United Parcel Service (UPS)
E14654
courier company
logistics company
multinational corporation
public company
supply chain management company
United Parcel Service (UPS) is a global package delivery and supply chain management company known for its extensive logistics network and brown delivery trucks.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United Parcel Service | 22 |
| United Parcel Service, Inc. | 8 |
| UPS | 6 |
| UPS Supply Chain Solutions | 3 |
| UPS Freight (historical) | 2 |
| UPS global logistics network | 2 |
| UPS logo | 2 |
| International Parcel Service | 1 |
| NYSE:UPS | 1 |
| United Parcel Service (UPS) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T128613 — 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: United Parcel Service (UPS) Context triple: [Atlanta, isHeadquartersOf, United Parcel Service (UPS)]
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A.
FedEx
FedEx is a global courier delivery services company known for its overnight shipping and pioneering real-time package tracking.
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B.
DHL
DHL is the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, the United Nations’ main research and information resource center located at its headquarters in New York.
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C.
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
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D.
United Airlines
United Airlines is a major American airline and Star Alliance member known for its extensive domestic and international route network operated from multiple hubs across the United States.
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E.
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
- 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: United Parcel Service (UPS) Target entity description: 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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A.
FedEx
FedEx is a global courier delivery services company known for its overnight shipping and pioneering real-time package tracking.
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B.
DHL
DHL is the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, the United Nations’ main research and information resource center located at its headquarters in New York.
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C.
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
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D.
United Airlines
United Airlines is a major American airline and Star Alliance member known for its extensive domestic and international route network operated from multiple hubs across the United States.
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E.
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation is a major U.S. freight railroad company operating an extensive rail network across the eastern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
courier company
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logistics company ⓘ multinational corporation ⓘ public company ⓘ supply chain management company ⓘ |
| commonName |
United Parcel Service (UPS)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
UPS
|
| competitor |
DHL
ⓘ
FedEx ⓘ United States Postal Service ⓘ |
| countryOfIncorporation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employsApprox | hundreds of thousands of employees worldwide ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| foundedOn | 1907-08-28 ⓘ |
| founder |
Claude Ryan
ⓘ
James E. Casey ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
United Parcel Service (UPS)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
UPS
|
| hasBrandColor |
brown
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| hasCUSIP | 911312106 ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
UPS Airlines
ⓘ
United Parcel Service (UPS) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
UPS Freight (historical)
United Parcel Service (UPS) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
UPS Supply Chain Solutions
|
| hasISIN | US9113121068 ⓘ |
| hasService |
air freight
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contract logistics ⓘ customs brokerage ⓘ domestic package delivery ⓘ e-commerce logistics ⓘ ground freight ⓘ international package delivery ⓘ supply chain solutions ⓘ |
| hasSlogan |
United Problem Solvers (historical)
ⓘ
What can Brown do for you? (historical) ⓘ |
| headquarteredIn |
Atlanta
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
|
| isKnownFor |
brown delivery trucks
ⓘ
global package delivery network ⓘ logistics services ⓘ |
| legalName |
United Parcel Service (UPS)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
United Parcel Service, Inc.
|
| offersServiceBrand |
UPS 2nd Day Air
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UPS Ground ⓘ UPS Next Day Air ⓘ UPS Worldwide Express ⓘ UPS Worldwide Saver ⓘ |
| operatesFleetType |
cargo aircraft
ⓘ
delivery trucks ⓘ tractor-trailers ⓘ |
| operatesInIndustry |
freight transportation
ⓘ
logistics ⓘ package delivery ⓘ supply chain management ⓘ |
| operatesInNumberOfCountries | more than 200 countries and territories ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing |
United Parcel Service (UPS)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
NYSE:UPS
|
| stockTicker |
United Parcel Service (UPS)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
UPS
|
| website | https://www.ups.com ⓘ |
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: United Parcel Service (UPS) Description of subject: United Parcel Service (UPS) is a global package delivery and supply chain management company known for its extensive logistics network and brown delivery trucks.
Referenced by (48)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
UPS logo
subject surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
UPS
subject surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service, Inc.
United Parcel Service (UPS)
→
stockExchangeListing
→
United Parcel Service (UPS)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
subject surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
NYSE:UPS
subject surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
UPS
subject surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
UPS Supply Chain Solutions
subject surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
UPS Freight (historical)
United Parcel Service (UPS)
→
hasAbbreviation
→
United Parcel Service (UPS)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
subject surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
UPS
subject surface form:
Sandy Springs, Georgia
this entity surface form:
UPS
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
UPS
this entity surface form:
UPS
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service, Inc.
subject surface form:
Paul Rand
this entity surface form:
UPS logo
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
subject surface form:
"What can Brown do for you?"
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
subject surface form:
"What can Brown do for you?"
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service, Inc.
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service, Inc.
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
UPS global logistics network
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service, Inc.
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
International Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service, Inc.
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service, Inc.
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service, Inc.
this entity surface form:
UPS Supply Chain Solutions
this entity surface form:
UPS Freight (historical)
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
UPS Supply Chain Solutions
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service
subject surface form:
We ♥ Logistics
this entity surface form:
United Parcel Service