acquiredCompany

P16131
predicate

Indicates that one entity has purchased and taken ownership or control of another company.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
acquiredCompany canonical 30
acquiredAssetsFrom 3
brandAcquiredBy 2

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: acquiredCompany
Generated description
Indicates that one entity has purchased and taken ownership or control of another company.

Sample triples (46)

Subject Object
Thomson Reuters Reuters Group ⓘ
linked to: Reuters
National Electric Vehicle Sweden Saab Automobile via predicate surface "acquiredAssetsFrom" ⓘ
Compaq Hewlett-Packard via predicate surface "brandOwnerAfterAcquisition" ⓘ
Opel 2017 via predicate surface "acquiredByPSAGroup" ⓘ
Southern Pacific Railroad Union Pacific Railroad via predicate surface "wasAcquiredBy" ⓘ
BellSouth AT&T Inc. via predicate surface "wasAcquiredBy" ⓘ
linked to: AT&T
SUNW Sun Microsystems ⓘ
Air Berlin LTU International ⓘ
Air Berlin dba (Deutsche BA) ⓘ
NTL Cable & Wireless Communications (UK consumer cable assets) ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Media (UK)
NTL Telewest ⓘ
NEVS Saab Automobile via predicate surface "acquiredAssetsFrom" ⓘ
Rackable Systems Silicon Graphics, Inc. ⓘ
linked to: SGI
Infineon Technologies 2015 via predicate surface "acquisitionOfInternationalRectifier" ⓘ
Infineon Technologies 2020 via predicate surface "acquisitionOfCypressSemiconductor" ⓘ
H&M Mauritz Widforss ⓘ
Zimmer Holdings Biomet ⓘ
linked to: Zimmer Biomet
Peter Weyland Weyland-Yutani Corporation via predicate surface "companyMergedInto" ⓘ
linked to: Weyland Corporation
Eaton’s
linked to: Eaton’s department store chain
Sears Canada via predicate surface "brandAcquiredBy" ⓘ
Uber Advanced Technologies Group Otto ⓘ
Google Videos Google via predicate surface "parentCompanyAcquiredYouTube" ⓘ
C. L. Best Caterpillar Tractor Co. via predicate surface "companyMergedInto" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pier 1 Imports
linked to: Pier 1 Imports (former)
Retail Ecommerce Ventures via predicate surface "brandAcquiredBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ
BSA Triumph Engineering (motorcycle company) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Gucci Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Yves Saint Laurent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Boucheron NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Bottega Veneta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinault-Printemps-Redoute Balenciaga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Corel Corporation WordPerfect Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grab Holdings Inc. Uber Southeast Asia operations via predicate surface "acquiredBusiness" ⓘ
Midland Great Western Railway Dublin and Galway Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Midland Great Western Railway Royal Canal Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
Broadcom Inc.
linked to: AVGO
CA Technologies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Broadcom Inc.
linked to: AVGO
Brocade Communications Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ
Broadcom Inc.
linked to: AVGO
Symantec Enterprise Security business ⓘ
Broadcom Inc.
linked to: AVGO
VMware, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Distance Discount Service, Inc. Advanced Telecommunications Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Distance Discount Service, Inc. Metromedia Communications NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Distance Discount Service, Inc. Resurgens Communications Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Distance Discount Service, Inc. IDB Communications Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
Long Distance Discount Service, Inc. Williams Telecommunications Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
AlliedSignal Honeywell Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zimmer Holdings
linked to: NYSE:ZMH
Biomet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trackhouse Racing Team Chip Ganassi Racing NASCAR team via predicate surface "acquiredAssetsFrom" NERFINISHED ⓘ
7DAYS Mondelēz International via predicate surface "parentCompanyAcquiredBy" NERFINISHED ⓘ