Maytag Corporation
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Maytag Corporation is a historic American home and commercial appliance manufacturer best known for its washing machines and the long-running “Maytag repairman” advertising campaign.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maytag Corporation canonical | 3 |
| Maytag | 1 |
| Maytag Corporation headquarters | 1 |
| Maytag repairman | 1 |
| Maytag repairman commercials | 1 |
| Whirlpool family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17056816 — 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: Maytag Corporation Context triple: [Newton, Iowa, hasMajorEmployerHistorically, Maytag Corporation]
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A.
American Appliance Company
American Appliance Company was the original name of the U.S. technology and defense contractor later known as Raytheon Company.
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B.
Whirlpool
"Whirlpool" is a song by British singer-songwriter Seal, featured as a track on his debut album.
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C.
Whirlpool
"Whirlpool" is an album by the indie rock band Some Velvet Sidewalk, known for its lo-fi, experimental sound within the early 1990s underground music scene.
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D.
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation was a prominent American automobile and appliance manufacturer whose 1954 merger with Hudson Motor Car Company created American Motors Corporation (AMC).
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E.
Modine Manufacturing Company
Modine Manufacturing Company is an American industrial firm known for designing and manufacturing thermal management and heat transfer products for automotive, commercial, and industrial applications.
- 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: Maytag Corporation Target entity description: Maytag Corporation is a historic American home and commercial appliance manufacturer best known for its washing machines and the long-running “Maytag repairman” advertising campaign.
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A.
American Appliance Company
American Appliance Company was the original name of the U.S. technology and defense contractor later known as Raytheon Company.
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B.
Whirlpool
"Whirlpool" is a song by British singer-songwriter Seal, featured as a track on his debut album.
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C.
Whirlpool
"Whirlpool" is an album by the indie rock band Some Velvet Sidewalk, known for its lo-fi, experimental sound within the early 1990s underground music scene.
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D.
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation was a prominent American automobile and appliance manufacturer whose 1954 merger with Hudson Motor Car Company created American Motors Corporation (AMC).
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E.
Modine Manufacturing Company
Modine Manufacturing Company is an American industrial firm known for designing and manufacturing thermal management and heat transfer products for automotive, commercial, and industrial applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maytag Corporation
linked to: Maytag Corporation
linked to: Maytag Corporation
subject linked to:
Whirlpool hash function
linked to: Maytag Corporation
subject linked to:
Newton
linked to: Maytag Corporation
subject linked to:
Newton
subject linked to:
Newton