Saint-Gobain
E131993
Saint-Gobain is a major French multinational corporation specializing in the production and distribution of construction materials and high-performance solutions for buildings and industry.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CertainTeed | 1 |
| Saint-Gobain canonical | 1 |
| Saint-Gobain Abrasives | 1 |
| Saint-Gobain Isover | 1 |
| Saint-Gobain PAM | 1 |
| Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics | 1 |
| Saint-Gobain Sekurit | 1 |
| Saint-Gobain Weber | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1151499 — 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: Saint-Gobain Context triple: [CAC 40, hasComponent, Saint-Gobain]
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A.
Fortive
Fortive is an American diversified industrial technology company that owns and operates a portfolio of measurement, automation, and industrial solutions businesses.
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B.
Jarden Corporation
Jarden Corporation was a U.S.-based consumer products company known for its wide portfolio of household and outdoor brands before being acquired by Newell Brands.
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C.
Rohm and Haas
Rohm and Haas is a specialty chemicals company known for producing advanced materials and chemical products used in coatings, electronics, and industrial applications.
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D.
DuPont
DuPont is a major American chemical company historically known for pioneering materials science innovations and playing a key role in U.S. industrial and wartime production.
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E.
Perret Frères
Perret Frères was a pioneering early 20th-century French architectural firm renowned for its innovative use of reinforced concrete in modern architecture.
- 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: Saint-Gobain Target entity description: Saint-Gobain is a major French multinational corporation specializing in the production and distribution of construction materials and high-performance solutions for buildings and industry.
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A.
Fortive
Fortive is an American diversified industrial technology company that owns and operates a portfolio of measurement, automation, and industrial solutions businesses.
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B.
Jarden Corporation
Jarden Corporation was a U.S.-based consumer products company known for its wide portfolio of household and outdoor brands before being acquired by Newell Brands.
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C.
Rohm and Haas
Rohm and Haas is a specialty chemicals company known for producing advanced materials and chemical products used in coatings, electronics, and industrial applications.
-
D.
DuPont
DuPont is a major American chemical company historically known for pioneering materials science innovations and playing a key role in U.S. industrial and wartime production.
-
E.
Perret Frères
Perret Frères was a pioneering early 20th-century French architectural firm renowned for its innovative use of reinforced concrete in modern architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
construction materials company
ⓘ
manufacturing company ⓘ multinational corporation ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jean-Baptiste Colbert ⓘ |
| foundedIn | France ⓘ |
| hasKeyBusinessArea |
building renovation
ⓘ
construction ⓘ industrial applications ⓘ infrastructure ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Making the world a better home ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.saint-gobain.com ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
CertainTeed
ⓘ
linked to:
Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain Abrasives ⓘ
linked to:
Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain Isover ⓘ
linked to:
Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain PAM ⓘ
linked to:
Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics ⓘ
linked to:
Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain Sekurit ⓘ
linked to:
Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain Weber ⓘ
linked to:
Saint-Gobain
|
| headquartersLocation |
Courbevoie
ⓘ
France ⓘ Île-de-France ⓘ
linked to:
Île-de-France region
|
| historicalActivity | mirror glass production ⓘ |
| inception | 1665 ⓘ |
| industry |
building materials
ⓘ
construction materials ⓘ glass manufacturing ⓘ high-performance materials ⓘ industrial materials ⓘ |
| isListedOn | Euronext ⓘ |
| legalForm | société anonyme ⓘ |
| notableProject |
Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles
ⓘ
linked to:
Galerie des Glaces at Versailles
|
| numberOfEmployees | over 150000 ⓘ |
| originallyNamed | Manufacture royale de glaces de miroirs ⓘ |
| product |
abrasives
ⓘ
building distribution products ⓘ ceramics ⓘ flat glass ⓘ gypsum plasterboard ⓘ high-performance plastics ⓘ insulation materials ⓘ mortars ⓘ pipes and fittings ⓘ |
| sector |
construction
ⓘ
materials ⓘ |
| stockExchange |
Euronext Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Euronext
|
| stockIndex | CAC 40 ⓘ |
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: Saint-Gobain Description of subject: Saint-Gobain is a major French multinational corporation specializing in the production and distribution of construction materials and high-performance solutions for buildings and industry.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Saint-Gobain
linked to: Saint-Gobain
linked to: Saint-Gobain
linked to: Saint-Gobain
linked to: Saint-Gobain
linked to: Saint-Gobain
linked to: Saint-Gobain