Tyco International
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Tyco International was a multinational conglomerate known for its security systems, fire protection, and industrial products before being acquired by Johnson Controls.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tyco International canonical | 3 |
| Tyco | 2 |
| Tyco Laboratories | 2 |
| Tyco Electronics (prior to spin‑off) | 1 |
| Tyco Fire & Security | 1 |
| Tyco Flow Control | 1 |
| Tyco Security Products | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8605237 — 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: Tyco International Context triple: [Johnson Controls, acquired, Tyco International]
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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.
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.
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C.
Fortive
Fortive is an American diversified industrial technology company that owns and operates a portfolio of measurement, automation, and industrial solutions businesses.
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D.
Honeywell
Honeywell is a multinational conglomerate best known for its aerospace systems, building technologies, performance materials, and industrial automation products.
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E.
Guardian Industries
Guardian Industries is a major global manufacturer of glass, automotive, and building products, known for its architectural and float glass operations.
- 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: Tyco International Target entity description: Tyco International was a multinational conglomerate known for its security systems, fire protection, and industrial products before being acquired by Johnson Controls.
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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.
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.
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C.
Fortive
Fortive is an American diversified industrial technology company that owns and operates a portfolio of measurement, automation, and industrial solutions businesses.
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D.
Honeywell
Honeywell is a multinational conglomerate best known for its aerospace systems, building technologies, performance materials, and industrial automation products.
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E.
Guardian Industries
Guardian Industries is a major global manufacturer of glass, automotive, and building products, known for its architectural and float glass operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multinational conglomerate
ⓘ
public company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Johnson Controls International
ⓘ
linked to:
Johnson Controls
|
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| businessModel | business‑to‑business services and products ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfAcquisition | 2016 ⓘ |
| dissolved | 2016 ⓘ |
| formerCEO |
Dennis Kozlowski
ⓘ
Edward D. Breen ⓘ |
| formerCountryOfIncorporation |
Bermuda
ⓘ
linked to:
Bermuda (United Kingdom)
Switzerland ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Arthur J. Rosenberg ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Cork, Ireland ⓘ |
| inception | 1960 ⓘ |
| industry |
electronic components
ⓘ
engineered products ⓘ fire protection ⓘ healthcare products ⓘ industrial products ⓘ security systems ⓘ |
| keyEvent | corporate restructuring in early 2000s following accounting scandal ⓘ |
| keyMarket |
commercial buildings
ⓘ
industrial facilities ⓘ marine sector ⓘ oil and gas sector ⓘ |
| keyProduct |
electronic security systems
ⓘ
fire detection systems ⓘ fire suppression systems ⓘ industrial flow control equipment ⓘ valves and controls ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| mergerOrAcquisitionType | all‑stock merger ⓘ |
| notableBrand |
ADT (prior to spin‑off)
ⓘ
linked to:
ADT
SimplexGrinnell ⓘ |
| notableCompetitor |
Honeywell International
ⓘ
linked to:
Honeywell
Siemens Building Technologies ⓘ
linked to:
Siemens
United Technologies (UTC) ⓘ
linked to:
United Technologies Corporation
|
| notableDivision |
Tyco Electronics (prior to spin‑off)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tyco International
Tyco Fire & Security ⓘ
linked to:
Tyco International
Tyco Flow Control ⓘ
linked to:
Tyco International
|
| originalName |
Tyco Laboratories
ⓘ
linked to:
Tyco International
|
| predecessor |
Tyco Laboratories
ⓘ
linked to:
Tyco International
|
| reasonForDissolution | merged into Johnson Controls International ⓘ |
| spunOff |
ADT Corporation
ⓘ
Covidien ⓘ Tyco Electronics ⓘ |
| successor |
Johnson Controls International
ⓘ
linked to:
Johnson Controls
|
| tickerSymbol | TYC ⓘ |
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: Tyco International Description of subject: Tyco International was a multinational conglomerate known for its security systems, fire protection, and industrial products before being acquired by Johnson Controls.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tyco International
subject linked to:
JCI
linked to: Tyco International
linked to: Tyco International
linked to: Tyco International
linked to: Tyco International
linked to: Tyco International
linked to: Tyco International