SCI network of funeral homes
E741298
The SCI network of funeral homes is a large North American chain of funeral, cremation, and cemetery service providers operated by Service Corporation International.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| SCI network of funeral homes canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8545822 — 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: SCI network of funeral homes Context triple: [Dignity Memorial, isPartOf, SCI network of funeral homes]
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World Health Organization collaborating institutions network
The World Health Organization collaborating institutions network is a global system of designated research and training centers that support WHO’s public health mission through expertise, data, and technical cooperation.
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B.
Centre for Collaboration with Registry Networks
The Centre for Collaboration with Registry Networks is a specialized unit within Norway’s public health system that coordinates and advances the use of health registries for research, surveillance, and policy development.
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C.
Doctoral Networks
Doctoral Networks are European Union–funded collaborative doctoral training programs under the Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Actions that support international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral PhD research and training.
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D.
NARIC Network
The NARIC Network is a European network of national centers that provide information and guidance on the recognition of foreign diplomas, degrees, and other academic qualifications.
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E.
SCIC
SCIC is a Vietnamese state-owned investment company that manages and invests government capital in various enterprises to optimize state asset value.
- 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: SCI network of funeral homes Target entity description: The SCI network of funeral homes is a large North American chain of funeral, cremation, and cemetery service providers operated by Service Corporation International.
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A.
World Health Organization collaborating institutions network
The World Health Organization collaborating institutions network is a global system of designated research and training centers that support WHO’s public health mission through expertise, data, and technical cooperation.
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B.
Centre for Collaboration with Registry Networks
The Centre for Collaboration with Registry Networks is a specialized unit within Norway’s public health system that coordinates and advances the use of health registries for research, surveillance, and policy development.
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C.
Doctoral Networks
Doctoral Networks are European Union–funded collaborative doctoral training programs under the Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Actions that support international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral PhD research and training.
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D.
NARIC Network
The NARIC Network is a European network of national centers that provide information and guidance on the recognition of foreign diplomas, degrees, and other academic qualifications.
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E.
SCIC
SCIC is a Vietnamese state-owned investment company that manages and invests government capital in various enterprises to optimize state asset value.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
chain of funeral homes
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funeral home network ⓘ |
| basedOnBusinessModel | consolidated network of locally branded funeral homes ⓘ |
| businessModelFeature | centralized corporate ownership with local branding ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
Canada
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| hasBusinessSector |
consumer services
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personal services ⓘ |
| hasCorporateHeadquartersOfOperator |
Houston, Texas
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston
|
| hasParentCompany | Service Corporation International ⓘ |
| hasReputationAs | one of the largest funeral service networks in North America ⓘ |
| hasServiceCategory |
bereavement support services
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end‑of‑life services ⓘ |
| hasType | for‑profit funeral home chain ⓘ |
| industry |
death care industry
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funeral services industry ⓘ |
| languageOfService |
English
ⓘ
French (in parts of Canada) ⓘ |
| offersPlanningOption |
at‑need funeral arrangements
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cemetery property pre‑sales ⓘ pre‑need funeral contracts ⓘ |
| offersProduct |
caskets
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funeral merchandise ⓘ grave markers ⓘ urns ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Service Corporation International ⓘ |
| operatesFacilities |
cemeteries
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crematoria ⓘ funeral homes ⓘ |
| operatesUnder | Dignity Memorial brand ⓘ |
| operatorTickerSymbol | NYSE:SCI ⓘ |
| ownsBy | Service Corporation International ⓘ |
| providesService |
burial services
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cemetery services ⓘ cremation services ⓘ funeral services ⓘ memorial services ⓘ pre‑arranged funeral plans ⓘ |
| regionServed | North America ⓘ |
| regulatedBy |
consumer protection laws in Canada
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consumer protection laws in the United States ⓘ state and provincial funeral service regulators ⓘ |
| serviceSetting |
some rural areas
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suburban areas ⓘ urban areas ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
families arranging funerals
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individuals purchasing pre‑need funeral plans ⓘ |
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: SCI network of funeral homes Description of subject: The SCI network of funeral homes is a large North American chain of funeral, cremation, and cemetery service providers operated by Service Corporation International.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.