Goodrich Corporation
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Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Goodrich Corporation canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T305635 — 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: Goodrich Corporation Context triple: [United Technologies Corporation, acquired, Goodrich Corporation]
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A.
Wirtz Corporation
Wirtz Corporation is a Chicago-based, family-owned holding company with major interests in sports, liquor distribution, and real estate, best known for controlling the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks.
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B.
Pella Corporation
Pella Corporation is a major American manufacturer of windows and doors known for its innovative, energy-efficient building products.
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C.
Carrier Corporation
Carrier Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), and refrigeration systems.
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D.
DEKA Research & Development Corporation
DEKA Research & Development Corporation is an engineering and technology company known for developing innovative medical devices and advanced technologies under the leadership of inventor Dean Kamen.
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E.
Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate best known in aerospace for building the Space Shuttle orbiters and contributing extensively to U.S. defense and space programs.
- 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: Goodrich Corporation Target entity description: Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
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A.
Wirtz Corporation
Wirtz Corporation is a Chicago-based, family-owned holding company with major interests in sports, liquor distribution, and real estate, best known for controlling the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks.
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B.
Pella Corporation
Pella Corporation is a major American manufacturer of windows and doors known for its innovative, energy-efficient building products.
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C.
Carrier Corporation
Carrier Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), and refrigeration systems.
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D.
DEKA Research & Development Corporation
DEKA Research & Development Corporation is an engineering and technology company known for developing innovative medical devices and advanced technologies under the leadership of inventor Dean Kamen.
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E.
Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate best known in aerospace for building the Space Shuttle orbiters and contributing extensively to U.S. defense and space programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace company
ⓘ
defense contractor ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | United Technologies Corporation ⓘ |
| acquisitionAnnounced | 2011 ⓘ |
| acquisitionCompleted | 2012 ⓘ |
| acquisitionValueUSD | approximately 18.4 billion ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| defunctYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| formerName | B.F. Goodrich Company ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Benjamin Franklin Goodrich ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1870 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace
ⓘ
aircraft components ⓘ defense ⓘ |
| keySector |
maintenance, repair and overhaul services
ⓘ
original equipment for aircraft ⓘ |
| knownFor |
aerospace aftermarket services
ⓘ
aircraft systems and components ⓘ landing gear technology ⓘ |
| laterIntegratedInto | Collins Aerospace ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| mainProduct |
actuation systems
ⓘ
aerostructures ⓘ aircraft landing gear ⓘ aircraft sensors ⓘ engine control systems ⓘ nacelles ⓘ wheels and brakes ⓘ |
| mergedInto |
Collins Aerospace
ⓘ
surface form:
UTC Aerospace Systems
|
| notableCustomer |
Airbus
ⓘ
Boeing ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Department of Defense
|
| originCity |
Akron
ⓘ
surface form:
Akron, Ohio
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| originCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| originState | Ohio ⓘ |
| parentAfterAcquisition | United Technologies Corporation ⓘ |
| servedMarket |
commercial aviation
ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ space systems ⓘ |
| spunOffBusiness |
chemical business
ⓘ
tire business ⓘ |
| spunOffTo |
B.F. Goodrich Company
ⓘ
surface form:
BFGoodrich tire brand (to Michelin)
Goodrich Corporation chemical operations (to other entities over time) ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor |
Collins Aerospace
ⓘ
surface form:
UTC Aerospace Systems
|
| tickerSymbol | GR ⓘ |
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: Goodrich Corporation Description of subject: Goodrich Corporation was a major American aerospace and defense company known for manufacturing aircraft systems and components before its acquisition by United Technologies Corporation.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.