HQ
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HQ is the commonly used abbreviation for Hydro-Québec, the provincial government–owned electric utility serving Quebec, Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HQ canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7485727 — 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: HQ Context triple: [Hydro-Québec, shortName, HQ]
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A.
HQ4
HQ4 is one of the television production studios within Dock10’s media facility at MediaCityUK in Salford, England.
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B.
HQ1
HQ1 is the flagship and largest television production studio within the Dock10 media facility at MediaCityUK in Salford, England.
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C.
HQ2
HQ2 is a television production studio facility associated with the UK-based media services company Dock10.
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D.
QH
QH is the standard abbreviation for Qinghai, a large inland province in northwestern China known for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Qinghai Lake.
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E.
HQ5
HQ5 is one of the television production studios within Dock10’s media facility at MediaCityUK in Salford, England.
- 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: HQ Target entity description: HQ is the commonly used abbreviation for Hydro-Québec, the provincial government–owned electric utility serving Quebec, Canada.
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A.
HQ4
HQ4 is one of the television production studios within Dock10’s media facility at MediaCityUK in Salford, England.
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B.
HQ1
HQ1 is the flagship and largest television production studio within the Dock10 media facility at MediaCityUK in Salford, England.
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C.
HQ2
HQ2 is a television production studio facility associated with the UK-based media services company Dock10.
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D.
QH
QH is the standard abbreviation for Qinghai, a large inland province in northwestern China known for the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and Qinghai Lake.
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E.
HQ5
HQ5 is one of the television production studios within Dock10’s media facility at MediaCityUK in Salford, England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crown corporation
ⓘ
electric utility company ⓘ state-owned enterprise ⓘ |
| abbreviation | HQ ⓘ |
| abbreviationUsage |
HQ is commonly used to refer to Hydro-Québec
ⓘ
linked to:
Hydro-Québec
|
| businessModel | vertically integrated utility ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| customerType |
commercial customers
ⓘ
industrial customers ⓘ residential customers ⓘ |
| energyPortfolio | predominantly hydroelectric ⓘ |
| energySource | hydroelectric power ⓘ |
| environmentalFocus | renewable energy ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Government of Quebec ⓘ |
| gridFrequency | 60 Hz ⓘ |
| gridInterconnection |
North American power grid
ⓘ
linked to:
North American power transmission grid
|
| gridType | high-voltage transmission network ⓘ |
| hasMonopolyStatus | yes, for most retail electricity in Quebec ⓘ |
| headquartersAdministrativeArea |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| headquartersCountry | Canada ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Montreal ⓘ |
| industry |
electric power
ⓘ
energy ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| languageOfOperation |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| legalForm | crown corporation under Quebec law ⓘ |
| mainEnergySourceType | renewable energy source ⓘ |
| marketRole | main electricity supplier in Quebec ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large-scale hydroelectric generation
ⓘ
public ownership ⓘ |
| owner | Government of Quebec ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Government of Quebec ⓘ |
| primaryProduct | electricity ⓘ |
| regionServed | Province of Quebec ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Government of Quebec ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus | provincial crown corporation ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
Quebec
ⓘ
linked to:
Quebec, Canada
|
| serviceType |
electricity distribution
ⓘ
electricity generation ⓘ electricity transmission ⓘ |
| typeOfOwnership | publicly owned ⓘ |
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: HQ Description of subject: HQ is the commonly used abbreviation for Hydro-Québec, the provincial government–owned electric utility serving Quebec, Canada.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
HQ