BKS
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BKS is the former New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Barnes & Noble, the large American bookselling and retail company.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BKS canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2553416 — 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: BKS Context triple: [Barnes & Noble, tickerSymbol, BKS]
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A.
BK
BK is a common abbreviation for Brooklyn, a borough of New York City known for its cultural diversity, arts scene, and historic neighborhoods.
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B.
BKL
BKL is an alternative name for the Big Circle Line, a major circular metro line in Moscow’s rapid transit system.
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C.
BKR
BKR is the postal code prefix used for addresses in the town of Birkirkara in Malta.
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D.
BKR
BKR was the abbreviated name of the People's Security Agency, an early post-World War II Indonesian security and defense organization.
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E.
BSM
The Bronze Star Medal (BSM) is a United States military decoration awarded for heroic or meritorious achievement or service in a combat zone.
- 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: BKS Target entity description: BKS is the former New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Barnes & Noble, the large American bookselling and retail company.
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A.
BK
BK is a common abbreviation for Brooklyn, a borough of New York City known for its cultural diversity, arts scene, and historic neighborhoods.
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B.
BKL
BKL is an alternative name for the Big Circle Line, a major circular metro line in Moscow’s rapid transit system.
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C.
BKR
BKR was the abbreviated name of the People's Security Agency, an early post-World War II Indonesian security and defense organization.
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D.
BKR
BKR is the postal code prefix used for addresses in the town of Birkirkara in Malta.
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E.
BSM
The Bronze Star Medal (BSM) is a United States military decoration awarded for heroic or meritorious achievement or service in a combat zone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
securities identifier
ⓘ
stock ticker symbol ⓘ |
| associatedWithBrand | Barnes & Noble ⓘ |
| associatedWithBusinessType |
brick-and-mortar bookstores
ⓘ
online book retail ⓘ |
| associatedWithProducts |
books
ⓘ
e-books ⓘ educational materials ⓘ magazines ⓘ |
| associatedWithServices |
online retail services
ⓘ
retail store services ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currency | US dollar ⓘ |
| exchangeMic | XNYS ⓘ |
| hasLength | 3 characters ⓘ |
| industryOfUnderlyingIssuer |
bookselling
ⓘ
retail ⓘ |
| market | US equity market ⓘ |
| notationLanguage | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| refersTo |
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Barnes & Noble
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| securityType | common stock ⓘ |
| status | former ticker symbol ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbolFor |
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Barnes & Noble
|
| underlyingIssuerHeadquartersCity | New York City ⓘ |
| underlyingIssuerHeadquartersCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| underlyingIssuerSector | consumer discretionary ⓘ |
| usedFor | trading shares of Barnes & Noble, Inc. on the NYSE ⓘ |
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: BKS Description of subject: BKS is the former New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Barnes & Noble, the large American bookselling and retail company.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.