Caird & Company
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Caird & Company was a prominent Scottish jute manufacturing firm based in Dundee, active during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Caird & Company canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21924218 — 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: Caird & Company Context triple: [James Key Caird, employer, Caird & Company]
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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.
John Ballantyne and Co.
John Ballantyne and Co. was an early 19th-century Edinburgh publishing firm known for issuing major literary works, including those of Sir Walter Scott.
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C.
Clowes and Sons
Clowes and Sons was a British printing and publishing firm known for producing scholarly and academic works in the 19th century.
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D.
Baird & Thomson
Baird & Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish architectural firm associated with the early career of prominent architect Alexander Thomson.
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E.
Stewart & Co.
Stewart & Co. was a department store chain that operated as part of the Associated Dry Goods retail group in the United States.
- 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: Caird & Company Target entity description: Caird & Company was a prominent Scottish jute manufacturing firm based in Dundee, active during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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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.
John Ballantyne and Co.
John Ballantyne and Co. was an early 19th-century Edinburgh publishing firm known for issuing major literary works, including those of Sir Walter Scott.
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C.
Clowes and Sons
Clowes and Sons was a British printing and publishing firm known for producing scholarly and academic works in the 19th century.
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D.
Baird & Thomson
Baird & Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish architectural firm associated with the early career of prominent architect Alexander Thomson.
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E.
Stewart & Co.
Stewart & Co. was a department store chain that operated as part of the Associated Dry Goods retail group in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.