MacMillan Bloedel
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MacMillan Bloedel was a major Canadian forestry and paper company that became one of the country’s largest producers of lumber, pulp, and paper products before being acquired by Weyerhaeuser.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| MacMillan Bloedel canonical | 2 |
| MacMillan Bloedel Limited | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23523946 — 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: MacMillan Bloedel Context triple: [Richard F. Haskayne, boardMemberOf, MacMillan Bloedel]
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A.
Prentice Bloedel
Prentice Bloedel was an American timber executive and conservationist best known for creating the Bloedel Reserve, a renowned public garden and landscape on Bainbridge Island, Washington.
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B.
Cyrus Mills
Cyrus Mills was a 19th-century American educator and missionary best known for co-founding and leading Mills College in California.
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C.
Norval Mills
Norval Mills is a historic former name for the community now known as Norval in Ontario, Canada.
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D.
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Frederick Weyerhaeuser was a 19th-century German-American timber magnate who became one of the most influential figures in the U.S. lumber industry.
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E.
George Weyerhaeuser
George Weyerhaeuser was an American timber executive and longtime leader of the Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world’s largest forestry products firms.
- 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: MacMillan Bloedel Target entity description: MacMillan Bloedel was a major Canadian forestry and paper company that became one of the country’s largest producers of lumber, pulp, and paper products before being acquired by Weyerhaeuser.
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A.
Prentice Bloedel
Prentice Bloedel was an American timber executive and conservationist best known for creating the Bloedel Reserve, a renowned public garden and landscape on Bainbridge Island, Washington.
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B.
Cyrus Mills
Cyrus Mills was a 19th-century American educator and missionary best known for co-founding and leading Mills College in California.
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C.
Norval Mills
Norval Mills is a historic former name for the community now known as Norval in Ontario, Canada.
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D.
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Frederick Weyerhaeuser was a 19th-century German-American timber magnate who became one of the most influential figures in the U.S. lumber industry.
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E.
George Weyerhaeuser
George Weyerhaeuser was an American timber executive and longtime leader of the Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world’s largest forestry products firms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MacMillan Bloedel
linked to: MacMillan Bloedel