SO
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SO is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Southern Company, a major U.S. electric and gas utility holding company based in the Southeast.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SO canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T704217 — 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: SO Context triple: [Southern Company, tickerSymbol, SO]
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A.
SO
SO is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Somalia for international identification and data standards.
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B.
S
S is the New York City Subway service designation used for the 42nd Street Shuttle, a short line connecting Times Square and Grand Central in Manhattan.
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C.
S
S is the distinctive middle initial of U.S. President Harry S. Truman, famously not standing for any specific name but honoring both of his grandfathers.
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D.
SE
SE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code that uniquely identifies Sweden in international standards and systems.
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E.
Sol
Sol is the Sun, the G-type main-sequence star at the center of our solar system that provides Earth with light and heat.
- 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: SO Target entity description: SO is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Southern Company, a major U.S. electric and gas utility holding company based in the Southeast.
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A.
SO
SO is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Somalia for international identification and data standards.
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B.
S
S is the New York City Subway service designation used for the 42nd Street Shuttle, a short line connecting Times Square and Grand Central in Manhattan.
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C.
S
S is the distinctive middle initial of U.S. President Harry S. Truman, famously not standing for any specific name but honoring both of his grandfathers.
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D.
SE
SE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code that uniquely identifies Sweden in international standards and systems.
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E.
Sol
Sol is the Sun, the G-type main-sequence star at the center of our solar system that provides Earth with light and heat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electric utility holding company
ⓘ
gas utility holding company ⓘ public company ⓘ stock ticker symbol ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dividendPolicy | pays regular cash dividends ⓘ |
| energySources |
coal
ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ nuclear power ⓘ renewable energy ⓘ |
| exchange | NYSE ⓘ |
| hasUnderlyingIssuer | Southern Company ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Atlanta
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia
|
| industry |
Electric Utilities
ⓘ
Electric Utilities ⓘ |
| is | major U.S. electric and gas utility holding company ⓘ |
| isComponentOf | S&P 500 Index ⓘ |
| listedOn |
New York Stock Exchange
ⓘ
New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Alabama
ⓘ
Florida ⓘ Georgia ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ |
| owns |
Southern Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Alabama Power
Southern Company ⓘ
surface form:
Georgia Power
Mississippi Power ⓘ Southern Company ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Company Gas
|
| provides |
electric power
ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Southern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Southeastern United States
|
| regulatoryStatus | regulated utility ⓘ |
| represents | Southern Company ⓘ |
| sector |
Utilities
ⓘ
Utilities ⓘ |
| securityType | common stock ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | SO self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| tradedAs | NYSE:SO ⓘ |
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: SO Description of subject: SO is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Southern Company, a major U.S. electric and gas utility holding company based in the Southeast.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Southern Company
subject surface form:
The Southern Company