EADS
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EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) was a major European aerospace and defense corporation that later became part of Airbus Group.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EADS canonical | 11 |
| Airbus Defence and Space | 9 |
| Airbus Military | 5 |
| Airbus Group | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5156659 — 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: EADS Context triple: [Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, becamePartOf, EADS]
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A.
Airbus
Airbus is a major European aerospace corporation known for designing and manufacturing commercial airliners such as the A320, A330, and A380 families.
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B.
Aérospatiale
Aérospatiale was a major French aerospace manufacturer and state-owned company that played a key role in European aviation and space projects, including as a founding partner of Airbus.
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C.
Airbus Transport International
Airbus Transport International is a specialized cargo airline that operates Airbus Beluga aircraft to transport oversized aircraft components and other outsize freight for Airbus and its partners.
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D.
Europrop International
Europrop International is a European aerospace consortium that designs and manufactures advanced turboprop engines for military transport aircraft, most notably the Airbus A400M.
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E.
Daimler-Benz Aerospace
Daimler-Benz Aerospace was a major German aerospace and defense company that developed and produced aircraft, space systems, and related technologies before becoming part of EADS (now Airbus Group).
- 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: EADS Target entity description: EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) was a major European aerospace and defense corporation that later became part of Airbus Group.
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A.
Airbus
Airbus is a major European aerospace corporation known for designing and manufacturing commercial airliners such as the A320, A330, and A380 families.
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B.
Aérospatiale
Aérospatiale was a major French aerospace manufacturer and state-owned company that played a key role in European aviation and space projects, including as a founding partner of Airbus.
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C.
Airbus Transport International
Airbus Transport International is a specialized cargo airline that operates Airbus Beluga aircraft to transport oversized aircraft components and other outsize freight for Airbus and its partners.
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D.
Europrop International
Europrop International is a European aerospace consortium that designs and manufactures advanced turboprop engines for military transport aircraft, most notably the Airbus A400M.
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E.
Daimler-Benz Aerospace
Daimler-Benz Aerospace was a major German aerospace and defense company that developed and produced aircraft, space systems, and related technologies before becoming part of EADS (now Airbus Group).
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace and defence company
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public company ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
BAE Systems
NERFINISHED
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Thales Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreBusiness |
commercial aircraft
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defence electronics ⓘ helicopters ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ space systems ⓘ |
| country | European Union ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
Aérospatiale-Matra
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA NERFINISHED ⓘ DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Airbus SAS
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Astrium GmbH NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassidian GmbH NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurocopter Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Leiden, Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace
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defence ⓘ space ⓘ |
| listedOn |
Euronext Paris
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Frankfurt Stock Exchange NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Stock Exchanges NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorOperationalCenter |
Madrid, Spain
NERFINISHED
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Munich, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Toulouse, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
Airbus A400M Atlas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ariane 5 (through Astrium) NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurofighter Typhoon (partner) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownsBrand |
Airbus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Astrium NERFINISHED ⓘ Cassidian NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurocopter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Airbus Group NV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
Airbus A320 family
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Airbus A330 NERFINISHED ⓘ Airbus A380 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ariane launch vehicles (via Astrium) NERFINISHED ⓘ Eurocopter EC135 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| sector |
civil aviation
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military aviation ⓘ space transportation ⓘ |
| shortName | EADS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor |
Airbus Group
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Airbus SE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: EADS Description of subject: EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) was a major European aerospace and defense corporation that later became part of Airbus Group.
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Airbus Military
this entity surface form:
Airbus Military
this entity surface form:
Airbus Defence and Space
this entity surface form:
Airbus Military
this entity surface form:
Airbus Defence and Space
this entity surface form:
Airbus Defence and Space
this entity surface form:
Airbus Defence and Space
this entity surface form:
Airbus Military
this entity surface form:
Airbus Group
this entity surface form:
Airbus Group
this entity surface form:
Airbus Defence and Space
this entity surface form:
Airbus Defence and Space
this entity surface form:
Airbus Group
this entity surface form:
Airbus Group
this entity surface form:
Airbus Defence and Space