Ordnance Survey
E126979
Ordnance Survey is the national mapping agency of Great Britain, renowned for its detailed and authoritative topographic maps.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ordnance Survey canonical | 22 |
| Ordnance Survey maps | 3 |
| OS MasterMap | 1 |
| Ordnance Survey (Great Britain) | 1 |
| Ordnance Survey digital mapping products | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1110490 — 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: Ordnance Survey Context triple: [Board of Ordnance, oversaw, Ordnance Survey]
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A.
Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society is a leading British learned society and professional body dedicated to the advancement of geographical science and exploration.
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B.
British Post Office
The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
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C.
British Geological Survey
The British Geological Survey is the United Kingdom’s principal public-sector geoscience research and mapping organization, providing authoritative data and expertise on the nation’s geology and related natural resources and hazards.
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D.
Scotland Office
The Scotland Office is a UK government department responsible for representing Scottish interests within the UK Government and overseeing the devolution settlement for Scotland.
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E.
Trinity House
Trinity House is a historic British maritime organization responsible for lighthouses, buoys, and the safety of navigation around the coasts of England, Wales, the Channel Islands, and Gibraltar.
- 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: Ordnance Survey Target entity description: Ordnance Survey is the national mapping agency of Great Britain, renowned for its detailed and authoritative topographic maps.
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A.
Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society is a leading British learned society and professional body dedicated to the advancement of geographical science and exploration.
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B.
British Post Office
The British Post Office was the United Kingdom’s former state-run postal and telecommunications service, responsible for mail delivery, post offices, and early telegraph and telephone systems.
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C.
British Geological Survey
The British Geological Survey is the United Kingdom’s principal public-sector geoscience research and mapping organization, providing authoritative data and expertise on the nation’s geology and related natural resources and hazards.
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D.
Scotland Office
The Scotland Office is a UK government department responsible for representing Scottish interests within the UK Government and overseeing the devolution settlement for Scotland.
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E.
Trinity House
Trinity House is a historic British maritime organization responsible for lighthouses, buoys, and the safety of navigation around the coasts of England, Wales, the Channel Islands, and Gibraltar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartographic organization
ⓘ
government agency ⓘ national mapping agency ⓘ |
| areaServed |
England
ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developed | British National Grid ⓘ |
| employs |
GIS specialists
ⓘ
cartographers ⓘ surveyors ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
British government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
|
| hasCustomer |
UK central government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
businesses ⓘ emergency services ⓘ general public ⓘ local authorities in Great Britain ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Southampton ⓘ |
| inception | 1791 ⓘ |
| industry |
cartography
ⓘ
geospatial information ⓘ mapping ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Great Britain ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | government-owned company ⓘ |
| legalStatus | government-owned company ⓘ |
| locatedIn | England ⓘ |
| notableFor |
authoritative national maps of Great Britain
ⓘ
detailed topographic mapping ⓘ |
| originalPurpose |
defence surveying
ⓘ
military mapping ⓘ |
| owner |
UK Government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
|
| parentOrganization |
UK Government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
|
| product |
OS MasterMap
ⓘ
linked to:
Ordnance Survey
OS OpenData ⓘ Ordnance Survey Explorer maps ⓘ Ordnance Survey Landranger maps ⓘ digital mapping data ⓘ geospatial datasets ⓘ topographic maps ⓘ |
| publishes |
digital maps
ⓘ
paper maps ⓘ |
| service |
geospatial data services
ⓘ
location data services ⓘ mapping services ⓘ |
| usesCoordinateSystem | British National Grid ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ ⓘ |
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: Ordnance Survey Description of subject: Ordnance Survey is the national mapping agency of Great Britain, renowned for its detailed and authoritative topographic maps.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ordnance Survey
subject linked to:
Ordnance Survey National Grid (approximate)
subject linked to:
Ordnance Survey National Grid (approximate)
subject linked to:
Ordnance Survey National Grid (approximate)
linked to: Ordnance Survey
linked to: Ordnance Survey
linked to: Ordnance Survey
linked to: Ordnance Survey
linked to: Ordnance Survey