Glenn L. Martin Company
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The Glenn L. Martin Company was a pioneering American aerospace and aircraft manufacturing firm that played a major role in early military and civilian aviation and later became part of the conglomerate that evolved into Lockheed Martin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glenn L. Martin Company canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1523693 — 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: Glenn L. Martin Company Context triple: [Martin Marietta, foundedBy, Glenn L. Martin Company]
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United Aircraft Corporation
United Aircraft Corporation was the original name of the American industrial conglomerate that evolved into United Technologies Corporation, a major aerospace and defense company.
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A.V. Roe and Company
A.V. Roe and Company, commonly known as Avro, was a British aircraft manufacturer renowned for producing iconic military and civilian aircraft during the first half of the 20th century.
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C.
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.
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Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace manufacturer known for producing influential military and commercial aircraft throughout much of the 20th century.
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E.
North American Aviation
North American Aviation was a major American aerospace manufacturer best known for producing iconic military aircraft and spacecraft during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Glenn L. Martin Company Target entity description: The Glenn L. Martin Company was a pioneering American aerospace and aircraft manufacturing firm that played a major role in early military and civilian aviation and later became part of the conglomerate that evolved into Lockheed Martin.
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A.
United Aircraft Corporation
United Aircraft Corporation was the original name of the American industrial conglomerate that evolved into United Technologies Corporation, a major aerospace and defense company.
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B.
A.V. Roe and Company
A.V. Roe and Company, commonly known as Avro, was a British aircraft manufacturer renowned for producing iconic military and civilian aircraft during the first half of the 20th century.
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C.
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.
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D.
Douglas Aircraft Company
Douglas Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace manufacturer known for producing influential military and commercial aircraft throughout much of the 20th century.
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E.
North American Aviation
North American Aviation was a major American aerospace manufacturer best known for producing iconic military aircraft and spacecraft during the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace company
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aircraft manufacturer ⓘ defense contractor ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of strategic air power doctrine
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growth of the U.S. aerospace industry ⓘ |
| corporateEvent | merged with American-Marietta in 1961 to form Martin Marietta ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dissolved | 1961 ⓘ |
| employed | a large workforce in the Baltimore region ⓘ |
| era |
World War II
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early 20th century aviation ⓘ early Cold War ⓘ |
| founded | 1917 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Glenn L. Martin ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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surface form:
Baltimore, Maryland area
Middle River, Maryland ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace
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aviation ⓘ defense ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Glenn L. Martin ⓘ |
| majorCustomer |
United States Air Force
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United States Army Air Corps ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Martin Marietta ⓘ |
| notableFor |
contributions to World War I aviation
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contributions to World War II aviation ⓘ development of long-range bombers ⓘ early bomber aircraft for the U.S. military ⓘ early work in guided missiles ⓘ early work in rocketry and space systems ⓘ flying boats and seaplanes ⓘ pioneering civilian aircraft design ⓘ pioneering military aircraft design ⓘ |
| operated |
Middle River aircraft plant
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aircraft testing facilities in Maryland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Lockheed Martin
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surface form:
Lockheed Martin (through corporate succession)
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| predecessor | Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation ⓘ |
| product |
Martin 2-0-2 airliner
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Martin 4-0-4 airliner ⓘ Martin B‑10 ⓘ
surface form:
Martin B-10 bomber
Martin B-26 Marauder ⓘ
surface form:
Martin B-26 Marauder bomber
Martin JRM Mars flying boat ⓘ Martin P5M Marlin flying boat ⓘ Martin PBM Mariner flying boat ⓘ Martin Titan missile family (through later Martin Marietta) ⓘ Martin XB-51 bomber prototype ⓘ |
| successor | Martin Marietta ⓘ |
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: Glenn L. Martin Company Description of subject: The Glenn L. Martin Company was a pioneering American aerospace and aircraft manufacturing firm that played a major role in early military and civilian aviation and later became part of the conglomerate that evolved into Lockheed Martin.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.