Nippon Electric Company
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Nippon Electric Company, now known as NEC Corporation, is a major Japanese multinational provider of information technology and electronics solutions.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nippon Electric Company, Limited | 2 |
| 日本電気株式会社 | 2 |
| Nippon Electric Company canonical | 1 |
| Tanaka Seisakusho | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1934917 — 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: Nippon Electric Company Context triple: [NEC, formerName, Nippon Electric Company]
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A.
Tokyu Corporation
Tokyu Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and real estate company based in Tokyo, known for operating extensive rail networks and developing commercial and residential areas, particularly around Shibuya.
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B.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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C.
Yoshimoto Kogyo
Yoshimoto Kogyo is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate best known for managing comedians and producing comedy shows, theater, television, and other media.
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D.
Keio Corporation
Keio Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and transportation company operating rail lines and related services in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
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E.
Engie
Engie is a major French multinational utility company specializing in electricity, natural gas, and energy services, with a strong focus on renewable and low-carbon energy solutions.
- 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: Nippon Electric Company Target entity description: Nippon Electric Company, now known as NEC Corporation, is a major Japanese multinational provider of information technology and electronics solutions.
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A.
Tokyu Corporation
Tokyu Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and real estate company based in Tokyo, known for operating extensive rail networks and developing commercial and residential areas, particularly around Shibuya.
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B.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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C.
Yoshimoto Kogyo
Yoshimoto Kogyo is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate best known for managing comedians and producing comedy shows, theater, television, and other media.
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D.
Keio Corporation
Keio Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and transportation company operating rail lines and related services in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
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E.
Engie
Engie is a major French multinational utility company specializing in electricity, natural gas, and energy services, with a strong focus on renewable and low-carbon energy solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronics company
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multinational corporation ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| abbreviation | NEC ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
AT&T
ⓘ
Western Electric ⓘ
surface form:
Western Electric Company
|
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
enterprise solutions
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information and communications technology ⓘ network infrastructure ⓘ public safety solutions ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | NEC Corporation ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
Nippon Electric Company
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nippon Electric Company, Limited
|
| foundedIn | 1899 ⓘ |
| founder |
Kunihiko Iwadare
NERFINISHED
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Western Electric ⓘ
surface form:
Western Electric Company
|
| foundingLocation | Tokyo ⓘ |
| hasISIN | JP3733000008 ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
NEC Corporation
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surface form:
NEC Corporation of America
Renesas Electronics ⓘ
surface form:
NEC Electronics
NEC ⓘ
surface form:
NEC Europe Ltd.
NEC ⓘ
surface form:
NEC Solutions
|
| hasTickerSymbol | 6701 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Minato, Tokyo, Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Minato, Tokyo
Tokyo ⓘ |
| industry |
IT services
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computer hardware ⓘ electronics ⓘ information technology ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ telecommunications equipment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
PC-98
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surface form:
PC-98 personal computer series
contribution to Japan’s telecommunications infrastructure ⓘ development of supercomputers ⓘ early telephone equipment in Japan ⓘ |
| officialNameInJapanese |
Nippon Electric Company
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
日本電気株式会社
|
| parentCompany | NEC Corporation ⓘ |
| product |
computers
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network equipment ⓘ semiconductor devices ⓘ servers ⓘ software ⓘ telecommunications equipment ⓘ |
| service |
IT consulting
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cloud services ⓘ outsourcing ⓘ system integration ⓘ |
| sharesListedOn | Tokyo Stock Exchange ⓘ |
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: Nippon Electric Company Description of subject: Nippon Electric Company, now known as NEC Corporation, is a major Japanese multinational provider of information technology and electronics solutions.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Nippon Electric Company, Limited
Nippon Electric Company
→
officialNameInJapanese
→
Nippon Electric Company
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
日本電気株式会社
this entity surface form:
Nippon Electric Company, Limited
this entity surface form:
日本電気株式会社