Electricity Supply Board
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Electricity Supply Board is Ireland’s state-owned electricity company responsible for generation, transmission, and supply of electric power across the country.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Electricity Supply Board canonical | 3 |
| Electricity Supply Board (ESB) for dams and hydropower | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6449611 — 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.
Target entity: Electricity Supply Board Context triple: [Ardnacrusha power station, operator, Electricity Supply Board]
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Central Electricity Generating Board
The Central Electricity Generating Board was the state-owned body responsible for electricity generation and bulk transmission in England and Wales from the late 1950s until privatization in the early 1990s.
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British Electricity Authority
The British Electricity Authority was the nationalized body responsible for generating and supplying electricity in Great Britain in the early post-World War II period.
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C.
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) was a major German electrical equipment and engineering company that became a pioneering force in industrial design, technology, and consumer appliances in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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D.
Northern Powergrid
Northern Powergrid is a UK-based electricity distribution network operator responsible for delivering power to homes and businesses across the North East, Yorkshire, and northern Lincolnshire.
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E.
Northern Electric
Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Electricity Supply Board Target entity description: Electricity Supply Board is Ireland’s state-owned electricity company responsible for generation, transmission, and supply of electric power across the country.
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A.
Central Electricity Generating Board
The Central Electricity Generating Board was the state-owned body responsible for electricity generation and bulk transmission in England and Wales from the late 1950s until privatization in the early 1990s.
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B.
British Electricity Authority
The British Electricity Authority was the nationalized body responsible for generating and supplying electricity in Great Britain in the early post-World War II period.
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C.
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft
Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) was a major German electrical equipment and engineering company that became a pioneering force in industrial design, technology, and consumer appliances in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
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D.
Northern Powergrid
Northern Powergrid is a UK-based electricity distribution network operator responsible for delivering power to homes and businesses across the North East, Yorkshire, and northern Lincolnshire.
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E.
Northern Electric
Northern Electric was a Canadian telecommunications and electrical equipment manufacturer that later evolved into Northern Telecom (Nortel), a major global telecom company.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electric utility
ⓘ
state-owned electricity company ⓘ |
| activity |
generation of electricity from fossil fuels
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generation of electricity from renewable energy sources ⓘ operation of electricity distribution networks ⓘ operation of electricity transmission infrastructure ⓘ retail sale of electricity to businesses ⓘ retail sale of electricity to households ⓘ |
| country | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishedFor | development of a national electricity system in Ireland ⓘ |
| founded | 1927 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Government of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gridRole | national electricity utility of Ireland ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | ESB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasService |
electricity distribution
ⓘ
electricity generation ⓘ electricity retail supply ⓘ electricity transmission ⓘ engineering and consultancy services through ESB International ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.esb.ie/ ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | electric power industry ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | state-owned corporation ⓘ |
| marketRole | major electricity supplier in Ireland ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Northern Ireland
NERFINISHED
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Republic of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner | Government of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| participatesIn | Single Electricity Market on the island of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryEnergySource |
coal
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natural gas ⓘ oil ⓘ renewable energy ⓘ |
| regulatesNetworkThrough | ESB Networks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulator | Commission for Regulation of Utilities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
electricity distribution in Ireland
ⓘ
electricity generation in Ireland ⓘ electricity supply in Ireland ⓘ electricity transmission in Ireland ⓘ |
| retailSupplyBrand | Electric Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | energy ⓘ |
| shortName | ESB NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
ESB Generation and Trading
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ESB International NERFINISHED ⓘ ESB Networks NERFINISHED ⓘ Electric Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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.
Subject: Electricity Supply Board Description of subject: Electricity Supply Board is Ireland’s state-owned electricity company responsible for generation, transmission, and supply of electric power across the country.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.