Duracell
E31750
Duracell is a leading global brand of batteries and power solutions, best known for its long-lasting alkaline batteries and copper-top design.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Duracell canonical | 8 |
| Duracell (battery manufacturing) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T246634 — 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: Duracell Context triple: [Norman Reedus, modeledFor, Duracell]
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A.
Gillette
Gillette is a globally recognized American brand best known for its razors and shaving products.
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B.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
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C.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation was a major American manufacturing and broadcasting conglomerate known for its pioneering role in electrical equipment and its ownership of media assets such as NBC.
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D.
Newell Brands
Newell Brands is a global consumer goods company known for its wide portfolio of household, writing, and outdoor product brands such as Rubbermaid, Sharpie, and Coleman.
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E.
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.
- 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: Duracell Target entity description: Duracell is a leading global brand of batteries and power solutions, best known for its long-lasting alkaline batteries and copper-top design.
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A.
Gillette
Gillette is a globally recognized American brand best known for its razors and shaving products.
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B.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
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C.
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Westinghouse Electric Corporation was a major American manufacturing and broadcasting conglomerate known for its pioneering role in electrical equipment and its ownership of media assets such as NBC.
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D.
Newell Brands
Newell Brands is a global consumer goods company known for its wide portfolio of household, writing, and outdoor product brands such as Rubbermaid, Sharpie, and Coleman.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battery brand
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company ⓘ consumer electronics brand ⓘ |
| batteryChemistry |
alkaline
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lithium ⓘ nickel–metal hydride ⓘ |
| brandCharacteristic |
black-and-copper color scheme
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copper-top design ⓘ |
| brandRecognition | high ⓘ |
| brandSlogan | long-lasting power ⓘ |
| category |
consumer goods
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electrical equipment ⓘ household batteries ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Energizer
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Panasonic battery brands ⓘ Rayovac ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
battery longevity
ⓘ
performance ⓘ reliability ⓘ |
| hasMascot | Duracell Bunny ⓘ |
| hasPackagingColor |
black
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copper ⓘ orange ⓘ |
| industry |
battery manufacturing
ⓘ
power solutions ⓘ |
| market | global ⓘ |
| marketPosition | leading global battery brand ⓘ |
| name | Duracell ⓘ |
| notableFor |
copper-top battery design
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long-lasting alkaline batteries ⓘ |
| offersBatterySize |
9V
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AA ⓘ AAA ⓘ C ⓘ D ⓘ |
| productType |
alkaline batteries
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battery chargers ⓘ coin cell batteries ⓘ portable power solutions ⓘ rechargeable batteries ⓘ specialty batteries ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
consumer electronics
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household devices ⓘ professional and industrial users ⓘ |
| usedIn |
cameras
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clocks ⓘ flashlights ⓘ portable electronic devices ⓘ remote controls ⓘ toys ⓘ |
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: Duracell Description of subject: Duracell is a leading global brand of batteries and power solutions, best known for its long-lasting alkaline batteries and copper-top design.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Duracell