Elmer's
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Elmer's is a well-known American brand best recognized for its school and craft glues and other adhesive products.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elmer's canonical | 3 |
| Bostik | 1 |
| Elmer's Clear Glue | 1 |
| Elmer's Disappearing Purple Glue Stick | 1 |
| Elmer's Foam Board | 1 |
| Elmer's Glitter Glue | 1 |
| Elmer's Glue-All | 1 |
| Elmer's School Glue | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T753914 — 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: Elmer's Context triple: [Newell Brands, hasBrand, Elmer's]
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A.
Napalm & Silly Putty
Napalm & Silly Putty is a 2001 humor book by comedian George Carlin that collects his sharp, irreverent observations and social commentary in written form.
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B.
Gumm
Gumm is the birth surname of American actress and singer Judy Garland, originally Frances Ethel Gumm.
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C.
Coolamon
Coolamon is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural heritage and historic streetscape.
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D.
Stanley
Stanley is a British noble family name historically associated with influential aristocrats, including Lord Stanley of Preston, who served as Governor General of Canada.
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E.
Stanley
Stanley is the given first name of Ann Dunham, the American anthropologist and mother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
- 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: Elmer's Target entity description: Elmer's is a well-known American brand best recognized for its school and craft glues and other adhesive products.
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A.
Napalm & Silly Putty
Napalm & Silly Putty is a 2001 humor book by comedian George Carlin that collects his sharp, irreverent observations and social commentary in written form.
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B.
Gumm
Gumm is the birth surname of American actress and singer Judy Garland, originally Frances Ethel Gumm.
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C.
Coolamon
Coolamon is a small rural town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, known for its agricultural heritage and historic streetscape.
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D.
Stanley
Stanley is a British noble family name historically associated with influential aristocrats, including Lord Stanley of Preston, who served as Governor General of Canada.
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E.
Stanley
Stanley is the given first name of Ann Dunham, the American anthropologist and mother of former U.S. President Barack Obama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brand
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company ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
DIY projects
ⓘ
arts and crafts ⓘ school projects ⓘ |
| brandRecognition | well-known American brand ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| hasBrandVariant |
Elmer's Clear Glue
ⓘ
linked to:
Elmer's
Elmer's Disappearing Purple Glue Stick ⓘ
linked to:
Elmer's
Elmer's Foam Board ⓘ
linked to:
Elmer's
Elmer's Glitter Glue ⓘ
linked to:
Elmer's
Elmer's Glue-All ⓘ
linked to:
Elmer's
Elmer's School Glue ⓘ
linked to:
Elmer's
|
| industry | adhesive industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
craft glues
ⓘ
non-toxic glue ⓘ school glues ⓘ washable glue ⓘ white glue ⓘ |
| marketPosition | leading school glue brand in the United States ⓘ |
| productType |
adhesive products
ⓘ
craft glue ⓘ craft supplies ⓘ foam board ⓘ glue sticks ⓘ liquid glue ⓘ school glue ⓘ |
| safetyCharacteristic |
child-friendly formulations
ⓘ
non-toxic formulations ⓘ washable formulations ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
crafters
ⓘ
families ⓘ students ⓘ teachers ⓘ |
| typicalColor |
clear
ⓘ
purple (disappearing) ⓘ white ⓘ |
| typicalSalesChannel |
craft stores
ⓘ
mass merchandisers ⓘ office supply stores ⓘ online retailers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
cardboard bonding
ⓘ
light craft materials bonding ⓘ paper bonding ⓘ |
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: Elmer's Description of subject: Elmer's is a well-known American brand best recognized for its school and craft glues and other adhesive products.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Elmer's
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linked to: Elmer's