Class B common stock
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Class B common stock is a special class of Comcast Corporation’s equity that typically carries enhanced voting rights and is primarily held by insiders to maintain control of the company.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Class B common stock canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3050497 — 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: Class B common stock Context triple: [Comcast Corporation, hasClassOfShares, Class B common stock]
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A.
Class C common stock
Class C common stock is a non-voting share class of Snap Inc. typically held by its founders and insiders to preserve control while allowing public investment.
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B.
Class A common stock
Class A common stock is the publicly traded share class of Snap Inc. that typically carries limited or no voting rights compared to the company’s higher-vote share classes.
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C.
H-shares
H-shares are shares of companies incorporated in mainland China that are traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and denominated in Hong Kong dollars.
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D.
B2K stock
B2K stock is a type of electric multiple unit train used on London’s Docklands Light Railway system.
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E.
A-shares
A-shares are renminbi-denominated ordinary shares of mainland Chinese companies that are listed and traded on stock exchanges within mainland China, such as the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges.
- 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: Class B common stock Target entity description: Class B common stock is a special class of Comcast Corporation’s equity that typically carries enhanced voting rights and is primarily held by insiders to maintain control of the company.
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A.
Class C common stock
Class C common stock is a non-voting share class of Snap Inc. typically held by its founders and insiders to preserve control while allowing public investment.
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B.
Class A common stock
Class A common stock is the publicly traded share class of Snap Inc. that typically carries limited or no voting rights compared to the company’s higher-vote share classes.
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C.
H-shares
H-shares are shares of companies incorporated in mainland China that are traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and denominated in Hong Kong dollars.
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D.
B2K stock
B2K stock is a type of electric multiple unit train used on London’s Docklands Light Railway system.
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E.
A-shares
A-shares are renminbi-denominated ordinary shares of mainland Chinese companies that are listed and traded on stock exchanges within mainland China, such as the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
class of common stock
ⓘ
equity security ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyTicker | CMCSA ⓘ |
| beneficialOwners | insider shareholders of Comcast Corporation ⓘ |
| capitalStructureFunction | separates voting control from public float ⓘ |
| controlFeature | disproportionate voting power relative to economic interest ⓘ |
| conversionFeature | may be convertible into Class A common stock under specified conditions ⓘ |
| corporateControlImpact | allows insiders to approve or block major corporate actions ⓘ |
| corporateGovernanceRole | entrenches voting control within a limited group of shareholders ⓘ |
| dividendRights | generally similar dividend rights to Class A common stock ⓘ |
| economicRightsRelativeToClassA | generally similar economic rights to Class A common stock ⓘ |
| equityType | common stock ⓘ |
| hasVotingRights | enhanced voting rights ⓘ |
| holderInfluence | enables long‑term control by insider shareholders ⓘ |
| isPubliclyTraded | typically not broadly publicly traded ⓘ |
| issuer |
Comcast
ⓘ
surface form:
Comcast Corporation
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| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| listingStatus | may not be listed on a national securities exchange ⓘ |
| primaryHolders |
company insiders
ⓘ
founders and their affiliates ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | maintain control of Comcast Corporation ⓘ |
| regulatoryFramework | U.S. securities laws ⓘ |
| rightsDefinedBy |
Comcast Corporation bylaws
ⓘ
Comcast Corporation charter ⓘ |
| riskProfile | subject to equity market and company‑specific risks ⓘ |
| securityClassStructure | part of Comcast Corporation dual‑class share structure ⓘ |
| transferability | often subject to transfer restrictions ⓘ |
| underlyingEntityHeadquarters |
Philadelphia
ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
|
| underlyingEntityIndustry | media and telecommunications ⓘ |
| votingRightsRelativeToClassA | greater than Class A common stock ⓘ |
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: Class B common stock Description of subject: Class B common stock is a special class of Comcast Corporation’s equity that typically carries enhanced voting rights and is primarily held by insiders to maintain control of the company.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Comcast Corporation