Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
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Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. is a plumbing fixtures manufacturer best known for its role as the employer-defendant in the U.S. Supreme Court age discrimination case Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7149275 — 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: Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. Context triple: [Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc., respondent, Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.]
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A.
Sloan Valve Company
Sloan Valve Company is an American manufacturer best known for its commercial plumbing products, particularly flush valves and water-efficient fixtures used in public and institutional restrooms.
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B.
Diversey
Diversey is a Chicago Transit Authority 'L' station on the Brown Line located in the Lincoln Park/Lakeview area of Chicago.
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C.
Kohler
Kohler is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including scholars, politicians, and artists.
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D.
Jarden Corporation
Jarden Corporation was a U.S.-based consumer products company known for its wide portfolio of household and outdoor brands before being acquired by Newell Brands.
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E.
Thompson Products
Thompson Products was an American manufacturing company best known for producing automotive and aircraft engine components and later becoming a predecessor to aerospace and defense contractor TRW Inc.
- 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: Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. Target entity description: Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. is a plumbing fixtures manufacturer best known for its role as the employer-defendant in the U.S. Supreme Court age discrimination case Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
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A.
Sloan Valve Company
Sloan Valve Company is an American manufacturer best known for its commercial plumbing products, particularly flush valves and water-efficient fixtures used in public and institutional restrooms.
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B.
Diversey
Diversey is a Chicago Transit Authority 'L' station on the Brown Line located in the Lincoln Park/Lakeview area of Chicago.
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C.
Kohler
Kohler is a German-origin surname borne by various notable individuals, including scholars, politicians, and artists.
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D.
Jarden Corporation
Jarden Corporation was a U.S.-based consumer products company known for its wide portfolio of household and outdoor brands before being acquired by Newell Brands.
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E.
Thompson Products
Thompson Products was an American manufacturing company best known for producing automotive and aircraft engine components and later becoming a predecessor to aerospace and defense contractor TRW Inc.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
ⓘ
corporation ⓘ plumbing fixtures manufacturer ⓘ |
| areaServed |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasLegalCase | Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. ⓘ |
| industry |
manufacturing
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plumbing fixtures ⓘ |
| legalStatusInCase | employer-defendant in Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. ⓘ |
| namedAs | Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the employer-defendant in the U.S. Supreme Court age discrimination case Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. ⓘ |
| party | Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. ⓘ |
| productType | plumbing fixtures ⓘ |
| roleIn | Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. ⓘ |
| subject | age discrimination ⓘ |
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: Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. Description of subject: Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc. is a plumbing fixtures manufacturer best known for its role as the employer-defendant in the U.S. Supreme Court age discrimination case Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.