York International
E745592
York International was a major global manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) equipment and systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| York International canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8605238 — 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: York International Context triple: [Johnson Controls, acquired, York International]
-
A.
Stonebridge International
Stonebridge International is a Washington, D.C.–based international strategic advisory and consulting firm that counsels corporations and organizations on global political and economic issues.
-
B.
Liberty International
Liberty International was a major UK-based property investment and development company that later became known as Intu Properties.
-
C.
Evergreen International Aviation
Evergreen International Aviation was a former American aviation services company and cargo airline known for its global air freight operations and specialized aviation support services.
-
D.
Royal Terminal
Royal Terminal is an exclusive, high-security facility at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh used for the arrival and departure of the Saudi royal family and distinguished state guests.
-
E.
Seagull Line
The Seagull Line is the nickname for the Blue Line of the Lisbon Metro, one of the main rapid transit routes serving Portugal’s capital city.
- 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: York International Target entity description: York International was a major global manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) equipment and systems.
-
A.
Stonebridge International
Stonebridge International is a Washington, D.C.–based international strategic advisory and consulting firm that counsels corporations and organizations on global political and economic issues.
-
B.
Liberty International
Liberty International was a major UK-based property investment and development company that later became known as Intu Properties.
-
C.
Evergreen International Aviation
Evergreen International Aviation was a former American aviation services company and cargo airline known for its global air freight operations and specialized aviation support services.
-
D.
Royal Terminal
Royal Terminal is an exclusive, high-security facility at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh used for the arrival and departure of the Saudi royal family and distinguished state guests.
-
E.
Seagull Line
The Seagull Line is the nickname for the Blue Line of the Lisbon Metro, one of the main rapid transit routes serving Portugal’s capital city.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
HVAC manufacturer
ⓘ
company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Johnson Controls ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| brandContinuedBy | Johnson Controls ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedIn | 1874 ⓘ |
| hasBrand | York ⓘ |
| hasProduct |
air handling units
ⓘ
chillers ⓘ commercial air conditioners ⓘ control systems for HVAC ⓘ heating equipment ⓘ industrial refrigeration systems ⓘ residential air conditioners ⓘ rooftop units ⓘ ventilation equipment ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | York, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| industry |
HVAC
ⓘ
heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration ⓘ refrigeration equipment ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pennsylvania
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
York, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| notableFor |
industrial refrigeration solutions
ⓘ
large centrifugal chillers ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| operatedInSector |
building technologies
ⓘ
industrial equipment ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Johnson Controls ⓘ |
| productCategory |
HVAC systems
ⓘ
refrigeration systems ⓘ |
| scale | global manufacturer ⓘ |
| servedMarket |
commercial buildings
ⓘ
data centers ⓘ educational institutions ⓘ government buildings ⓘ healthcare facilities ⓘ industrial facilities ⓘ marine applications ⓘ offshore platforms ⓘ residential buildings ⓘ |
| successor |
Johnson Controls – York brand
ⓘ
linked to:
Johnson Controls
|
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: York International Description of subject: York International was a major global manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) equipment and systems.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.