SC Johnson & Son
E391161
household products manufacturer
manufacturing company
multinational corporation
privately held company
SC Johnson & Son is a major American multinational manufacturer of household cleaning, storage, and air-care products, known for brands like Windex, Glade, and Ziploc.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| S. C. Johnson & Son | 3 |
| SC Johnson | 1 |
| SC Johnson & Son canonical | 1 |
| SC Johnson Professional | 1 |
| SC Johnson Wax | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3803774 — 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: SC Johnson & Son Context triple: [Racine, hasMajorEmployer, SC Johnson & Son]
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A.
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a multinational consumer goods corporation known for a wide range of household, personal care, and hygiene brands sold globally.
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B.
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company was an American petroleum-based products manufacturer best known for creating and popularizing Vaseline.
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C.
DowDuPont
DowDuPont was a large American chemical conglomerate formed by the merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont, later split into three independent companies focused on agriculture, materials science, and specialty products.
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D.
PPG Industries
PPG Industries is a global American company specializing in paints, coatings, and specialty materials for industrial, commercial, and consumer markets.
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E.
Dow Chemical Company
Dow Chemical Company is a major American multinational chemical corporation known for producing a wide range of industrial, agricultural, and consumer chemical products.
- 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: SC Johnson & Son Target entity description: SC Johnson & Son is a major American multinational manufacturer of household cleaning, storage, and air-care products, known for brands like Windex, Glade, and Ziploc.
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A.
Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble is a multinational consumer goods corporation known for a wide range of household, personal care, and hygiene brands sold globally.
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B.
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company was an American petroleum-based products manufacturer best known for creating and popularizing Vaseline.
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C.
DowDuPont
DowDuPont was a large American chemical conglomerate formed by the merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont, later split into three independent companies focused on agriculture, materials science, and specialty products.
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D.
PPG Industries
PPG Industries is a global American company specializing in paints, coatings, and specialty materials for industrial, commercial, and consumer markets.
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E.
Dow Chemical Company
Dow Chemical Company is a major American multinational chemical corporation known for producing a wide range of industrial, agricultural, and consumer chemical products.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
household products manufacturer
ⓘ
manufacturing company ⓘ multinational corporation ⓘ privately held company ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| environmentalFocus |
ingredient transparency programs
ⓘ
sustainable packaging initiatives ⓘ |
| formerName | Johnson Wax ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr. ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
Autan
ⓘ
Baygon ⓘ Drano ⓘ Duck ⓘ Glade ⓘ Mr Muscle ⓘ OFF! ⓘ Pledge ⓘ Raid ⓘ Scrubbing Bubbles ⓘ Shout ⓘ Toilet Duck ⓘ Windex ⓘ Ziploc ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
SC Johnson & Son
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
SC Johnson Professional
SC Johnson & Son self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
SC Johnson Wax
|
| headquartersLocation |
Racine
ⓘ
surface form:
Racine, Wisconsin
|
| inception | 1886 ⓘ |
| industry |
air care products
ⓘ
consumer goods ⓘ home storage products ⓘ household cleaning products ⓘ |
| legalForm | family-owned business ⓘ |
| notableArchitect | Frank Lloyd Wright ⓘ |
| notableBuilding |
S. C. Johnson Administration Building
ⓘ
surface form:
SC Johnson Administration Building
S. C. Johnson Administration Building ⓘ
surface form:
SC Johnson Research Tower
|
| numberOfEmployees | >10000 ⓘ |
| operatingArea | worldwide ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Johnson family ⓘ |
| productType |
air fresheners
ⓘ
bathroom cleaners ⓘ drain cleaners ⓘ food storage bags ⓘ furniture polish ⓘ glass cleaners ⓘ insecticides ⓘ laundry stain removers ⓘ plastic containers ⓘ |
| slogan | A Family Company ⓘ |
| website | https://www.scjohnson.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: SC Johnson & Son Description of subject: SC Johnson & Son is a major American multinational manufacturer of household cleaning, storage, and air-care products, known for brands like Windex, Glade, and Ziploc.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
SC Johnson
this entity surface form:
S. C. Johnson & Son
this entity surface form:
S. C. Johnson & Son
this entity surface form:
S. C. Johnson & Son
this entity surface form:
SC Johnson Professional
this entity surface form:
SC Johnson Wax