Keller factory
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Keller factory is the manufacturing business owned and operated by Joe Keller, central to the moral and economic conflicts in Arthur Miller’s play "All My Sons."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Keller and Deever machine shop | 1 |
| Keller factory canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5929591 — 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: Keller factory Context triple: [Joe Keller, owns, Keller factory]
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A.
Keller
Keller is the surname of Helen Keller, the renowned American author and disability rights advocate who was both deaf and blind.
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B.
Chemische Fabrik Kalle
Chemische Fabrik Kalle was a German chemical company that became part of the conglomerate IG Farben, historically significant in the development of the country’s chemical industry.
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C.
Gleason Works
Gleason Works is an American manufacturing company best known for its pioneering machine tools and technologies for producing gears and related power transmission components.
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D.
House of Kettler
The House of Kettler was a prominent Baltic German noble dynasty that ruled the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in the early modern period.
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E.
Kaiser Industries
Kaiser Industries was a diversified American industrial conglomerate founded by Henry J. Kaiser, active in sectors such as construction, shipbuilding, aluminum, steel, and automotive manufacturing.
- 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: Keller factory Target entity description: Keller factory is the manufacturing business owned and operated by Joe Keller, central to the moral and economic conflicts in Arthur Miller’s play "All My Sons."
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A.
Keller
Keller is the surname of Helen Keller, the renowned American author and disability rights advocate who was both deaf and blind.
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B.
Chemische Fabrik Kalle
Chemische Fabrik Kalle was a German chemical company that became part of the conglomerate IG Farben, historically significant in the development of the country’s chemical industry.
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C.
Gleason Works
Gleason Works is an American manufacturing company best known for its pioneering machine tools and technologies for producing gears and related power transmission components.
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D.
House of Kettler
The House of Kettler was a prominent Baltic German noble dynasty that ruled the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia in the early modern period.
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E.
Kaiser Industries
Kaiser Industries was a diversified American industrial conglomerate founded by Henry J. Kaiser, active in sectors such as construction, shipbuilding, aluminum, steel, and automotive manufacturing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional location
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fictional manufacturing business ⓘ setting element in a play ⓘ |
| appearsIn | All My Sons ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
World War II military contracts
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shipment of defective cylinder heads ⓘ |
| causeOf | death of 21 pilots in All My Sons ⓘ |
| centralTo |
economic conflicts in All My Sons
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moral conflicts in All My Sons ⓘ |
| conflictType | profit versus human life ⓘ |
| connectedToPlotPoint |
Joe Keller’s exoneration in court
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Steve Deever’s imprisonment ⓘ revelation of Joe Keller’s guilt ⓘ |
| createdBy | Arthur Miller ⓘ |
| economicRole |
local employer in the play’s town
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source of Keller family wealth ⓘ |
| employs |
Joe Keller
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Steve Deever ⓘ factory workers ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| industry | manufacturing ⓘ |
| involvesLegalIssue |
criminal liability for defective parts
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war profiteering ⓘ |
| involvesTheme |
family versus social responsibility
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guilt and denial ⓘ responsibility to society ⓘ |
| linkedToCharacter |
Ann Deever
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Chris Keller ⓘ Joe Keller ⓘ Kate Keller ⓘ Steve Deever ⓘ |
| literaryFunction |
dramatic catalyst
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moral testing ground for characters ⓘ |
| locatedInFictionalUniverse | All My Sons universe ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Joe Keller ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Joe Keller ⓘ |
| partOf | setting of All My Sons ⓘ |
| produces | airplane engine parts ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
American capitalism
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moral compromise for profit ⓘ the American Dream gone wrong ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Keller factory Description of subject: Keller factory is the manufacturing business owned and operated by Joe Keller, central to the moral and economic conflicts in Arthur Miller’s play "All My Sons."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Keller factory