Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique
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Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique was a major French computer company created in the 1960s as part of a national effort to develop an independent computing industry.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique canonical | 2 |
| International Computing Company | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10478764 — 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: Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique Context triple: [CII Honeywell Bull, formedBy, Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique]
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A.
International Computers Limited
International Computers Limited was a major British computer manufacturer and information technology company that played a significant role in the UK computing industry during the mid-to-late 20th century.
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B.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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Remington Rand
Remington Rand was a major American business machines and early computer manufacturer, best known for producing the UNIVAC, one of the first commercial computers.
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D.
Unisys
Unisys is an American global information technology company known for providing IT services, software, and infrastructure solutions to government and commercial clients.
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Société pour la Gestion de l’Entreprise et le Traitement de l’Information
Société pour la Gestion de l’Entreprise et le Traitement de l’Information is the original French name of Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, technology services, and digital transformation.
- 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: Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique Target entity description: Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique was a major French computer company created in the 1960s as part of a national effort to develop an independent computing industry.
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A.
International Computers Limited
International Computers Limited was a major British computer manufacturer and information technology company that played a significant role in the UK computing industry during the mid-to-late 20th century.
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B.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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C.
Remington Rand
Remington Rand was a major American business machines and early computer manufacturer, best known for producing the UNIVAC, one of the first commercial computers.
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D.
Unisys
Unisys is an American global information technology company known for providing IT services, software, and infrastructure solutions to government and commercial clients.
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E.
Société pour la Gestion de l’Entreprise et le Traitement de l’Information
Société pour la Gestion de l’Entreprise et le Traitement de l’Information is the original French name of Capgemini, a global leader in consulting, technology services, and digital transformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French company
ⓘ
computer company ⓘ |
| activity |
design of computers
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manufacture of computers ⓘ sale of computer systems ⓘ |
| classification | defunct company ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| goal | reduce dependence on foreign computer manufacturers ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | CII ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | part of French national computer plan ⓘ |
| industry |
computer hardware
ⓘ
information technology ⓘ |
| languageOfName | French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | France ⓘ |
| nameMeaning |
International Computing Company
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linked to:
Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique
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| ownership | state-influenced ⓘ |
| productType |
computer systems
ⓘ
mainframe computers ⓘ |
| purpose | develop an independent French computing industry ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Europe
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France ⓘ |
| role | key actor in French computer industry ⓘ |
| sector | technology ⓘ |
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: Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique Description of subject: Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique was a major French computer company created in the 1960s as part of a national effort to develop an independent computing industry.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Compagnie Internationale pour l’Informatique