Legal Entity Identifier
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A Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is a globally standardized 20-character alphanumeric code used to uniquely identify legal entities participating in financial transactions for regulatory and risk management purposes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Global LEI System | 1 |
| ISO 17442 Legal Entity Identifier system | 1 |
| Legal Entity Identifier canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4074860 — 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: Legal Entity Identifier Context triple: [ISO 10383, relatedConcept, Legal Entity Identifier]
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A.
LEI
LEI is the commonly used abbreviation for Leiden University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the Netherlands.
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B.
National Credit Code
The National Credit Code is an Australian legal framework that regulates consumer credit contracts, leases, and related financial services to protect borrowers.
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C.
Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
An Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) is a tax processing number issued by the IRS to individuals who need a U.S. taxpayer identification number but are not eligible for a Social Security number.
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D.
LLC
An LLC (Limited Liability Company) is a flexible business structure that combines the limited liability protection of a corporation with the pass-through taxation and operational simplicity of a partnership or sole proprietorship.
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E.
EIN
EIN is the IATA airport code for Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands, a major regional hub for low-cost and European flights.
- 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: Legal Entity Identifier Target entity description: A Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is a globally standardized 20-character alphanumeric code used to uniquely identify legal entities participating in financial transactions for regulatory and risk management purposes.
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A.
LEI
LEI is the commonly used abbreviation for Leiden University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the Netherlands.
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B.
National Credit Code
The National Credit Code is an Australian legal framework that regulates consumer credit contracts, leases, and related financial services to protect borrowers.
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C.
Individual Taxpayer Identification Number
An Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) is a tax processing number issued by the IRS to individuals who need a U.S. taxpayer identification number but are not eligible for a Social Security number.
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D.
LLC
An LLC (Limited Liability Company) is a flexible business structure that combines the limited liability protection of a corporation with the pass-through taxation and operational simplicity of a partnership or sole proprietorship.
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E.
EIN
EIN is the IATA airport code for Eindhoven Airport in the Netherlands, a major regional hub for low-cost and European flights.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
financial identifier
ⓘ
identifier standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
GLEIF
ⓘ
LEI ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Local Operating Units ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
corporations
ⓘ
funds ⓘ government entities ⓘ other legal entities ⓘ trusts ⓘ |
| captures |
country of formation
ⓘ
entity legal form ⓘ legal name of entity ⓘ parent relationships ⓘ registered address of entity ⓘ registration authority ⓘ ultimate parent relationships ⓘ |
| characterCount | 20 ⓘ |
| checkDigitAlgorithm |
ISO 17442 check digit algorithm
ⓘ
mod 97-10 ⓘ |
| codeType | alphanumeric code ⓘ |
| createdInResponseTo | G20 recommendations ⓘ |
| dataModel |
Level 1 reference data
ⓘ
Level 2 relationship data ⓘ |
| definedInStandard | ISO 17442 ⓘ |
| governanceFramework |
Legal Entity Identifier
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Global LEI System
|
| governedBy | Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
12-character entity-specific part
ⓘ
2-character check digits ⓘ 2-character reserved segment ⓘ 4-character prefix ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
non-proprietary standard
ⓘ
portable between jurisdictions ⓘ publicly available data ⓘ unique per legal entity ⓘ |
| hasScope | global ⓘ |
| introducedAfter | 2008 financial crisis ⓘ |
| notAssignedTo | natural persons ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
enable aggregation of risk exposures across entities
ⓘ
improve transparency in financial markets ⓘ |
| recommendedBy | Financial Stability Board ⓘ |
| renewalFrequency | annual ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| usedBy |
financial institutions
ⓘ
market infrastructures ⓘ regulators ⓘ |
| usedFor |
financial transactions
ⓘ
identifying legal entities ⓘ regulatory reporting ⓘ risk management ⓘ |
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: Legal Entity Identifier Description of subject: A Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) is a globally standardized 20-character alphanumeric code used to uniquely identify legal entities participating in financial transactions for regulatory and risk management purposes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Global LEI System
this entity surface form:
ISO 17442 Legal Entity Identifier system