Carillion
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Carillion was a major British multinational facilities management and construction services company that became widely known for its high-profile projects and controversial collapse in 2018.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Carillion canonical | 3 |
| Carillion Canada | 1 |
| Carillion Rail | 1 |
| Carillion Telent | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9301295 — 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: Carillion Context triple: [Hilton Tower, mainContractor, Carillion]
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A.
BT Group
BT Group is a major British telecommunications and broadband provider offering fixed-line, mobile, internet, and TV services in the UK and internationally.
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B.
Telefónica UK
Telefónica UK is a major British telecommunications company best known for operating the O2 mobile network and providing mobile, broadband, and related digital services across the United Kingdom.
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C.
Arqiva
Arqiva is a UK-based communications infrastructure and media services company that operates broadcast transmission networks and related services for television, radio, and wireless communications.
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D.
Telewest
Telewest was a major UK cable television, broadband, and telecommunications provider that later became part of Virgin Media through a merger.
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E.
CYBG plc
CYBG plc was a UK-based banking group that owned Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank before rebranding as Virgin Money UK following a merger.
- 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: Carillion Target entity description: Carillion was a major British multinational facilities management and construction services company that became widely known for its high-profile projects and controversial collapse in 2018.
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A.
BT Group
BT Group is a major British telecommunications and broadband provider offering fixed-line, mobile, internet, and TV services in the UK and internationally.
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B.
Telefónica UK
Telefónica UK is a major British telecommunications company best known for operating the O2 mobile network and providing mobile, broadband, and related digital services across the United Kingdom.
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C.
Arqiva
Arqiva is a UK-based communications infrastructure and media services company that operates broadcast transmission networks and related services for television, radio, and wireless communications.
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D.
Telewest
Telewest was a major UK cable television, broadband, and telecommunications provider that later became part of Virgin Media through a merger.
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E.
CYBG plc
CYBG plc was a UK-based banking group that owned Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire Bank before rebranding as Virgin Money UK following a merger.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | company ⓘ |
| causeOfEvent |
collapse linked to high debt levels
ⓘ
collapse linked to problem contracts ⓘ |
| ceasedToExist | 2018 ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfIncorporation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dissolutionDate | 2018-01-15 ⓘ |
| employed |
around 20000 people in the United Kingdom at peak
ⓘ
around 43000 people worldwide at peak ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Tarmac ⓘ |
| hadSubsidiary |
Carillion Alawi
ⓘ
Carillion Canada ⓘ
linked to:
Carillion
Carillion Rail ⓘ
linked to:
Carillion
Carillion Telent ⓘ
linked to:
Carillion
|
| headquartersLocation |
England
ⓘ
West Midlands ⓘ Wolverhampton ⓘ |
| inception | 1999 ⓘ |
| industry |
construction
ⓘ
facilities management ⓘ outsourcing ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Keith Cochrane
ⓘ
Philip Green ⓘ Richard Howson ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collapse in 2018
ⓘ
large public sector outsourcing contracts ⓘ public–private partnership projects ⓘ |
| legalForm | public limited company ⓘ |
| memberOf | FTSE 250 Index ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route
ⓘ
Channel Tunnel Rail Link ⓘ High Speed 2 enabling works ⓘ
linked to:
High Speed 2
Liverpool One development ⓘ
linked to:
Liverpool ONE
M6 Toll ⓘ Midland Metropolitan University Hospital ⓘ Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham ⓘ Royal Opera House redevelopment ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
UK government facilities management contracts ⓘ maintenance of UK rail infrastructure contracts ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ Middle East ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | Tarmac construction division ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy |
Keith Cochrane – interim chief executive
ⓘ
Philip Green – chairman ⓘ Richard Howson – chief executive ⓘ |
| reasonForDissolution | liquidation ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | London Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Financial Reporting Council investigations
ⓘ
Serious Fraud Office investigation ⓘ UK parliamentary inquiries ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | CLLN ⓘ |
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: Carillion Description of subject: Carillion was a major British multinational facilities management and construction services company that became widely known for its high-profile projects and controversial collapse in 2018.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Carillion
linked to: Carillion
linked to: Carillion