The Source (retail)
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The Source (retail) is a Canadian consumer electronics and telecommunications retail chain known for selling phones, accessories, and electronic devices across the country.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Source (retail) canonical | 1 |
| The Source by Circuit City | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2188186 — 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: The Source (retail) Context triple: [BCE Inc., subsidiary, The Source (retail)]
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A.
The Source
The Source is a Mandarin Films production, likely a Chinese-language movie recognized as one of the studio’s more notable releases.
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B.
The Source
The Source is a renowned 19th-century neoclassical painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres depicting a nude female figure personifying a spring or fountain.
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C.
Def Jam Japan
Def Jam Japan is a Japanese record label specializing in hip hop and urban music, operating as the local branch of the influential American label Def Jam Recordings.
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D.
Def Jam South
Def Jam South was a regional division of Def Jam Recordings focused on promoting and developing Southern hip hop artists in the United States.
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E.
The Sound Factory
The Sound Factory is a renowned Los Angeles recording studio known for hosting sessions by prominent jazz and rock artists, including Charles Mingus.
- 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: The Source (retail) Target entity description: The Source (retail) is a Canadian consumer electronics and telecommunications retail chain known for selling phones, accessories, and electronic devices across the country.
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A.
The Source
The Source is a Mandarin Films production, likely a Chinese-language movie recognized as one of the studio’s more notable releases.
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B.
The Source
The Source is a renowned 19th-century neoclassical painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres depicting a nude female figure personifying a spring or fountain.
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C.
Def Jam Japan
Def Jam Japan is a Japanese record label specializing in hip hop and urban music, operating as the local branch of the influential American label Def Jam Recordings.
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D.
Def Jam South
Def Jam South was a regional division of Def Jam Recordings focused on promoting and developing Southern hip hop artists in the United States.
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E.
The Sound Factory
The Sound Factory is a renowned Los Angeles recording studio known for hosting sessions by prominent jazz and rock artists, including Charles Mingus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
consumer electronics retailer
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retail chain ⓘ telecommunications retailer ⓘ |
| brand | The Source ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| formerName |
RadioShack Canada
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The Source (retail) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
The Source by Circuit City
|
| hasCategory |
electronics store
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telecom store ⓘ |
| hasRetailFormat |
shopping mall store
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street-front store ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Barrie
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surface form:
Barrie, Ontario
|
| industry |
consumer electronics
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retail ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation |
English
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French ⓘ |
| offers |
device protection plans
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in-store pickup ⓘ online shopping ⓘ technical support services ⓘ warranty services ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Canada ⓘ |
| owner | BCE Inc. ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Bell Canada ⓘ |
| product |
audio equipment
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computers ⓘ gaming consoles ⓘ mobile phones ⓘ phone accessories ⓘ smart home devices ⓘ tablets ⓘ televisions ⓘ wearable technology ⓘ |
| sells |
Bell Mobility products
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Lucky Mobile products ⓘ Virgin Plus products ⓘ |
| service |
home phone services
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internet services ⓘ mobile phone plans ⓘ television services ⓘ |
| targetMarket | Canadian consumers ⓘ |
| website | https://www.thesource.ca ⓘ |
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: The Source (retail) Description of subject: The Source (retail) is a Canadian consumer electronics and telecommunications retail chain known for selling phones, accessories, and electronic devices across the country.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Source by Circuit City