DB Schenker
E510340
DB Schenker is a global logistics and freight forwarding company providing land, air, and ocean transport as well as supply chain management services.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DB Schenker Rail UK | 4 |
| DB Schenker canonical | 2 |
| DB Schenker Rail | 1 |
| DB Schenker UK | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5313147 — 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: DB Schenker Context triple: [Deutsche Bahn, subsidiary, DB Schenker]
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A.
Geodis
Geodis is a global logistics and supply chain management company providing freight forwarding, contract logistics, and transportation services.
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B.
Rail Cargo Group
Rail Cargo Group is the freight transport and logistics division of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), providing rail-based cargo services across Europe.
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C.
SBB Cargo
SBB Cargo is the freight transport division of Switzerland’s national railway company, providing rail logistics and cargo services across Switzerland and into neighboring countries.
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D.
DB Netz AG
DB Netz AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn responsible for operating and maintaining Germany’s national railway infrastructure network.
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E.
Hochtief
Hochtief is a major German-based global construction group known for large-scale infrastructure, engineering, and building projects worldwide.
- 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: DB Schenker Target entity description: DB Schenker is a global logistics and freight forwarding company providing land, air, and ocean transport as well as supply chain management services.
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A.
Geodis
Geodis is a global logistics and supply chain management company providing freight forwarding, contract logistics, and transportation services.
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B.
Rail Cargo Group
Rail Cargo Group is the freight transport and logistics division of the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), providing rail-based cargo services across Europe.
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C.
SBB Cargo
SBB Cargo is the freight transport division of Switzerland’s national railway company, providing rail logistics and cargo services across Switzerland and into neighboring countries.
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D.
DB Netz AG
DB Netz AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn responsible for operating and maintaining Germany’s national railway infrastructure network.
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E.
Hochtief
Hochtief is a major German-based global construction group known for large-scale infrastructure, engineering, and building projects worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
freight forwarding company
ⓘ
logistics company ⓘ |
| brandOf |
Deutsche Bahn AG
ⓘ
linked to:
Deutsche Bahn
|
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
end-to-end supply chain services
ⓘ
integrated logistics solutions ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Schenker AG ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel | third-party logistics provider ⓘ |
| hasClientType |
automotive sector
ⓘ
consumer goods sector ⓘ industrial customers ⓘ retail customers ⓘ technology sector ⓘ |
| hasGlobalNetwork | yes ⓘ |
| hasLogisticsFacilities |
cross-dock terminals
ⓘ
distribution centers ⓘ warehouses ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfEmployees | >70000 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Essen, Germany
ⓘ
linked to:
Essen
|
| industry |
freight forwarding
ⓘ
logistics ⓘ supply chain management ⓘ |
| offersMultimodalSolutions | yes ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
B2B logistics
ⓘ
freight transportation ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Deutsche Bahn AG
ⓘ
linked to:
Deutsche Bahn
|
| parentCompany | Deutsche Bahn ⓘ |
| providesService |
inventory management
ⓘ
logistics consulting ⓘ value-added logistics services ⓘ |
| service |
air freight
ⓘ
contract logistics ⓘ customs brokerage ⓘ distribution ⓘ e-commerce logistics ⓘ land transport ⓘ ocean freight ⓘ project logistics ⓘ rail freight ⓘ road freight ⓘ supply chain management ⓘ warehousing ⓘ |
| serviceArea | global ⓘ |
| usesModeOfTransport |
air
ⓘ
rail ⓘ road ⓘ sea ⓘ |
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: DB Schenker Description of subject: DB Schenker is a global logistics and freight forwarding company providing land, air, and ocean transport as well as supply chain management services.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
DB
linked to: DB Schenker
linked to: DB Schenker
linked to: DB Schenker
linked to: DB Schenker
linked to: DB Schenker
linked to: DB Schenker