MAC Cosmetics
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MAC Cosmetics is a globally recognized professional makeup brand known for its wide range of high-quality cosmetics, trend-setting collaborations, and strong presence in the fashion and beauty industries.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MAC Cosmetics canonical | 5 |
| MAC Viva Glam | 1 |
| Make-up Art Cosmetics | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10918249 — 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: MAC Cosmetics Context triple: [Gareth Pugh, hasCollaboratedWith, MAC Cosmetics]
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A.
Maybelline New York
Maybelline New York is a major American cosmetics and beauty brand known worldwide for its mass-market makeup products.
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B.
NYX Professional Makeup
NYX Professional Makeup is a popular, affordable cosmetics brand known for its wide range of highly pigmented, trend-driven makeup products favored by both professionals and everyday consumers.
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C.
Rimmel
Rimmel is a British cosmetics brand best known for its affordable makeup products and the slogan "Get the London Look."
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D.
Benefit Cosmetics
Benefit Cosmetics is a San Francisco–born beauty brand known for its playful packaging and bestselling brow and complexion products, and is part of the luxury group LVMH.
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E.
Revlon
Revlon is a major American cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, and personal care company known for its mass-market beauty products and global brand presence.
- 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: MAC Cosmetics Target entity description: MAC Cosmetics is a globally recognized professional makeup brand known for its wide range of high-quality cosmetics, trend-setting collaborations, and strong presence in the fashion and beauty industries.
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A.
Maybelline New York
Maybelline New York is a major American cosmetics and beauty brand known worldwide for its mass-market makeup products.
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B.
NYX Professional Makeup
NYX Professional Makeup is a popular, affordable cosmetics brand known for its wide range of highly pigmented, trend-driven makeup products favored by both professionals and everyday consumers.
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C.
Rimmel
Rimmel is a British cosmetics brand best known for its affordable makeup products and the slogan "Get the London Look."
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D.
Benefit Cosmetics
Benefit Cosmetics is a San Francisco–born beauty brand known for its playful packaging and bestselling brow and complexion products, and is part of the luxury group LVMH.
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E.
Revlon
Revlon is a major American cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, and personal care company known for its mass-market beauty products and global brand presence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
cosmetics brand ⓘ makeup brand ⓘ |
| abbreviation | MAC ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Estée Lauder Companies ⓘ |
| brandOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
celebrities
ⓘ
entertainment franchises ⓘ fashion designers ⓘ |
| distributionChannel |
department stores
ⓘ
online retail ⓘ standalone retail stores ⓘ |
| foundedInCity | Toronto ⓘ |
| foundedInCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| foundedInYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| founder |
Frank Angelo
ⓘ
Frank Toskan ⓘ |
| fullName |
Make-up Art Cosmetics
ⓘ
linked to:
MAC Cosmetics
|
| globalPresence | international ⓘ |
| hasNotableProgram |
MAC Viva Glam
ⓘ
linked to:
MAC Cosmetics
|
| hasProductLine |
blushes
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concealers ⓘ eyeshadows ⓘ foundations ⓘ highlighters ⓘ lipsticks ⓘ makeup brushes ⓘ mascaras ⓘ powders ⓘ primers ⓘ setting sprays ⓘ |
| hasSubBrand | MAC Pro ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| industry |
beauty industry
ⓘ
cosmetics industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
backstage runway makeup
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professional-quality makeup products ⓘ strong presence in fashion industry ⓘ trend-setting collaborations ⓘ wide shade ranges ⓘ |
| marketingApproach |
limited-edition collections
ⓘ
runway partnerships ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Estée Lauder Companies ⓘ |
| philanthropyFocus | HIV/AIDS causes ⓘ |
| positioning | professional makeup brand ⓘ |
| productType |
fragrance
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makeup ⓘ skincare ⓘ |
| servesSegment | professional makeup artists through MAC Pro program ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
general consumers
ⓘ
professional makeup artists ⓘ |
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: MAC Cosmetics Description of subject: MAC Cosmetics is a globally recognized professional makeup brand known for its wide range of high-quality cosmetics, trend-setting collaborations, and strong presence in the fashion and beauty industries.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: MAC Cosmetics
linked to: MAC Cosmetics