TOMS Shoes
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TOMS Shoes is a socially conscious footwear and lifestyle brand best known for its one-for-one giving model, donating a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair purchased.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TOMS Shoes canonical | 6 |
| TOMS | 3 |
| Toms Shoes | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11105810 — 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: TOMS Shoes Context triple: [Blake Mycoskie, founded, TOMS Shoes]
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A.
Crocs
Crocs is an American footwear brand best known for its lightweight, colorful clogs made from proprietary foam resin and embraced for both comfort and distinctive style.
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B.
Converse, Inc.
Converse, Inc. is an American footwear and apparel company best known for its iconic Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers and its long-standing influence on sports, music, and youth culture.
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C.
New Balance
New Balance is a major American athletic footwear and apparel brand known for its performance running shoes, classic lifestyle sneakers, and emphasis on comfort and fit.
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D.
Onitsuka Tiger
Onitsuka Tiger is a Japanese athletic footwear and apparel brand known for its retro-styled sneakers and as the predecessor to the modern ASICS corporation.
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E.
Dr. Martens
Dr. Martens is a British footwear and clothing brand best known for its durable leather boots with air-cushioned soles, which have become iconic in various subcultures worldwide.
- 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: TOMS Shoes Target entity description: TOMS Shoes is a socially conscious footwear and lifestyle brand best known for its one-for-one giving model, donating a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair purchased.
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A.
Crocs
Crocs is an American footwear brand best known for its lightweight, colorful clogs made from proprietary foam resin and embraced for both comfort and distinctive style.
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B.
Converse, Inc.
Converse, Inc. is an American footwear and apparel company best known for its iconic Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers and its long-standing influence on sports, music, and youth culture.
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C.
New Balance
New Balance is a major American athletic footwear and apparel brand known for its performance running shoes, classic lifestyle sneakers, and emphasis on comfort and fit.
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D.
Onitsuka Tiger
Onitsuka Tiger is a Japanese athletic footwear and apparel brand known for its retro-styled sneakers and as the predecessor to the modern ASICS corporation.
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E.
Dr. Martens
Dr. Martens is a British footwear and clothing brand best known for its durable leather boots with air-cushioned soles, which have become iconic in various subcultures worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
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footwear brand ⓘ for-profit company ⓘ lifestyle brand ⓘ social enterprise ⓘ |
| brandPositioning |
cause-based lifestyle brand
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socially responsible footwear brand ⓘ |
| businessModel | buy-one-give-one model ⓘ |
| businessStructure |
B Corporation
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linked to:
B Corporation certification
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| certification | B Corp certification ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| foundedBy | Blake Mycoskie ⓘ |
| founder | Blake Mycoskie ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
TOMS
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linked to:
TOMS Shoes
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| hasKeyConcept |
conscious consumerism
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impact-driven business ⓘ social entrepreneurship ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson | Blake Mycoskie ⓘ |
| hasSlogan | One for One ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| inception | 2006 ⓘ |
| industry |
fashion industry
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footwear industry ⓘ retail industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
one-for-one giving model
ⓘ
socially conscious business practices ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Asia
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Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| philanthropicProgram |
One for One shoe donations
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bullying prevention and mental health programs ⓘ clean water initiatives ⓘ eyewear-related sight-saving initiatives ⓘ safe birth initiatives ⓘ |
| product |
accessories
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alpargata-style slip-ons ⓘ apparel ⓘ boots ⓘ casual shoes ⓘ eyewear ⓘ sandals ⓘ sneakers ⓘ |
| salesChannel |
brick-and-mortar stores
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online retail ⓘ wholesale to other retailers ⓘ |
| socialMission |
improving lives through business
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providing shoes to children in need ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
children
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men ⓘ women ⓘ |
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: TOMS Shoes Description of subject: TOMS Shoes is a socially conscious footwear and lifestyle brand best known for its one-for-one giving model, donating a pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair purchased.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: TOMS Shoes
subject linked to:
Mycoskie
linked to: TOMS Shoes
linked to: TOMS Shoes
linked to: TOMS Shoes