YRC Worldwide
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YRC Worldwide is a large American less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation and logistics company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| YRC Freight | 2 |
| NASDAQ:YRCW | 1 |
| YRC Worldwide canonical | 1 |
| Yellow Roadway Corporation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T634893 — 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: YRC Worldwide Context triple: [Overland Park, Kansas, majorEmployer, YRC Worldwide]
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A.
United Parcel Service (UPS)
United Parcel Service (UPS) is a global package delivery and supply chain management company known for its extensive logistics network and brown delivery trucks.
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B.
Pilot Flying J
Pilot Flying J is a large North American chain of truck stops and travel centers serving professional drivers and motorists with fuel, food, and convenience services.
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C.
BG Freight Line
BG Freight Line is a short-sea container shipping and logistics company operating services across Northern Europe and the UK and Ireland.
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D.
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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E.
FedEx
FedEx is a global courier delivery services company known for its overnight shipping and pioneering real-time package tracking.
- 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: YRC Worldwide Target entity description: YRC Worldwide is a large American less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation and logistics company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
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A.
United Parcel Service (UPS)
United Parcel Service (UPS) is a global package delivery and supply chain management company known for its extensive logistics network and brown delivery trucks.
-
B.
Pilot Flying J
Pilot Flying J is a large North American chain of truck stops and travel centers serving professional drivers and motorists with fuel, food, and convenience services.
-
C.
BG Freight Line
BG Freight Line is a short-sea container shipping and logistics company operating services across Northern Europe and the UK and Ireland.
-
D.
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
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E.
FedEx
FedEx is a global courier delivery services company known for its overnight shipping and pioneering real-time package tracking.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
logistics company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ transportation company ⓘ |
| basedIn | Overland Park, Kansas ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerlyKnownAs |
YRC Worldwide
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Yellow Roadway Corporation
|
| hasBusinessModel | business-to-business freight transportation ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
commercial freight customers
ⓘ
industrial freight customers ⓘ retail freight customers ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Holland
ⓘ
New Penn ⓘ Reddaway ⓘ YRC Worldwide self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
YRC Freight
|
| headquartersLocation |
Kansas
ⓘ
Overland Park, Kansas ⓘ |
| industry |
less-than-truckload freight
ⓘ
logistics ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
freight transportation
ⓘ
logistics and supply chain ⓘ trucking ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOf |
Holland
ⓘ
New Penn ⓘ Reddaway ⓘ YRC Worldwide self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
YRC Freight
|
| serviceArea |
Canada
ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ North America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| serviceType |
LTL freight transportation
ⓘ
logistics services ⓘ supply chain solutions ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
cross-border LTL freight
ⓘ
national LTL freight ⓘ regional LTL freight ⓘ |
| tradedAs |
YRC Worldwide
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
NASDAQ:YRCW
|
| transportMode |
road freight
ⓘ
truckload and less-than-truckload ⓘ |
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: YRC Worldwide Description of subject: YRC Worldwide is a large American less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation and logistics company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yellow Roadway Corporation
this entity surface form:
YRC Freight
this entity surface form:
NASDAQ:YRCW
this entity surface form:
YRC Freight