a British publishing company known for producing a wide range of books, including notable historical works and reference titles.
- 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: Random House Target entity description: Random House is a major American book publishing company known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction titles.
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A.
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster is a major American publishing company known for producing a wide range of bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.
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B.
Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf is a prestigious American publishing house known for its high-quality literary fiction and nonfiction titles.
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C.
Metropolitan Books
Metropolitan Books is an American publishing imprint known for releasing influential and often politically engaged nonfiction works by prominent intellectuals and public thinkers.
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D.
Pantheon Books
Pantheon Books is an American publishing imprint known for releasing influential works in politics, history, and critical theory.
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E.
Cassell
Cassell is a British publishing company known for producing a wide range of books, including notable historical works and reference titles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book publisher
ⓘ
imprint ⓘ publishing company ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distributionArea | worldwide ⓘ |
| foundedAs | imprint of Modern Library ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Bennett Cerf
ⓘ
Donald Klopfer ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
biography
ⓘ
children’s literature ⓘ commercial fiction ⓘ history ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ politics ⓘ self‑help ⓘ |
| hasEditor | Bennett Cerf ⓘ |
| hasImprint |
Anchor Books
ⓘ
Del Rey Books ⓘ
surface form:
Ballantine Books
Bantam Books ⓘ Crown Publishers ⓘ
surface form:
Crown Publishing Group
Del Rey Books ⓘ
surface form:
Del Rey
Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
surface form:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Vintage Books ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Random House
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Random House Audio
Random House self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Random House Children’s Books
Random House Studio ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| inception | 1927 ⓘ |
| industry | book publishing ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableAuthorPublished |
E. L. James
ⓘ
James Michener ⓘ John Grisham ⓘ Toni Morrison ⓘ |
| notablePublication |
Fahrenheit 451
ⓘ
Fifty Shades of Grey ⓘ Game of Thrones (TV series) score ⓘ
surface form:
Game of Thrones series
The Catcher in the Rye ⓘ The Da Vinci Code ⓘ James Joyce's Ulysses ⓘ
surface form:
Ulysses
|
| ownedBy | Bertelsmann ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Penguin Random House ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bertelsmann
ⓘ
surface form:
Bertelsmann Publishing Group
|
| predecessor | Modern Library ⓘ |
| product |
audiobooks
ⓘ
e‑books ⓘ fiction books ⓘ nonfiction books ⓘ |
| significantEvent | merger with Penguin Group to form Penguin Random House in 2013 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Random House Description of subject: Random House is a major American book publishing company known for releasing a wide range of influential fiction and nonfiction titles.
Referenced by (221)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
this entity surface form:
Random House (hardcover)