Geodis
E194410
Geodis is a global logistics and supply chain management company providing freight forwarding, contract logistics, and transportation services.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1735992 — 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: Geodis Context triple: [SNCF, subsidiary, Geodis]
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A.
DHL
DHL is a global logistics and courier company known for its international express mail, freight transportation, and supply chain management services.
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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.
YRC Worldwide
YRC Worldwide is a large American less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation and logistics company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
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D.
FedEx
FedEx is a global courier delivery services company known for its overnight shipping and pioneering real-time package tracking.
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E.
Tractebel
Tractebel is an international engineering and consulting company specializing in energy, water, and infrastructure projects.
- 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: Geodis Target entity description: Geodis is a global logistics and supply chain management company providing freight forwarding, contract logistics, and transportation services.
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A.
DHL
DHL is a global logistics and courier company known for its international express mail, freight transportation, and supply chain management services.
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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.
YRC Worldwide
YRC Worldwide is a large American less-than-truckload (LTL) freight transportation and logistics company headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.
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D.
FedEx
FedEx is a global courier delivery services company known for its overnight shipping and pioneering real-time package tracking.
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E.
Tractebel
Tractebel is an international engineering and consulting company specializing in energy, water, and infrastructure projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freight forwarding company
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logistics company ⓘ supply chain management company ⓘ |
| areaServed | Worldwide ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
contract logistics operations
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end‑to‑end supply chain solutions ⓘ international freight transportation ⓘ |
| foundedBy | French National Railways-related entities ⓘ |
| hasBusinessSegment |
Contract Logistics
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Distribution & Express ⓘ Freight Forwarding ⓘ Road Transport ⓘ Supply Chain Optimization ⓘ |
| hasClientType |
e‑commerce companies
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industrial companies ⓘ retail companies ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Levallois-Perret, France ⓘ |
| industry |
Freight forwarding
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Logistics ⓘ Supply chain management ⓘ Transportation ⓘ |
| legalForm | Société anonyme ⓘ |
| numberOfEmployees | over 40,000 ⓘ |
| offers |
integrated logistics solutions
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inventory management services ⓘ multimodal transport services ⓘ order fulfillment services ⓘ transport management services ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
B2B logistics
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B2C logistics ⓘ |
| owner |
French state
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linked to:
France
|
| parentOrganization | SNCF ⓘ |
| regulates | environmental and social responsibility policies ⓘ |
| service |
Air freight
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Contract logistics ⓘ Customs brokerage ⓘ Distribution ⓘ E‑commerce logistics ⓘ Freight forwarding ⓘ Last‑mile delivery ⓘ Ocean freight ⓘ Project logistics ⓘ Rail freight ⓘ Reverse logistics ⓘ Road transport ⓘ Supply chain optimization ⓘ Value‑added logistics services ⓘ Warehousing ⓘ |
| subsidiaryOf | SNCF Logistics ⓘ |
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: Geodis Description of subject: Geodis is a global logistics and supply chain management company providing freight forwarding, contract logistics, and transportation services.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Geodis
linked to: Geodis