EDF
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EDF (Électricité de France) is France’s main state-owned electric utility company and one of the world’s largest producers and suppliers of electricity, particularly known for its extensive nuclear power operations.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T214119 — 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: EDF Context triple: [Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, shareholder, EDF]
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EEF
EEF is the abbreviation for the Economist Educational Foundation, a charity that promotes economic and financial literacy through educational resources and programs.
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DFE
DFE is the National Rail station code for Dunfermline Town railway station in Fife, Scotland.
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FED
FED is the commonly used abbreviation for the Fluids Engineering Division, a professional group focused on research and advancements in fluid mechanics and related technologies.
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EMD
EMD is the commonly used abbreviation for the Engineering Management Division, a professional group focused on the practice and advancement of engineering management.
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E.
EPC
EPC (Evolved Packet Core) is the all-IP mobile core network architecture defined by 3GPP for 4G LTE systems, enabling high-speed data, voice, and multimedia services.
- 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: EDF Target entity description: EDF (Électricité de France) is France’s main state-owned electric utility company and one of the world’s largest producers and suppliers of electricity, particularly known for its extensive nuclear power operations.
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A.
EEF
EEF is the abbreviation for the Economist Educational Foundation, a charity that promotes economic and financial literacy through educational resources and programs.
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B.
DFE
DFE is the National Rail station code for Dunfermline Town railway station in Fife, Scotland.
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C.
FED
FED is the commonly used abbreviation for the Fluids Engineering Division, a professional group focused on research and advancements in fluid mechanics and related technologies.
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D.
EMD
EMD is the commonly used abbreviation for the Engineering Management Division, a professional group focused on the practice and advancement of engineering management.
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E.
EPC
EPC (Evolved Packet Core) is the all-IP mobile core network architecture defined by 3GPP for 4G LTE systems, enabling high-speed data, voice, and multimedia services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electric utility company
ⓘ
public limited company ⓘ state-owned enterprise ⓘ |
| abbreviation | EDF self-link ⓘ |
| businessActivity |
electricity distribution
ⓘ
electricity generation ⓘ electricity supply ⓘ electricity transmission ⓘ energy trading ⓘ |
| coreMarket | France ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| founded | 1946 ⓘ |
| foundedAs | state-owned monopoly for electricity in France ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Government of France ⓘ |
| fullName | Électricité de France ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
France
ⓘ
Paris ⓘ |
| industry |
electric power industry
ⓘ
energy ⓘ |
| legalForm | société anonyme ⓘ |
| mainGenerationTechnology |
hydropower
ⓘ
nuclear power ⓘ solar power ⓘ wind power ⓘ |
| majorityShareholder |
Government of France
ⓘ
surface form:
French state
|
| memberOf |
UN Global Compact
ⓘ
World Nuclear Association ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the world’s largest electricity producers
ⓘ
nuclear power generation ⓘ |
| operatesInCountry |
Belgium
ⓘ
China ⓘ Germany ⓘ Italy ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| operatesInSector |
fossil fuel power generation
ⓘ
nuclear energy ⓘ renewable energy ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Government of France
ⓘ
surface form:
French state
|
| regulatesGridThrough | RTE ⓘ |
| regulator | French Energy Regulatory Commission ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing |
Euronext
ⓘ
surface form:
Euronext Paris
|
| subsidiary |
Dalkia
ⓘ
Électricité de France ⓘ
surface form:
EDF Energy
EDF Renewables ⓘ Enedis ⓘ Framatome (major stake) ⓘ RTE ⓘ
surface form:
RTE (historically, before full separation)
|
| tickerSymbol | EDF self-link ⓘ |
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: EDF Description of subject: EDF (Électricité de France) is France’s main state-owned electric utility company and one of the world’s largest producers and suppliers of electricity, particularly known for its extensive nuclear power operations.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tour EDF
subject surface form:
Hinkley Point C nuclear power station