Weaver company
E713986
Weaver company is a manufacturer best known for producing firearm optics and the Weaver rail mounting system used to attach scopes and accessories to guns.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Weaver company canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8131773 — 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: Weaver company Context triple: [Weaver rail, isNamedAfter, Weaver company]
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A.
Martin Company
Martin Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor known for developing missiles, spacecraft, and military systems before merging into Lockheed Martin.
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B.
Watson Company
Watson Company is a silverware and hollowware manufacturer historically known as a subsidiary brand under the International Silver Company.
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C.
John Company
John Company is a historical nickname for the British East India Company, the powerful trading corporation that played a central role in establishing British rule in India.
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D.
Wright Company
Wright Company was an early American aviation firm established in the early 20th century to manufacture and commercialize the pioneering aircraft designs of the Wright brothers.
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E.
Humphrey-Weidman Company
The Humphrey-Weidman Company was a pioneering American modern dance company founded by choreographers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, known for developing innovative movement techniques and shaping early 20th-century modern dance.
- 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: Weaver company Target entity description: Weaver company is a manufacturer best known for producing firearm optics and the Weaver rail mounting system used to attach scopes and accessories to guns.
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A.
Martin Company
Martin Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor known for developing missiles, spacecraft, and military systems before merging into Lockheed Martin.
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B.
Watson Company
Watson Company is a silverware and hollowware manufacturer historically known as a subsidiary brand under the International Silver Company.
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C.
John Company
John Company is a historical nickname for the British East India Company, the powerful trading corporation that played a central role in establishing British rule in India.
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D.
Wright Company
Wright Company was an early American aviation firm established in the early 20th century to manufacture and commercialize the pioneering aircraft designs of the Wright brothers.
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E.
Humphrey-Weidman Company
The Humphrey-Weidman Company was a pioneering American modern dance company founded by choreographers Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman, known for developing innovative movement techniques and shaping early 20th-century modern dance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
firearm mounting rail system
ⓘ
firearms accessories manufacturer ⓘ optics manufacturer ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
handguns
ⓘ
rifles ⓘ shotguns ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| feature |
crosswise recoil slots
ⓘ
separate mounting bases or multi-slot rails ⓘ |
| hasMountingStandard | Weaver rail NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
firearms industry
ⓘ
sporting goods ⓘ |
| influenced | Picatinny rail standard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Weaver rail mounting system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
rifle scopes for hunting and shooting sports ⓘ |
| product |
Weaver rail mounting system
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
firearm optics ⓘ rifle scopes ⓘ rings and bases for firearms ⓘ scope mounts ⓘ |
| productCategory |
mounting hardware for firearms
ⓘ
optical sights ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
hunters
ⓘ
law enforcement users ⓘ sport shooters ⓘ tactical shooters ⓘ |
| usedFor |
attaching accessories to firearms
ⓘ
attaching scopes to firearms ⓘ mounting accessories on firearms ⓘ mounting scopes on firearms ⓘ |
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: Weaver company Description of subject: Weaver company is a manufacturer best known for producing firearm optics and the Weaver rail mounting system used to attach scopes and accessories to guns.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Weaver rail