Sterling Cooper

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fictional advertising agency fictional organization

Sterling Cooper is a fictional 1960s Madison Avenue advertising agency at the center of the television series "Mad Men."

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Sterling Cooper canonical	7
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce	6
Sterling Cooper & Partners	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11343849 — 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: Sterling Cooper
Context triple: [Don Draper, employer, Sterling Cooper]

A. Caplin & Drysdale
Caplin & Drysdale is a prominent Washington, D.C.–based law firm known for its expertise in tax, bankruptcy, and political law.
B. Ogilvy & Mather
Ogilvy & Mather is a major global advertising agency known for its influential marketing campaigns and brand-building work for leading companies worldwide.
C. Chiat/Day
Chiat/Day is a pioneering American advertising agency best known for creating Apple’s iconic “1984” Super Bowl commercial and other influential, award-winning campaigns.
D. Young & Rubicam
Young & Rubicam is a major global advertising agency known for its influential marketing campaigns and long-standing presence in the advertising industry.
E. J. Walter Thompson
J. Walter Thompson is one of the world's oldest and most influential advertising agencies, known for pioneering modern advertising practices and global brand campaigns.
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: Sterling Cooper
Target entity description: Sterling Cooper is a fictional 1960s Madison Avenue advertising agency at the center of the television series "Mad Men."

A. Caplin & Drysdale
Caplin & Drysdale is a prominent Washington, D.C.–based law firm known for its expertise in tax, bankruptcy, and political law.
B. Ogilvy & Mather
Ogilvy & Mather is a major global advertising agency known for its influential marketing campaigns and brand-building work for leading companies worldwide.
C. Chiat/Day
Chiat/Day is a pioneering American advertising agency best known for creating Apple’s iconic “1984” Super Bowl commercial and other influential, award-winning campaigns.
D. Young & Rubicam
Young & Rubicam is a major global advertising agency known for its influential marketing campaigns and long-standing presence in the advertising industry.
E. J. Walter Thompson
J. Walter Thompson is one of the world's oldest and most influential advertising agencies, known for pioneering modern advertising practices and global brand campaigns.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional advertising agency ⓘ fictional organization ⓘ
appearsIn	Mad Men NERFINISHED ⓘ
corporateEvent	acquired by Putnam Powell and Lowe ⓘ merged into Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	Matthew Weiner NERFINISHED ⓘ
employsFictionalCharacter	Don Draper NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Crane NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Holloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Ken Cosgrove NERFINISHED ⓘ Lane Pryce NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Kinsey NERFINISHED ⓘ Peggy Olson NERFINISHED ⓘ Pete Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Salvatore Romano NERFINISHED ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Mad Men universe NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstAppearance	Mad Men season 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAccountExecutive	Pete Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArtDirector	Salvatore Romano NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClient	American Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ Belle Jolie NERFINISHED ⓘ Clearasil NERFINISHED ⓘ Hilton Hotels NERFINISHED ⓘ Kodak NERFINISHED ⓘ Lucky Strike NERFINISHED ⓘ Playtex NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCopywriter	Peggy Olson GENERATED ⓘ
hasCreativeDirector	Don Draper NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFounder	Roger Sterling Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMediaDepartmentHead	Harry Crane NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficeManager	Joan Holloway NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOwner	Putnam Powell and Lowe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPartner	Bertram Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Lane Pryce NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Sterling NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasReceptionist	Joan Holloway NERFINISHED ⓘ
industry	advertising ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ
location	Madison Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium	television series ⓘ
narrativeFocusOf	early seasons of Mad Men ⓘ
narrativeRole	primary workplace setting in Mad Men ⓘ
predecessor	Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingPeriod	1960s ⓘ
specializesIn	account management ⓘ advertising campaigns ⓘ creative services ⓘ
successor	Sterling Cooper & Partners NERFINISHED ⓘ Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce NERFINISHED ⓘ