acquiredCompany

P16131
predicate

Indicates that one entity has purchased and taken ownership or control of another company.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
acquiredCompany canonical 30
acquiredAssetsFrom 3
brandAcquiredBy 2

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: acquiredCompany
Generated description
Indicates that one entity has purchased and taken ownership or control of another company.

Sample triples (46)

Subject Object
Thomson Reuters Reuters ⓘ
surface form: Reuters Group
National Electric Vehicle Sweden Saab Automobile via predicate surface "acquiredAssetsFrom" ⓘ
Compaq Hewlett-Packard via predicate surface "brandOwnerAfterAcquisition" ⓘ
Opel 2017 via predicate surface "acquiredByPSAGroup" ⓘ
Southern Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad via predicate surface "wasAcquiredBy" ⓘ
BellSouth AT&T via predicate surface "wasAcquiredBy" ⓘ
surface form: AT&T Inc.
SUNW Sun Microsystems ⓘ
Air Berlin LTU International ⓘ
Air Berlin dba (Deutsche BA) ⓘ
NTL Virgin Media (UK) ⓘ
surface form: Cable & Wireless Communications (UK consumer cable assets)
NTL Telewest ⓘ
NEVS Saab Automobile via predicate surface "acquiredAssetsFrom" ⓘ
Rackable Systems SGI ⓘ
surface form: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Infineon Technologies 2015 via predicate surface "acquisitionOfInternationalRectifier" ⓘ
Infineon Technologies 2020 via predicate surface "acquisitionOfCypressSemiconductor" ⓘ
H&M Mauritz Widforss ⓘ
Zimmer Holdings Zimmer Biomet ⓘ
surface form: Biomet
Peter Weyland Weyland Corporation via predicate surface "companyMergedInto" ⓘ
surface form: Weyland-Yutani Corporation
Eaton’s department store chain
surface form: Eaton’s
Sears Canada via predicate surface "brandAcquiredBy" ⓘ
Uber Advanced Technologies Group Otto ⓘ
Google Videos Google via predicate surface "parentCompanyAcquiredYouTube" ⓘ
C. L. Best Caterpillar Tractor Co. via predicate surface "companyMergedInto" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pier 1 Imports (former)
surface form: Pier 1 Imports
Retail Ecommerce Ventures via predicate surface "brandAcquiredBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ
BSA Triumph Engineering (motorcycle company) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Gucci Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Yves Saint Laurent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Boucheron NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Bottega Veneta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Balenciaga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Corel Corporation WordPerfect Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grab Holdings Inc. Uber Southeast Asia operations via predicate surface "acquiredBusiness" ⓘ
Midland Great Western Railway Dublin and Galway Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Midland Great Western Railway Royal Canal Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
AVGO
surface form: Broadcom Inc.
CA Technologies NERFINISHED ⓘ
AVGO
surface form: Broadcom Inc.
Brocade Communications Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ
AVGO
surface form: Broadcom Inc.
Symantec Enterprise Security business ⓘ
AVGO
surface form: Broadcom Inc.
VMware, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Distance Discount Service, Inc. Advanced Telecommunications Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Distance Discount Service, Inc. Metromedia Communications NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Distance Discount Service, Inc. Resurgens Communications Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Distance Discount Service, Inc. IDB Communications Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Distance Discount Service, Inc. Williams Telecommunications Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
AlliedSignal Honeywell Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
NYSE:ZMH
surface form: Zimmer Holdings
Biomet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trackhouse Racing Team Chip Ganassi Racing NASCAR team via predicate surface "acquiredAssetsFrom" NERFINISHED ⓘ
7DAYS Mondelēz International via predicate surface "parentCompanyAcquiredBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ