James Cash Penney
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James Cash Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the J. C. Penney department store chain.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James Cash Penney canonical | 25 |
| James Cash Penney Jr. | 1 |
| James Cash Penney as a business leader | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1657709 — 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: James Cash Penney Context triple: [J. C. Penney, name, James Cash Penney]
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A.
Rodman Wanamaker
Rodman Wanamaker was an American businessman and department store magnate whose support for professional golf helped lead to the creation of the PGA Championship and its iconic Wanamaker Trophy.
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B.
Frank Winfield Woolworth
Frank Winfield Woolworth was an American entrepreneur and retail pioneer who founded the F. W. Woolworth Company, one of the first and most successful five-and-dime store chains.
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C.
Ogden L. Mills
Ogden L. Mills was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the early years of the Great Depression.
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D.
John W. Nordstrom
John W. Nordstrom was a Swedish-American businessman and co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain in the United States.
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E.
Charles Stewart Mott
Charles Stewart Mott was an American industrialist and philanthropist best known as an early partner in General Motors and a major benefactor of civic and educational causes.
- 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: James Cash Penney Target entity description: James Cash Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the J. C. Penney department store chain.
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A.
Rodman Wanamaker
Rodman Wanamaker was an American businessman and department store magnate whose support for professional golf helped lead to the creation of the PGA Championship and its iconic Wanamaker Trophy.
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B.
Frank Winfield Woolworth
Frank Winfield Woolworth was an American entrepreneur and retail pioneer who founded the F. W. Woolworth Company, one of the first and most successful five-and-dime store chains.
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C.
Ogden L. Mills
Ogden L. Mills was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician who served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the early years of the Great Depression.
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D.
John W. Nordstrom
John W. Nordstrom was a Swedish-American businessman and co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain in the United States.
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E.
Charles Stewart Mott
Charles Stewart Mott was an American industrialist and philanthropist best known as an early partner in General Motors and a major benefactor of civic and educational causes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ philanthropist ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York City
|
| businessPhilosophy |
the Golden Rule in retailing
ⓘ
linked to:
Golden Rule
|
| child |
James Cash Penney Jr.
ⓘ
linked to:
James Cash Penney
Mary Frances Penney ⓘ Paul Penney ⓘ Ruth Penney ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1875-09-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1971-02-12 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Hamilton High School (Missouri) ⓘ |
| employer | J. C. Penney ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Penney ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
department stores
ⓘ
retail business ⓘ |
| founded | J. C. Penney ⓘ |
| fullName | James Cash Penney ⓘ |
| genre | business writing ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasCauseOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| hasSignature | Signature of James Cash Penney ⓘ |
| knownFor | founding the J. C. Penney department store chain ⓘ |
| middleName | Cash ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableEvent | opened first J. C. Penney store in Kemmerer, Wyoming in 1902 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
J. C. Penney (retail chain)
ⓘ
linked to:
J. C. Penney
autobiography "Fifty Years with the Golden Rule" ⓘ |
| occupation |
businessperson
ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ merchant ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Hamilton, Missouri, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Hamilton, Missouri
|
| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| positionHeld | chairman of J. C. Penney ⓘ |
| religion |
Christianity
ⓘ
Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to:
Presbyterian
|
| residence |
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Kemmerer, Wyoming
New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Lake City
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| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse |
Berta Ainsworth Penney
ⓘ
Caroline Marie Autenrieth Penney ⓘ
linked to:
Mary Hortense Kimball
Mary Hortense Kimball Penney ⓘ
linked to:
Mary Hortense Kimball
|
| workLocation |
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Kemmerer, Wyoming
New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James Cash Penney Description of subject: James Cash Penney was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known as the founder of the J. C. Penney department store chain.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: James Cash Penney
subject linked to:
Penney
subject linked to:
Caroline Marie Autenrieth
subject linked to:
autobiography "Fifty Years with the Golden Rule"
subject linked to:
autobiography "Fifty Years with the Golden Rule"
linked to: James Cash Penney
subject linked to:
autobiography "Fifty Years with the Golden Rule"
subject linked to:
Berta Ainsworth Penney
subject linked to:
Paul Penney
subject linked to:
Mary Frances Penney