Allison Transmission
E1003206
Allison Transmission is an American manufacturer renowned for its automatic transmissions used widely in commercial, military, and heavy-duty vehicles.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Allison Transmission canonical | 1 |
| Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12762012 — 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: Allison Transmission Context triple: [MCI D-Series coaches, typicalTransmissionSupplier, Allison Transmission]
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A.
Meritor
Meritor is the abbreviated name of Meritor Savings Bank, FSB, a former U.S. financial institution that provided consumer and commercial banking services.
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B.
Jasper Engines & Transmissions
Jasper Engines & Transmissions is a major American remanufacturer of gas and diesel engines, transmissions, and other drivetrain components, headquartered in Jasper, Indiana.
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C.
GTE Automatic Electric
GTE Automatic Electric was a major U.S. telecommunications equipment manufacturer known for producing telephone switching systems and related hardware, particularly for independent telephone companies.
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D.
Hydra-Matic automatic transmission
The Hydra-Matic automatic transmission was one of the first mass-produced fully automatic automotive transmissions, developed by General Motors and widely used in mid-20th-century American cars.
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E.
Tenneco
Tenneco is a global automotive parts manufacturer known for producing ride performance, clean air, and powertrain components for vehicle manufacturers and the aftermarket.
- 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: Allison Transmission Target entity description: Allison Transmission is an American manufacturer renowned for its automatic transmissions used widely in commercial, military, and heavy-duty vehicles.
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A.
Meritor
Meritor is the abbreviated name of Meritor Savings Bank, FSB, a former U.S. financial institution that provided consumer and commercial banking services.
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B.
Jasper Engines & Transmissions
Jasper Engines & Transmissions is a major American remanufacturer of gas and diesel engines, transmissions, and other drivetrain components, headquartered in Jasper, Indiana.
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C.
GTE Automatic Electric
GTE Automatic Electric was a major U.S. telecommunications equipment manufacturer known for producing telephone switching systems and related hardware, particularly for independent telephone companies.
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D.
Hydra-Matic automatic transmission
The Hydra-Matic automatic transmission was one of the first mass-produced fully automatic automotive transmissions, developed by General Motors and widely used in mid-20th-century American cars.
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E.
Tenneco
Tenneco is a global automotive parts manufacturer known for producing ride performance, clean air, and powertrain components for vehicle manufacturers and the aftermarket.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
manufacturer ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| exportsTo | global markets ⓘ |
| foundedBy | James A. Allison ⓘ |
| hasApplication |
mining vehicles
ⓘ
off-highway equipment ⓘ oil and gas field equipment ⓘ on-highway trucks ⓘ public transit buses ⓘ school buses ⓘ |
| hasBrand | Allison ⓘ |
| hasCustomer |
bus OEMs
ⓘ
defense vehicle OEMs ⓘ off-highway equipment OEMs ⓘ truck OEMs ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
engineering and test centers
ⓘ
global parts distribution centers ⓘ manufacturing plants in Indianapolis, Indiana ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States ⓘ |
| industry |
automotive industry
ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commercial-duty automatic transmissions
ⓘ
durability in severe-duty applications ⓘ fully automatic transmissions ⓘ torque converter automatic transmissions ⓘ |
| marketPosition | leading manufacturer of commercial-duty automatic transmissions ⓘ |
| offersService |
aftermarket parts
ⓘ
service and support for transmissions ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Allison Transmission Holdings Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Allison Transmission
|
| product |
automatic transmissions
ⓘ
electric propulsion systems ⓘ hybrid propulsion systems ⓘ |
| regulatoryFilingType | publicly traded company ⓘ |
| servesSector |
bus and coach
ⓘ
commercial vehicles ⓘ construction vehicles ⓘ defense applications ⓘ fire and emergency vehicles ⓘ heavy-duty vehicles ⓘ military vehicles ⓘ off-highway equipment ⓘ refuse trucks ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| technologyFocus |
automatic transmission controls
ⓘ
electronic control units ⓘ hybrid-electric drivetrains ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | ALSN ⓘ |
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: Allison Transmission Description of subject: Allison Transmission is an American manufacturer renowned for its automatic transmissions used widely in commercial, military, and heavy-duty vehicles.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Allison Transmission