Michelin
E131996
Michelin is a major French multinational tire manufacturer renowned for its tires, travel guides, and the Michelin star restaurant rating system.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michelin canonical | 18 |
| Groupe Michelin | 1 |
| Michelin (MotoGP class) | 1 |
| Michelin Group | 1 |
| Michelin headquarters | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1151505 — 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: Michelin Context triple: [CAC 40, hasComponent, Michelin]
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A.
Bridgestone
Bridgestone is a global tire and rubber company headquartered in Japan, known for its extensive involvement in motorsports and major sports sponsorships.
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B.
Continental
Continental is a major German automotive manufacturing company best known for producing tires, braking systems, and other vehicle components.
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C.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is a major American multinational manufacturer of tires and rubber products, best known for supplying automotive tires worldwide and for its iconic Goodyear Blimp.
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D.
Traton
Traton is a commercial vehicle manufacturer and holding company that oversees brands like MAN and Scania within the Volkswagen Group.
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E.
Schwalbe
Schwalbe was the German nickname for the Messerschmitt Me 262, the pioneering World War II jet fighter aircraft.
- 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: Michelin Target entity description: Michelin is a major French multinational tire manufacturer renowned for its tires, travel guides, and the Michelin star restaurant rating system.
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A.
Bridgestone
Bridgestone is a global tire and rubber company headquartered in Japan, known for its extensive involvement in motorsports and major sports sponsorships.
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B.
Continental
Continental is a major German automotive manufacturing company best known for producing tires, braking systems, and other vehicle components.
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C.
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is a major American multinational manufacturer of tires and rubber products, best known for supplying automotive tires worldwide and for its iconic Goodyear Blimp.
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D.
Traton
Traton is a commercial vehicle manufacturer and holding company that oversees brands like MAN and Scania within the Volkswagen Group.
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E.
Schwalbe
Schwalbe was the German nickname for the Messerschmitt Me 262, the pioneering World War II jet fighter aircraft.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
multinational corporation ⓘ tire manufacturer ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Michelin
ⓘ
surface form:
Groupe Michelin
Michelin ⓘ
surface form:
Michelin Group
|
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| brand |
Michelin Guide
ⓘ
Michelin Stars ⓘ Michelin Travel Guides ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| developed | Michelin star restaurant rating system ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
gastronomy
ⓘ
mobility ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
André Michelin
ⓘ
Édouard Michelin ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
Clermont-Ferrand
ⓘ
surface form:
Clermont-Ferrand, France
|
| hasPart |
Green Guide
ⓘ
Michelin Guide ⓘ
surface form:
Michelin Guide series
Red Guide ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
B.F. Goodrich Company
ⓘ
surface form:
BFGoodrich
Kléber ⓘ Riken ⓘ Tigar ⓘ Uniroyal (in certain markets) ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Clermont-Ferrand
ⓘ
surface form:
Clermont-Ferrand, France
|
| inception | 1889 ⓘ |
| industry |
automotive industry
ⓘ
restaurant rating ⓘ tire manufacturing ⓘ travel publishing ⓘ |
| legalForm | Société Anonyme ⓘ |
| logo | Bibendum ⓘ |
| mascot | Bibendum ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Michelin stars awarded to restaurants
ⓘ
innovations in radial tire technology ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Michelin Guide
ⓘ
Michelin Stars ⓘ
surface form:
Michelin star rating system
|
| product |
aircraft tires
ⓘ
bicycle tires ⓘ car tires ⓘ maps ⓘ motorcycle tires ⓘ restaurant guides ⓘ tires ⓘ travel guides ⓘ truck tires ⓘ |
| stockExchange |
Euronext
ⓘ
surface form:
Euronext Paris
|
| stockTicker | ML ⓘ |
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: Michelin Description of subject: Michelin is a major French multinational tire manufacturer renowned for its tires, travel guides, and the Michelin star restaurant rating system.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Michelin headquarters
subject surface form:
Puy-de-Dôme (department)
this entity surface form:
Michelin Group
this entity surface form:
Groupe Michelin
subject surface form:
MotoGP Czech Republic Grand Prix
this entity surface form:
Michelin (MotoGP class)