Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company
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Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company was an early 20th-century American automotive and electrical components manufacturer co-founded by inventor Charles F. Kettering, known for innovations such as the electric self-starter for automobiles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1514980 — 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.
Target entity: Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company Context triple: [Charles F. Kettering, employer, Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company]
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Dickson Manufacturing Company
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B.
Charles L. Webster and Company
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C.
Edison Manufacturing Company
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D.
Edison Laboratory
Edison Laboratory was a pioneering industrial research facility established by Thomas Edison, where numerous innovations in electric power, sound recording, and motion pictures were developed.
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E.
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company Target entity description: Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company was an early 20th-century American automotive and electrical components manufacturer co-founded by inventor Charles F. Kettering, known for innovations such as the electric self-starter for automobiles.
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A.
Dickson Manufacturing Company
Dickson Manufacturing Company was a historic American builder of steam locomotives and industrial machinery that later became part of the American Locomotive Company through merger.
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B.
Charles L. Webster and Company
Charles L. Webster and Company was a 19th-century American publishing firm founded by Mark Twain to publish his own works and those of other authors.
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C.
Edison Manufacturing Company
Edison Manufacturing Company was an early American film production and equipment company created by inventor Thomas Edison that played a key role in the birth of the motion picture industry.
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D.
Edison Laboratory
Edison Laboratory was a pioneering industrial research facility established by Thomas Edison, where numerous innovations in electric power, sound recording, and motion pictures were developed.
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E.
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Wright Aeronautical Corporation was a major early 20th-century American aircraft engine manufacturer known for producing reliable radial engines used in pioneering long-distance and military aviation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American company
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automotive parts manufacturer ⓘ electrical equipment manufacturer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
General Motors
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NCR Corporation ⓘ
surface form:
National Cash Register Company
|
| coFounder |
Charles F. Kettering
ⓘ
Edward A. Deeds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employed |
Charles F. Kettering
ⓘ
Edward A. Deeds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Charles F. Kettering
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Edward A. Deeds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | Delco ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Dayton
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surface form:
Dayton, Ohio
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| industry |
automotive industry
ⓘ
electrical equipment industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commercialization of electric self-starter
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innovations in automotive electrical systems ⓘ |
| locationFounded |
Dayton
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surface form:
Dayton, Ohio
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| notableWork | development of electric self-starter for automobiles ⓘ |
| partOf | Delco ⓘ |
| product |
automobile electrical systems
ⓘ
automotive batteries ⓘ electric self-starters ⓘ generators ⓘ ignition systems ⓘ lighting systems for automobiles ⓘ voltage regulators ⓘ |
| successor |
Delco
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surface form:
Delco Division of General Motors
|
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company Description of subject: Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company was an early 20th-century American automotive and electrical components manufacturer co-founded by inventor Charles F. Kettering, known for innovations such as the electric self-starter for automobiles.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.