W. W. Grainger, Inc.
E493291
W. W. Grainger, Inc. is a major American industrial supply company that distributes maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products and services to businesses and institutions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| W.W. Grainger, Inc. | 2 |
| W. W. Grainger | 1 |
| W. W. Grainger, Inc. canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5107108 — 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: W. W. Grainger, Inc. Context triple: [William W. Grainger, founded, W. W. Grainger, Inc.]
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A.
Mitre Corporation
Mitre Corporation is a not-for-profit organization that operates federally funded research and development centers, providing systems engineering and advanced technology support primarily to U.S. government agencies.
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B.
Honeywell
Honeywell is a multinational conglomerate best known for its aerospace systems, building technologies, performance materials, and industrial automation products.
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C.
Fastenal
Fastenal is a U.S.-based industrial and construction supplies company known for its extensive network of stores and vending solutions serving manufacturers, contractors, and maintenance operations.
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D.
Goodrich Corporation
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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E.
Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial company best known for its building automation systems, HVAC equipment, and energy efficiency solutions for commercial and industrial facilities.
- 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: W. W. Grainger, Inc. Target entity description: W. W. Grainger, Inc. is a major American industrial supply company that distributes maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products and services to businesses and institutions.
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A.
Mitre Corporation
Mitre Corporation is a not-for-profit organization that operates federally funded research and development centers, providing systems engineering and advanced technology support primarily to U.S. government agencies.
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B.
Honeywell
Honeywell is a multinational conglomerate best known for its aerospace systems, building technologies, performance materials, and industrial automation products.
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C.
Fastenal
Fastenal is a U.S.-based industrial and construction supplies company known for its extensive network of stores and vending solutions serving manufacturers, contractors, and maintenance operations.
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D.
Goodrich Corporation
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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E.
Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial company best known for its building automation systems, HVAC equipment, and energy efficiency solutions for commercial and industrial facilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business-to-business distributor
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industrial supply company ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| areaServed |
Asia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| businessModel | business-to-business ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy | William W. Grainger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBrand | Grainger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCustomerType |
businesses
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commercial facilities ⓘ contractors ⓘ educational institutions ⓘ government agencies ⓘ healthcare institutions ⓘ institutions ⓘ manufacturing companies ⓘ |
| hasOnlineChannel | e-commerce website ⓘ |
| hasSalesChannel |
branch network
ⓘ
catalog sales ⓘ field sales force ⓘ telephone sales ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Lake Forest, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1927 ⓘ |
| industry |
MRO distribution
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industrial distribution ⓘ maintenance, repair, and operations products ⓘ |
| ISIN | US3848021040 ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| products |
HVAC equipment
ⓘ
fasteners ⓘ industrial supplies ⓘ janitorial supplies ⓘ lighting products ⓘ material handling equipment ⓘ motors ⓘ power transmission products ⓘ pumps ⓘ safety products ⓘ tools ⓘ |
| services |
inventory management services
ⓘ
maintenance, repair, and operating product distribution ⓘ safety services ⓘ technical support ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | GWW NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: W. W. Grainger, Inc. Description of subject: W. W. Grainger, Inc. is a major American industrial supply company that distributes maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) products and services to businesses and institutions.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
W. W. Grainger
this entity surface form:
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
this entity surface form:
W.W. Grainger, Inc.