Molex
E224586
Molex is a global manufacturer of electronic, electrical, and fiber optic interconnection systems and components.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Molex canonical | 2 |
| Mennekes connector | 1 |
| Molex 4-pin power connector | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2017782 — 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: Molex Context triple: [Lisle, Illinois, hasCorporatePresence, Molex]
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A.
Kavlico Corporation
Kavlico Corporation is a technology company known for designing and manufacturing pressure, position, and force sensors for aerospace, industrial, and automotive applications.
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B.
Mardel, Inc.
Mardel, Inc. is a Christian-themed retail chain in the United States that sells books, educational materials, and religious merchandise.
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C.
Xicor
Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
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D.
NGK Insulators
NGK Insulators is a Japanese company best known as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of insulators, ceramics, and related electrical and electronic components.
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E.
Rockwell Semiconductor Systems
Rockwell Semiconductor Systems was a division of Rockwell International that designed and manufactured semiconductor components, particularly known for its communications and modem chipsets in the 1990s.
- 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: Molex Target entity description: Molex is a global manufacturer of electronic, electrical, and fiber optic interconnection systems and components.
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A.
Kavlico Corporation
Kavlico Corporation is a technology company known for designing and manufacturing pressure, position, and force sensors for aerospace, industrial, and automotive applications.
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B.
Mardel, Inc.
Mardel, Inc. is a Christian-themed retail chain in the United States that sells books, educational materials, and religious merchandise.
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C.
Xicor
Xicor was a semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing non-volatile memory and analog integrated circuits.
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D.
NGK Insulators
NGK Insulators is a Japanese company best known as one of the world’s leading manufacturers of insulators, ceramics, and related electrical and electronic components.
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E.
Rockwell Semiconductor Systems
Rockwell Semiconductor Systems was a division of Rockwell International that designed and manufactured semiconductor components, particularly known for its communications and modem chipsets in the 1990s.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
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connector manufacturer ⓘ electronics manufacturer ⓘ |
| componentApplication |
automotive electronics
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consumer devices ⓘ industrial equipment ⓘ networking equipment ⓘ personal computers ⓘ servers ⓘ |
| componentTypeAssociatedWithBrand | peripheral power connector ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel | business-to-business ⓘ |
| hasDistributionChannel |
authorized distributors
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direct sales ⓘ online catalog ⓘ |
| industry |
electrical connectors
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electronic components ⓘ fiber optic interconnection systems ⓘ |
| knownFor | Molex-brand power connectors used in computers ⓘ |
| marketPosition | major global connector supplier ⓘ |
| offers |
custom interconnect solutions
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engineering support ⓘ standard connector products ⓘ |
| productType |
I/O connectors
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backplane connectors ⓘ board-to-board connectors ⓘ cable assemblies ⓘ electrical connectors ⓘ electronic connectors ⓘ fiber optic connectors ⓘ interconnection systems ⓘ sockets ⓘ wire-to-board connectors ⓘ wire-to-wire connectors ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| servesIndustry |
aerospace and defense industry
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automotive industry ⓘ consumer electronics industry ⓘ data communications industry ⓘ industrial automation industry ⓘ medical devices industry ⓘ telecommunications industry ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
interconnection systems
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power delivery solutions ⓘ signal transmission ⓘ |
| technologyFocus |
fiber optic technology
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harsh-environment connectivity ⓘ high-speed data connectivity ⓘ miniaturized connectors ⓘ |
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: Molex Description of subject: Molex is a global manufacturer of electronic, electrical, and fiber optic interconnection systems and components.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Molex
linked to: Molex