Kidde
E198191
Kidde is a well-known manufacturer of fire safety products such as smoke alarms, fire extinguishers, and carbon monoxide detectors.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kidde canonical | 2 |
| Kidde Fire Systems | 1 |
| Kidde Residential and Commercial | 1 |
| Kidde Safety | 1 |
| Walter Kidde | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1785260 — 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: Kidde Context triple: [Carrier Global, hasBrand, Kidde]
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A.
Brinkman
Brinkman is a surname of Germanic origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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B.
Matheson
Matheson is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including acclaimed American writer Richard Matheson.
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C.
Otis
Otis is a globally recognized manufacturer of elevators, escalators, and moving walkways, known for pioneering vertical transportation technologies.
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D.
Otis
"Otis" is a hip-hop track by Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring a prominent Otis Redding sample, known for its celebratory tone and showcase of their lyrical chemistry.
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E.
Otis
Otis is a small rural town in western Massachusetts known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation.
- 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: Kidde Target entity description: Kidde is a well-known manufacturer of fire safety products such as smoke alarms, fire extinguishers, and carbon monoxide detectors.
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A.
Brinkman
Brinkman is a surname of Germanic origin borne by various notable individuals across fields such as sports, politics, and the arts.
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B.
Matheson
Matheson is a surname of Scottish origin borne by various notable individuals, including acclaimed American writer Richard Matheson.
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C.
Otis
Otis is a globally recognized manufacturer of elevators, escalators, and moving walkways, known for pioneering vertical transportation technologies.
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D.
Otis
"Otis" is a hip-hop track by Jay-Z and Kanye West featuring a prominent Otis Redding sample, known for its celebratory tone and showcase of their lyrical chemistry.
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E.
Otis
Otis is a small rural town in western Massachusetts known for its forests, lakes, and outdoor recreation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
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fire safety equipment manufacturer ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| brandOf |
Carrier Global (via spin-off)
ⓘ
surface form:
Carrier Global
|
| brandType |
consumer brand
ⓘ
professional brand ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn |
early fire detection
ⓘ
fire suppression ⓘ home fire safety education ⓘ |
| formerParentCompany | United Technologies Corporation ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Kidde
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Walter Kidde
|
| hasBusinessUnit |
Kidde
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kidde Fire Systems
Kidde self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kidde Residential and Commercial
Kidde self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kidde Safety
|
| headquartersLocation |
Mebane, North Carolina
ⓘ
surface form:
Mebane, North Carolina, United States
|
| industry |
fire safety
ⓘ
home safety ⓘ |
| knownFor |
carbon monoxide detectors
ⓘ
fire extinguishers ⓘ smoke alarms ⓘ |
| market |
commercial fire safety
ⓘ
industrial fire safety ⓘ residential fire safety ⓘ |
| offers |
battery-powered smoke alarms
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dual-sensor smoke alarms ⓘ fixed fire suppression systems ⓘ hardwired smoke alarms ⓘ ionization smoke alarms ⓘ photoelectric smoke alarms ⓘ plug-in carbon monoxide alarms ⓘ portable fire extinguishers ⓘ smart connected alarms ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Carrier Global (via spin-off)
ⓘ
surface form:
Carrier Global
|
| product |
carbon monoxide detector
ⓘ
combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarm ⓘ commercial fire alarm system ⓘ escape ladder ⓘ fire blanket ⓘ fire extinguisher ⓘ fire suppression system ⓘ heat detector ⓘ industrial fire extinguisher ⓘ kitchen fire extinguisher ⓘ smoke alarm ⓘ |
| regulatoryCompliance |
CSA standards (Canada)
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EN standards (Europe) ⓘ UL standards (United States) ⓘ |
| website | https://www.kidde.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Kidde Description of subject: Kidde is a well-known manufacturer of fire safety products such as smoke alarms, fire extinguishers, and carbon monoxide detectors.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Carrier Global
this entity surface form:
Kidde Residential and Commercial
this entity surface form:
Kidde Fire Systems
this entity surface form:
Kidde Safety