New Era Cap Company
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New Era Cap Company is an American headwear and apparel manufacturer best known as the official on-field cap supplier for Major League Baseball and other major sports leagues.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Era Cap Company canonical | 10 |
| New Era brand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2857209 — 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: New Era Cap Company Context triple: [Pinstripe Bowl, sponsor, New Era Cap Company]
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A.
New Era Drinks
New Era Drinks is a category in the International Bartenders Association’s cocktail classifications that includes contemporary mixed drinks such as the pisco sour.
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B.
Fruit of the Loom
Fruit of the Loom is a major American clothing manufacturer best known for its underwear, casualwear, and iconic fruit-themed logo.
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C.
Under Armour
Under Armour is an American sportswear and athletic footwear company known for its performance apparel and innovative moisture-wicking fabrics.
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D.
Authentic Brands Group
Authentic Brands Group is a brand management company that acquires, develops, and licenses a portfolio of well-known consumer and lifestyle brands.
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E.
Lock & Co. Hatters
Lock & Co. Hatters is a historic London hat shop, founded in 1676 and renowned as one of the world’s oldest hatters serving royalty, celebrities, and discerning clients.
- 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: New Era Cap Company Target entity description: New Era Cap Company is an American headwear and apparel manufacturer best known as the official on-field cap supplier for Major League Baseball and other major sports leagues.
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A.
New Era Drinks
New Era Drinks is a category in the International Bartenders Association’s cocktail classifications that includes contemporary mixed drinks such as the pisco sour.
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B.
Fruit of the Loom
Fruit of the Loom is a major American clothing manufacturer best known for its underwear, casualwear, and iconic fruit-themed logo.
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C.
Under Armour
Under Armour is an American sportswear and athletic footwear company known for its performance apparel and innovative moisture-wicking fabrics.
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D.
Authentic Brands Group
Authentic Brands Group is a brand management company that acquires, develops, and licenses a portfolio of well-known consumer and lifestyle brands.
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E.
Lock & Co. Hatters
Lock & Co. Hatters is a historic London hat shop, founded in 1676 and renowned as one of the world’s oldest hatters serving royalty, celebrities, and discerning clients.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
apparel manufacturer
ⓘ
company ⓘ headwear manufacturer ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedBy | Erhardt Koch ⓘ |
| hasBrand | New Era ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel |
branded fashion headwear
ⓘ
licensed sports merchandise ⓘ |
| hasCapStyle |
39THIRTY
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59FIFTY ⓘ 9FIFTY ⓘ 9FORTY ⓘ bucket hats ⓘ knit caps ⓘ |
| hasCustomerSegment |
athletes
ⓘ
sports fans ⓘ streetwear consumers ⓘ |
| hasDistributionChannel |
online stores
ⓘ
retail stores ⓘ sporting goods retailers ⓘ team shops ⓘ |
| hasLicense |
Major League Baseball team logos
ⓘ
National Basketball Association team logos ⓘ National Football League team logos ⓘ National Hockey League team logos ⓘ collegiate team logos ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Buffalo, New York
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linked to:
Buffalo
New York ⓘ |
| inception | 1920 ⓘ |
| industry |
apparel
ⓘ
headwear ⓘ |
| knownFor |
59FIFTY cap model
ⓘ
fitted baseball caps ⓘ official on-field caps for Major League Baseball ⓘ sports-licensed headwear ⓘ |
| officialOnFieldCapSupplierFor | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| officialSupplierTo | Major League Baseball ⓘ |
| product |
caps
ⓘ
hats ⓘ sports headwear ⓘ streetwear apparel ⓘ |
| suppliesLicensedHeadwearFor |
National Basketball Association
ⓘ
National Football League ⓘ National Hockey League ⓘ various collegiate sports teams ⓘ |
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: New Era Cap Company Description of subject: New Era Cap Company is an American headwear and apparel manufacturer best known as the official on-field cap supplier for Major League Baseball and other major sports leagues.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: New Era Cap Company