Kaplan, Inc.
E385830
Kaplan, Inc. is a global educational services company best known for its test preparation, professional training, and higher education programs.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kaplan, Inc. canonical | 7 |
| Kaplan Financial Education | 1 |
| Kaplan International | 1 |
| Kaplan International Pathways | 1 |
| Kaplan Professional | 1 |
| Kaplan Test Prep | 1 |
| Kaplan, Inc. – education | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3760886 — 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: Kaplan, Inc. Context triple: [The Washington Post Company, ownerOf, Kaplan, Inc.]
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A.
Kaplan
Kaplan is a surname most notably associated with Mordecai Kaplan, an influential 20th-century rabbi and theologian who founded Reconstructionist Judaism.
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B.
Capco
Capco is a global management and technology consultancy specializing in the financial services industry.
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C.
Shorenstein Company
Shorenstein Company is a prominent privately held real estate investment and development firm based in San Francisco, known for owning and managing major commercial office properties across the United States.
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D.
Kinney National Services
Kinney National Services was a diversified American holding company that became the corporate predecessor to Warner Communications under media executive Steve Ross.
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E.
Keio Corporation
Keio Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and transportation company operating rail lines and related services in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
- 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: Kaplan, Inc. Target entity description: Kaplan, Inc. is a global educational services company best known for its test preparation, professional training, and higher education programs.
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A.
Kaplan
Kaplan is a surname most notably associated with Mordecai Kaplan, an influential 20th-century rabbi and theologian who founded Reconstructionist Judaism.
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B.
Capco
Capco is a global management and technology consultancy specializing in the financial services industry.
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C.
Shorenstein Company
Shorenstein Company is a prominent privately held real estate investment and development firm based in San Francisco, known for owning and managing major commercial office properties across the United States.
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D.
Kinney National Services
Kinney National Services was a diversified American holding company that became the corporate predecessor to Warner Communications under media executive Steve Ross.
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E.
Keio Corporation
Keio Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and transportation company operating rail lines and related services in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational services company
ⓘ
subsidiary ⓘ test preparation company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Graham Holdings Company ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
academic preparation
ⓘ
career advancement ⓘ test score improvement ⓘ |
| formerParentOrganization | The Washington Post Company ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Stanley Kaplan ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
in-person classes
ⓘ
live online classes ⓘ online courses ⓘ self-paced courses ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
ⓘ
linked to:
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| industry |
education
ⓘ
higher education ⓘ professional training ⓘ test preparation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| offersPreparationForExam |
ACT
ⓘ
GMAT ⓘ GRE ⓘ LSAT ⓘ
linked to:
Law School Admission Test
MCAT ⓘ
linked to:
Medical College Admission Test
NCLEX ⓘ
linked to:
NCLEX-RN
SAT ⓘ USMLE ⓘ bar exam ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Asia
ⓘ
Australia ⓘ Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Graham Holdings Company ⓘ |
| product |
higher education programs
ⓘ
language training ⓘ online education programs ⓘ professional certification training ⓘ test preparation courses ⓘ university pathway programs ⓘ |
| serves |
businesses
ⓘ
professionals ⓘ students ⓘ universities ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
Kaplan Financial Education
ⓘ
linked to:
Kaplan, Inc.
Kaplan International ⓘ
linked to:
Kaplan, Inc.
Kaplan International Pathways ⓘ
linked to:
Kaplan, Inc.
Kaplan Professional ⓘ
linked to:
Kaplan, Inc.
Kaplan Test Prep ⓘ
linked to:
Kaplan, Inc.
Kaplan University (former) ⓘ
linked to:
Kaplan University
|
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: Kaplan, Inc. Description of subject: Kaplan, Inc. is a global educational services company best known for its test preparation, professional training, and higher education programs.
Referenced by (13)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kaplan, Inc.
linked to: Kaplan, Inc.
linked to: Kaplan, Inc.
linked to: Kaplan, Inc.
linked to: Kaplan, Inc.
linked to: Kaplan, Inc.