Bouygues
E132001
Bouygues is a major French industrial group primarily active in construction, real estate development, media, and telecommunications.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bouygues Telecom | 10 |
| Bouygues canonical | 5 |
| Bouygues Construction | 4 |
| Bouygues Immobilier | 3 |
| Bouygues (via TF1 Group) | 1 |
| Bouygues Travaux Publics | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1151510 — 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: Bouygues Context triple: [CAC 40, hasComponent, Bouygues]
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A.
RATP group
RATP Group is a major French public transport operator that manages much of the Paris metro, tram, and bus networks and provides transit services internationally.
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B.
Société Générale
Société Générale is a major French multinational investment and retail bank and financial services company headquartered in Paris.
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C.
Thales Group
Thales Group is a French multinational company specializing in aerospace, defense, security, and transportation technologies and systems.
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D.
TF1 Group
TF1 Group is a major French media conglomerate best known for operating France’s leading television channel TF1 and various other broadcasting and digital media assets.
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E.
BESIX
BESIX is a major Belgian construction and engineering company known for delivering large-scale, high-profile projects worldwide.
- 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: Bouygues Target entity description: Bouygues is a major French industrial group primarily active in construction, real estate development, media, and telecommunications.
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A.
RATP group
RATP Group is a major French public transport operator that manages much of the Paris metro, tram, and bus networks and provides transit services internationally.
-
B.
Société Générale
Société Générale is a major French multinational investment and retail bank and financial services company headquartered in Paris.
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C.
Thales Group
Thales Group is a French multinational company specializing in aerospace, defense, security, and transportation technologies and systems.
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D.
TF1 Group
TF1 Group is a major French media conglomerate best known for operating France’s leading television channel TF1 and various other broadcasting and digital media assets.
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E.
BESIX
BESIX is a major Belgian construction and engineering company known for delivering large-scale, high-profile projects worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conglomerate
ⓘ
construction company ⓘ media company ⓘ public company ⓘ telecommunications company ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| founded |
Bouygues Construction
ⓘ
linked to:
Bouygues
Bouygues Immobilier ⓘ
linked to:
Bouygues
Bouygues Telecom ⓘ
linked to:
Bouygues
Colas ⓘ TF1 Group ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Francis Bouygues ⓘ |
| foundedInCountry | France ⓘ |
| hasBrand |
Bouygues Telecom
ⓘ
linked to:
Bouygues
Colas ⓘ TF1 ⓘ
linked to:
TF1 channel
|
| hasMainActivity |
building construction
ⓘ
civil engineering ⓘ property development ⓘ road construction ⓘ telecom services ⓘ television broadcasting ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Paris
ⓘ
Île-de-France ⓘ
linked to:
Île-de-France region
|
| inception | 1952 ⓘ |
| industry |
construction
ⓘ
media ⓘ real estate development ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Francis Bouygues
ⓘ
Martin Bouygues ⓘ |
| legalForm | société anonyme ⓘ |
| owns |
Bouygues Construction
ⓘ
linked to:
Bouygues
Bouygues Immobilier ⓘ
linked to:
Bouygues
Bouygues Telecom ⓘ
linked to:
Bouygues
Colas ⓘ TF1 ⓘ
linked to:
TF1 channel
|
| partOfIndex | CAC 40 ⓘ |
| sector |
infrastructure
ⓘ
media and entertainment ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| stockExchange |
Euronext Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Euronext
|
| subsidiary |
Bouygues Construction
ⓘ
linked to:
Bouygues
Bouygues Immobilier ⓘ
linked to:
Bouygues
Bouygues Telecom ⓘ
linked to:
Bouygues
Colas ⓘ TF1 Group ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | EN:EN ⓘ |
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: Bouygues Description of subject: Bouygues is a major French industrial group primarily active in construction, real estate development, media, and telecommunications.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Bouygues
linked to: Bouygues
linked to: Bouygues
linked to: Bouygues
linked to: Bouygues
subject linked to:
Free (French telecommunications company)
linked to: Bouygues
linked to: Bouygues
subject linked to:
Free (French ISP brand via Iliad)
linked to: Bouygues
linked to: Bouygues
linked to: Bouygues