UEI
E1023341
UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) is a 12-character alphanumeric ID used by the U.S. federal government to uniquely identify organizations doing business with it, particularly for grants and contracts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UEI canonical | 1 |
| Unique Entity ID (UEI) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13105279 — 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: UEI Context triple: [SAM.gov, requires, UEI]
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A.
UEW
UEW is the commonly used abbreviation for the Wrocław University of Economics and Business, a major Polish institution specializing in economics, management, and related fields.
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B.
UCEI
UCEI is the acronym for the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, the central organization representing and coordinating Jewish communities throughout Italy.
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C.
UEK
UEK is Oracle's optimized, enterprise-grade Linux kernel designed to deliver enhanced performance, stability, and support for Oracle software and cloud environments.
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D.
UEK
UEK is a federation of Protestant churches in Germany that unites various regional Lutheran, Reformed, and United churches for common theological and organizational work.
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E.
UEEE
UEEE is the ICAO airport code for Yakutsk Airport, a major air transport hub in the Sakha Republic of Russia.
- 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: UEI Target entity description: UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) is a 12-character alphanumeric ID used by the U.S. federal government to uniquely identify organizations doing business with it, particularly for grants and contracts.
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A.
UEW
UEW is the commonly used abbreviation for the Wrocław University of Economics and Business, a major Polish institution specializing in economics, management, and related fields.
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B.
UCEI
UCEI is the acronym for the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, the central organization representing and coordinating Jewish communities throughout Italy.
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C.
UEK
UEK is Oracle's optimized, enterprise-grade Linux kernel designed to deliver enhanced performance, stability, and support for Oracle software and cloud environments.
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D.
UEK
UEK is a federation of Protestant churches in Germany that unites various regional Lutheran, Reformed, and United churches for common theological and organizational work.
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E.
UEEE
UEEE is the ICAO airport code for Yakutsk Airport, a major air transport hub in the Sakha Republic of Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unique Entity Identifier
ⓘ
identifier ⓘ |
| administeredBy | U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
businesses
ⓘ
educational institutions ⓘ foreign entities doing business with the U.S. federal government ⓘ local governments ⓘ nonprofit organizations ⓘ state governments ⓘ tribal governments ⓘ |
| associatedPortal | Integrated Award Environment ⓘ |
| category | government identifier ⓘ |
| characterCount | 12 ⓘ |
| characterType | alphanumeric ⓘ |
| countryUsedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dataType | string ⓘ |
| externalDependency | does not rely on third-party numbering authority ⓘ |
| formatFixedLength | true ⓘ |
| fullName | Unique Entity Identifier ⓘ |
| governedBy | federal acquisition and assistance policies ⓘ |
| identifierFor |
legal entities
ⓘ
organizational units eligible for federal awards ⓘ |
| implementedInSystem | SAM.gov ⓘ |
| introducedBy | U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ |
| languageOfAcronym | English ⓘ |
| namespace | U.S. federal awards ecosystem ⓘ |
| persistence | intended to be persistent over time for an entity ⓘ |
| previousStandardIdentifier | DUNS number ⓘ |
| regulatoryContext | federal financial assistance identification requirements ⓘ |
| replaced | DUNS number ⓘ |
| replacesRoleOf | DUNS number in federal award systems ⓘ |
| requiredBy |
System for Award Management
ⓘ
linked to:
Integrated Award Environment
federal awarding agencies ⓘ |
| requiredFor |
applying for federal grants
ⓘ
entity registration in SAM.gov ⓘ receiving federal contract awards ⓘ receiving federal grant awards ⓘ |
| scope | organization-level identifier ⓘ |
| sector |
public grants management
ⓘ
public procurement ⓘ |
| uniquenessConstraint | globally unique within U.S. federal award systems ⓘ |
| uniquePer | registered entity ⓘ |
| usedBy |
U.S. federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| usedFor |
federal contracts
ⓘ
federal financial assistance ⓘ federal grants ⓘ identifying organizations ⓘ |
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: UEI Description of subject: UEI (Unique Entity Identifier) is a 12-character alphanumeric ID used by the U.S. federal government to uniquely identify organizations doing business with it, particularly for grants and contracts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.