Vale
E512029
Vale is a major global mining company known for producing iron ore, nickel, and other minerals, with significant operations in the Sudbury Basin in Canada.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VALE | 1 |
| VALE3 | 1 |
| Vale canonical | 1 |
| Vale logistics system | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5323275 — 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: Vale Context triple: [Sudbury Basin, hasMiningCompanies, Vale]
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A.
Valee
Valee is an American rapper known for his laid-back flow, minimalist beats, and work with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label.
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B.
Norval
Norval is a small historic village in Ontario, Canada, known for its scenic Credit River setting and association with author Lucy Maud Montgomery.
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C.
Váli
Váli is a Norse god, one of Odin's sons, known primarily for avenging the death of his half-brother Baldr.
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D.
Vé
Vé is a Norse god, one of Odin’s brothers, associated with the creation of the world in Norse mythology.
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E.
Marval
Marval is an actor known for appearing in the landmark 1929 surrealist film "Un Chien Andalou," directed by Luis Buñuel and co-written with Salvador Dalí.
- 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: Vale Target entity description: Vale is a major global mining company known for producing iron ore, nickel, and other minerals, with significant operations in the Sudbury Basin in Canada.
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A.
Valee
Valee is an American rapper known for his laid-back flow, minimalist beats, and work with Kanye West’s G.O.O.D. Music label.
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B.
Norval
Norval is a small historic village in Ontario, Canada, known for its scenic Credit River setting and association with author Lucy Maud Montgomery.
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C.
Váli
Váli is a Norse god, one of Odin's sons, known primarily for avenging the death of his half-brother Baldr.
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D.
Vé
Vé is a Norse god, one of Odin’s brothers, associated with the creation of the world in Norse mythology.
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E.
Marval
Marval is an actor known for appearing in the landmark 1929 surrealist film "Un Chien Andalou," directed by Luis Buñuel and co-written with Salvador Dalí.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mining company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CVRD ⓘ |
| acquired | Inco Limited ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| employs | tens of thousands of employees worldwide ⓘ |
| formerName | Companhia Vale do Rio Doce ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Government of Brazil
ⓘ
linked to:
Brazilian government
|
| foundingDate | 1942 ⓘ |
| hasEnvironmentalImpact |
Brumadinho dam disaster
ⓘ
linked to:
Brumadinho
Mariana dam disaster ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary | Vale Canada Limited ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| industry |
logistics
ⓘ
metals ⓘ mining ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
largest iron ore producers in the world
ⓘ
largest nickel producers in the world ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
English
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ |
| majorOperation | Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations ⓘ |
| operatesInCountry |
Australia
ⓘ
Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ China ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Mozambique ⓘ New Caledonia ⓘ Oman ⓘ |
| operatesInRegion |
Sudbury Basin, Ontario, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Sudbury Basin
|
| owns |
iron ore mines in the Carajás region
ⓘ
logistics infrastructure in Brazil ⓘ |
| product |
coal
ⓘ
cobalt ⓘ copper ⓘ fertilizer nutrients ⓘ iron ore ⓘ iron ore pellets ⓘ manganese ⓘ nickel ⓘ platinum group metals ⓘ |
| regulator |
Brazilian Securities Commission
ⓘ
linked to:
Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission
|
| stockExchangeListing |
B3 (Brasil Bolsa Balcão)
ⓘ
linked to:
B3 – Brasil Bolsa Balcão
New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol |
VALE
ⓘ
linked to:
Vale
VALE3 ⓘ
linked to:
Vale
|
| website | https://www.vale.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: Vale Description of subject: Vale is a major global mining company known for producing iron ore, nickel, and other minerals, with significant operations in the Sudbury Basin in Canada.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Vale
linked to: Vale
linked to: Vale