NEC Corporation
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NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company known for providing IT services, network solutions, and telecommunications equipment worldwide.
All labels observed (10)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NEC Corporation canonical | 20 |
| NEC Corporation of America | 3 |
| NEC | 2 |
| NEC Electronics | 1 |
| NEC Europe Ltd. | 1 |
| NEC Fundamental Research Laboratories | 1 |
| NEC Group | 1 |
| NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation | 1 |
| NEC Platforms, Ltd. | 1 |
| NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1934918 — 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: NEC Corporation Context triple: [NEC, fullName, NEC Corporation]
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A.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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B.
Sharp Corporation
Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer known for its consumer electronics, display technologies, and home appliances.
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C.
NEC Research Institute
NEC Research Institute was a prominent industrial research center in Princeton, New Jersey, known for advanced work in computer science, machine learning, and related fields.
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D.
Toshiba
Toshiba is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate known for its electronics, semiconductors, and information technology products and services.
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E.
Tokyu Corporation
Tokyu Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and real estate company based in Tokyo, known for operating extensive rail networks and developing commercial and residential areas, particularly around Shibuya.
- 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: NEC Corporation Target entity description: NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company known for providing IT services, network solutions, and telecommunications equipment worldwide.
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A.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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B.
Sharp Corporation
Sharp Corporation is a Japanese multinational electronics manufacturer known for its consumer electronics, display technologies, and home appliances.
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C.
NEC Research Institute
NEC Research Institute was a prominent industrial research center in Princeton, New Jersey, known for advanced work in computer science, machine learning, and related fields.
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D.
Toshiba
Toshiba is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate known for its electronics, semiconductors, and information technology products and services.
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E.
Tokyu Corporation
Tokyu Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and real estate company based in Tokyo, known for operating extensive rail networks and developing commercial and residential areas, particularly around Shibuya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronics company
ⓘ
information technology company ⓘ multinational corporation ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
5G network solutions
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artificial intelligence solutions ⓘ biometric authentication technologies ⓘ |
| formerName |
Nippon Electric Company, Limited
ⓘ
linked to:
Nippon Electric Company
|
| founder |
Ichisuke Fujioka
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kunihiko Iwadare NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Electric Company ⓘ
linked to:
Western Electric
|
| hasSubsidiary |
NEC Corporation of America
ⓘ
linked to:
NEC Corporation
NEC Europe Ltd. ⓘ
linked to:
NEC Corporation
NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation ⓘ
linked to:
NEC Corporation
NEC Platforms, Ltd. ⓘ
linked to:
NEC Corporation
NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. ⓘ
linked to:
NEC Corporation
|
| headquartersLocation |
Japan
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
| inception | 1899 ⓘ |
| industry |
IT services
ⓘ
electronics ⓘ information technology ⓘ network solutions ⓘ telecommunications equipment ⓘ |
| ISIN | JP3733000008 ⓘ |
| legalForm | public company ⓘ |
| memberOf | Sumitomo Group ⓘ |
| nativeLabel |
日本電気株式会社
ⓘ
linked to:
Nippon Electric Company
|
| notableWork |
NEC Express5800 servers
ⓘ
PASOLINK microwave radio systems ⓘ PC-98 series personal computers ⓘ
linked to:
PC-98
|
| parentOrganization | Sumitomo Group ⓘ |
| products |
biometric identification systems
ⓘ
computer hardware ⓘ display solutions ⓘ network infrastructure ⓘ servers ⓘ storage systems ⓘ telecommunications equipment ⓘ |
| services |
IT consulting
ⓘ
cloud services ⓘ managed services ⓘ network services ⓘ system integration ⓘ |
| shortName | NEC ⓘ |
| stockExchange | Tokyo Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | 6701 ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nec.com/ ⓘ |
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: NEC Corporation Description of subject: NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company known for providing IT services, network solutions, and telecommunications equipment worldwide.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: NEC Corporation
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subject linked to:
Earth Simulator supercomputer
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linked to: NEC Corporation
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linked to: NEC Corporation
linked to: NEC Corporation
subject linked to:
Sumio
linked to: NEC Corporation