GDF Suez
E170079
GDF Suez was a major French multinational energy company, primarily active in electricity and natural gas, that later rebranded as Engie.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gaz de France | 3 |
| GDF Suez canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1467861 — 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: GDF Suez Context triple: [Engie, formerName, GDF Suez]
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A.
Dalkia
Dalkia is a French energy services company specializing in energy efficiency, district heating and cooling, and sustainable energy solutions for buildings and industry.
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B.
Électricité de France
Électricité de France is France’s state-owned electric utility company and one of the world’s largest producers and distributors of electricity, particularly known for its extensive nuclear power fleet.
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C.
Tractebel
Tractebel is an international engineering and consulting company specializing in energy, water, and infrastructure projects.
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D.
Areva
Areva was a French multinational group specializing in nuclear power and renewable energy technologies, known for its involvement in the entire nuclear fuel cycle.
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E.
Bouygues
Bouygues is a major French industrial group primarily active in construction, real estate development, media, and telecommunications.
- 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: GDF Suez Target entity description: GDF Suez was a major French multinational energy company, primarily active in electricity and natural gas, that later rebranded as Engie.
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A.
Dalkia
Dalkia is a French energy services company specializing in energy efficiency, district heating and cooling, and sustainable energy solutions for buildings and industry.
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B.
Électricité de France
Électricité de France is France’s state-owned electric utility company and one of the world’s largest producers and distributors of electricity, particularly known for its extensive nuclear power fleet.
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C.
Tractebel
Tractebel is an international engineering and consulting company specializing in energy, water, and infrastructure projects.
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D.
Areva
Areva was a French multinational group specializing in nuclear power and renewable energy technologies, known for its involvement in the entire nuclear fuel cycle.
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E.
Bouygues
Bouygues is a major French industrial group primarily active in construction, real estate development, media, and telecommunications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multinational energy company
ⓘ
public company ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| businessActivity |
LNG trading
ⓘ
electricity distribution ⓘ electricity generation ⓘ energy services ⓘ natural gas infrastructure ⓘ natural gas supply ⓘ power trading ⓘ renewable energy development ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| energySource |
biomass
ⓘ
coal ⓘ hydropower ⓘ natural gas ⓘ nuclear power ⓘ solar power ⓘ wind power ⓘ |
| formerName |
Gaz de France
ⓘ
linked to:
GDF Suez
Suez ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
French government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of France
|
| headquartersLocation |
Courbevoie
ⓘ
France ⓘ La Défense ⓘ Île-de-France ⓘ
linked to:
Île-de-France region
|
| industry |
electricity
ⓘ
energy ⓘ natural gas ⓘ |
| legalForm | société anonyme ⓘ |
| mergerOf |
Gaz de France
ⓘ
linked to:
GDF Suez
Suez ⓘ |
| notableAssetType |
LNG terminals
ⓘ
district heating networks ⓘ gas pipelines ⓘ gas storage facilities ⓘ power plants ⓘ |
| numberOfEmployees | over 150000 ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
French state (major shareholder)
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of France
|
| rebrandedAs | Engie ⓘ |
| sector | utilities ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing |
Euronext Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Euronext
|
| stockIndexMembership | CAC 40 ⓘ |
| successor | Engie ⓘ |
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: GDF Suez Description of subject: GDF Suez was a major French multinational energy company, primarily active in electricity and natural gas, that later rebranded as Engie.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.