USW
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USW is a major North American labor union representing workers primarily in the steel, manufacturing, and related industries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| USW canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13097718 — 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: USW Context triple: [United Steelworkers of America, alternativeName, USW]
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A.
USW
USW is the stock ticker symbol for US West, a former regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the western United States.
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B.
UNSA
UNSA is a major public university in Arequipa, Peru, known for its broad range of academic programs and significant regional influence in education and research.
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C.
UNSA
UNSA is the commonly used acronym for the University of Sarajevo, the largest and oldest public university in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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D.
USAB
USAB is the commonly used abbreviation for USA Basketball, the national governing body for basketball in the United States.
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E.
USSU
USSU is the students' union representing and supporting students at the University of Surrey through services, activities, and advocacy.
- 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: USW Target entity description: USW is a major North American labor union representing workers primarily in the steel, manufacturing, and related industries.
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A.
USW
USW is the stock ticker symbol for US West, a former regional Bell operating company that provided telecommunications services in the western United States.
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B.
UNSA
UNSA is a major public university in Arequipa, Peru, known for its broad range of academic programs and significant regional influence in education and research.
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C.
UNSA
UNSA is the commonly used acronym for the University of Sarajevo, the largest and oldest public university in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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D.
USAB
USAB is the commonly used abbreviation for USA Basketball, the national governing body for basketball in the United States.
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E.
USSU
USSU is the students' union representing and supporting students at the University of Surrey through services, activities, and advocacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
labor union
ⓘ
trade union ⓘ |
| abbreviation | USW ⓘ |
| affiliation |
AFL–CIO
ⓘ
Canadian Labour Congress ⓘ IndustriALL Global Union ⓘ International Trade Union Confederation ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerName | United Steelworkers of America ⓘ |
| founded | 1942 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Congress of Industrial Organizations ⓘ |
| hasMember |
workers in Canada
ⓘ
workers in the Caribbean ⓘ workers in the United States ⓘ |
| hasSector |
energy sector
ⓘ
health care sector ⓘ mining sector ⓘ paper sector ⓘ public sector ⓘ rubber sector ⓘ steel sector ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| industry |
chemical industry
ⓘ
energy sector ⓘ manufacturing industry ⓘ mining industry ⓘ paper industry ⓘ rubber industry ⓘ service sector ⓘ steel industry ⓘ |
| keyActivity |
collective bargaining
ⓘ
grievance representation ⓘ health and safety advocacy ⓘ political advocacy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| motto | Unity and Strength for Workers ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Canada
ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| represents |
health care workers
ⓘ
manufacturing workers ⓘ miners ⓘ paper workers ⓘ public sector workers ⓘ steelworkers ⓘ |
| scope | North America ⓘ |
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: USW Description of subject: USW is a major North American labor union representing workers primarily in the steel, manufacturing, and related industries.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
USW