Kia Motors manufacturing plant
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The Kia Motors manufacturing plant in West Point, Georgia is a major automotive production facility that serves as Kia’s primary U.S. assembly plant, producing popular models for the North American market and driving significant local economic growth.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia | 3 |
| Kia Motors manufacturing plant canonical | 1 |
| Kia global manufacturing network | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1514406 — 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: Kia Motors manufacturing plant Context triple: [West Point, Georgia, knownFor, Kia Motors manufacturing plant]
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A.
GM Silao Assembly Plant
GM Silao Assembly Plant is a General Motors automotive manufacturing facility located in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico, known for producing full-size pickup trucks and related components for global markets.
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B.
Hyundai Motor Company
Hyundai Motor Company is a leading South Korean automotive manufacturer known globally for producing a wide range of affordable and reliable vehicles.
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C.
GM Orion Assembly Plant
GM Orion Assembly Plant is a General Motors automobile manufacturing facility in Orion Township, Michigan, known for producing small cars and electric vehicles.
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D.
Spring Hill Assembly Plant
Spring Hill Assembly Plant is a General Motors automotive manufacturing facility in Spring Hill, Tennessee, known for producing a variety of GM vehicles and powertrains.
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E.
Mishawaka Assembly Plant
Mishawaka Assembly Plant is an AM General vehicle manufacturing facility in Mishawaka, Indiana, best known for producing military Humvees and civilian Hummer models.
- 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: Kia Motors manufacturing plant Target entity description: The Kia Motors manufacturing plant in West Point, Georgia is a major automotive production facility that serves as Kia’s primary U.S. assembly plant, producing popular models for the North American market and driving significant local economic growth.
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A.
GM Silao Assembly Plant
GM Silao Assembly Plant is a General Motors automotive manufacturing facility located in Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico, known for producing full-size pickup trucks and related components for global markets.
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B.
Hyundai Motor Company
Hyundai Motor Company is a leading South Korean automotive manufacturer known globally for producing a wide range of affordable and reliable vehicles.
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C.
GM Orion Assembly Plant
GM Orion Assembly Plant is a General Motors automobile manufacturing facility in Orion Township, Michigan, known for producing small cars and electric vehicles.
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D.
Spring Hill Assembly Plant
Spring Hill Assembly Plant is a General Motors automotive manufacturing facility in Spring Hill, Tennessee, known for producing a variety of GM vehicles and powertrains.
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E.
Mishawaka Assembly Plant
Mishawaka Assembly Plant is an AM General vehicle manufacturing facility in Mishawaka, Indiana, best known for producing military Humvees and civilian Hummer models.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
automobile manufacturing plant
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industrial facility ⓘ |
| abbreviation | KMMG ⓘ |
| area | approximately 2,200 acres ⓘ |
| assemblyType | vehicle final assembly ⓘ |
| buildingArea | approximately 2 million square feet ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| designedCapacity | 300,000 vehicles per year ⓘ |
| economicImpact |
catalyst for regional industrial development
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major employer in West Point, Georgia ⓘ significant contributor to local tax base ⓘ |
| employment |
over 2,000 direct employees
ⓘ
thousands of supplier-related jobs ⓘ |
| environmentalFeature | modern paint shop with emissions controls ⓘ |
| groundbreakingDate | 2006 ⓘ |
| hasSupplierPark | on-site supplier facilities ⓘ |
| includesProcess |
final assembly
ⓘ
painting ⓘ stamping ⓘ welding ⓘ |
| investmentAmount | over US$1 billion ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Troup County, Georgia
NERFINISHED
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United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
West Point, Georgia ⓘ |
| near |
Alabama state line
ⓘ
LaGrange, Georgia ⓘ
linked to:
LaGrange
|
| notable | first Kia manufacturing plant in the United States ⓘ |
| openingDate | 2009 ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia
ⓘ
linked to:
Kia Motors manufacturing plant
|
| ownedBy |
Kia Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Kia Motors
|
| parentCompany | Hyundai Motor Group ⓘ |
| primaryMarket |
North America
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| producesModel |
Kia K5
ⓘ
Kia Optima ⓘ Kia Sorento ⓘ Kia Sportage ⓘ Kia Telluride ⓘ |
| productionStartYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| productType |
passenger cars
ⓘ
sport utility vehicles ⓘ |
| region |
Southeastern United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern United States
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| stateIncentives | received economic development incentives from State of Georgia ⓘ |
| strategicRole |
Kia’s primary U.S. assembly plant
ⓘ
key hub for North American production ⓘ |
| trainingFacility | on-site training center for workers ⓘ |
| transportAccess | near Interstate 85 ⓘ |
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: Kia Motors manufacturing plant Description of subject: The Kia Motors manufacturing plant in West Point, Georgia is a major automotive production facility that serves as Kia’s primary U.S. assembly plant, producing popular models for the North American market and driving significant local economic growth.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Kia Motors manufacturing plant (West Point, Georgia)
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operatedBy
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Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia
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subject linked to:
Kia Motors manufacturing plant
linked to: Kia Motors manufacturing plant
linked to: Kia Motors manufacturing plant
subject linked to:
United States (West Point, Georgia, for certain generations)
linked to: Kia Motors manufacturing plant