OfficeMax
E396068
OfficeMax is a major American office supplies retail chain offering products such as stationery, furniture, and technology for businesses and consumers.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OfficeMax canonical | 2 |
| OfficeMax ImPress | 1 |
| OfficeMax TUL | 1 |
| OfficeMax WorkPro | 1 |
| OfficeMax brand | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3868038 — 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: OfficeMax Context triple: [Staples Inc., hasCompetitor, OfficeMax]
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A.
Staples Inc.
Staples Inc. is a major American office supply retail company known for its chain of stores and business-to-business services.
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B.
Office Depot Center
Office Depot Center was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Sunrise, Florida, best known as the longtime home venue of the NHL’s Florida Panthers under a former naming-rights deal.
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C.
Michaels
Michaels is the surname of Lorne Michaels, the influential Canadian-American television producer and creator of "Saturday Night Live."
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D.
Michaels Companies
Michaels Companies is a major North American specialty retailer of arts, crafts, framing, floral, and home décor products.
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E.
Dunder Mifflin
Dunder Mifflin is the fictional mid-sized paper supply company that serves as the primary setting for the U.S. television series "The Office."
- 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: OfficeMax Target entity description: OfficeMax is a major American office supplies retail chain offering products such as stationery, furniture, and technology for businesses and consumers.
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A.
Staples Inc.
Staples Inc. is a major American office supply retail company known for its chain of stores and business-to-business services.
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B.
Office Depot Center
Office Depot Center was a multi-purpose indoor arena in Sunrise, Florida, best known as the longtime home venue of the NHL’s Florida Panthers under a former naming-rights deal.
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C.
Michaels
Michaels is the surname of Lorne Michaels, the influential Canadian-American television producer and creator of "Saturday Night Live."
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D.
Michaels Companies
Michaels Companies is a major North American specialty retailer of arts, crafts, framing, floral, and home décor products.
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E.
Dunder Mifflin
Dunder Mifflin is the fictional mid-sized paper supply company that serves as the primary setting for the U.S. television series "The Office."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
office supply retailer
ⓘ
retail company ⓘ |
| brandColor |
black
ⓘ
red ⓘ |
| businessModel |
big-box retail
ⓘ
e-commerce ⓘ |
| competitor |
Amazon
ⓘ
Office Depot ⓘ Staples Inc. ⓘ Walmart ⓘ
linked to:
Walmart Inc.
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedBy |
Michael Feuer
ⓘ
Robert Hurwitz ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
OfficeMax ImPress
ⓘ
linked to:
OfficeMax
OfficeMax TUL ⓘ
linked to:
OfficeMax
OfficeMax WorkPro ⓘ
linked to:
OfficeMax
|
| hasWebsite | https://www.officemax.com ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Chicago metropolitan area
ⓘ
Naperville, Illinois ⓘ |
| inception | 1988 ⓘ |
| industry |
business services
ⓘ
office supplies ⓘ retail ⓘ |
| mergedInto |
Office Depot, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Office Depot
|
| mergerDate | 2013 ⓘ |
| offersService |
copy and print services
ⓘ
office furniture installation ⓘ shipping services ⓘ technology support services ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ U.S. Virgin Islands ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| parentOrganization |
Office Depot, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Office Depot
|
| productCategory |
business machines
ⓘ
office furniture ⓘ office supplies ⓘ printing services ⓘ stationery ⓘ technology products ⓘ |
| sells |
computers and accessories
ⓘ
desks ⓘ ink and toner ⓘ office chairs ⓘ paper products ⓘ printers ⓘ writing instruments ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
businesses
ⓘ
home offices ⓘ individual consumers ⓘ small businesses ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | OMX ⓘ |
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: OfficeMax Description of subject: OfficeMax is a major American office supplies retail chain offering products such as stationery, furniture, and technology for businesses and consumers.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: OfficeMax