PRIME PLC
E383964
PRIME PLC is an open, international power line communication standard widely used for smart grid and advanced metering infrastructure in utility networks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PRIME PLC canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3740011 — 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: PRIME PLC Context triple: [PLC (Power Line Communication), hasStandard, PRIME PLC]
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A.
Reach plc
Reach plc is a major British newspaper and digital publisher that owns and operates numerous national and regional media brands across the UK, including the Daily Mirror.
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B.
SSE plc
SSE plc is a major UK-based energy company focused on electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and related services.
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C.
Peel Group
Peel Group is a major British infrastructure, transport, and real estate investment company known for owning and developing assets such as ports, airports, and large-scale property projects across the UK.
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D.
Granada plc
Granada plc was a major British media and entertainment company best known for its television production and broadcasting operations, including the ITV franchise Granada Television.
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E.
Grampian Group
The Grampian Group is a major geological rock sequence within the Scottish Highlands, notable for its deformed and metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks formed during the Precambrian to early Paleozoic.
- 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: PRIME PLC Target entity description: PRIME PLC is an open, international power line communication standard widely used for smart grid and advanced metering infrastructure in utility networks.
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A.
Reach plc
Reach plc is a major British newspaper and digital publisher that owns and operates numerous national and regional media brands across the UK, including the Daily Mirror.
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B.
SSE plc
SSE plc is a major UK-based energy company focused on electricity generation, transmission, distribution, and related services.
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C.
Peel Group
Peel Group is a major British infrastructure, transport, and real estate investment company known for owning and developing assets such as ports, airports, and large-scale property projects across the UK.
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D.
Granada plc
Granada plc was a major British media and entertainment company best known for its television production and broadcasting operations, including the ITV franchise Granada Television.
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E.
Grampian Group
The Grampian Group is a major geological rock sequence within the Scottish Highlands, notable for its deformed and metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks formed during the Precambrian to early Paleozoic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communication protocol
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power line communication standard ⓘ smart grid technology ⓘ |
| abbreviation | PRIME ⓘ |
| applicationDomain |
advanced metering infrastructure
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smart grid ⓘ utility networks ⓘ |
| communicationMedium | power line ⓘ |
| definesLayer |
MAC layer
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convergence layer ⓘ physical layer ⓘ |
| deploymentRegion |
Asia
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Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ |
| frequencyBand | narrowband PLC ⓘ |
| fullName | PoweRline Intelligent Metering Evolution ⓘ |
| goal |
enable interoperable smart metering over power lines
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reduce deployment cost by using existing power lines for communication ⓘ |
| governedBy | PRIME Alliance ⓘ |
| layerModel | OSI-based ⓘ |
| modulation | OFDM ⓘ |
| organizationType | industry alliance ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
advanced metering infrastructure communications
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automatic meter reading ⓘ distribution network automation ⓘ smart metering ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| standardType | open standard ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
automatic network reconfiguration
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encryption of communications ⓘ error detection and correction ⓘ interoperability between vendors ⓘ robustness against noise on power lines ⓘ |
| supportsFunction |
DLMS/COSEM transport
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IPv6-based networking ⓘ multicast and broadcast communication ⓘ network management ⓘ remote firmware upgrade ⓘ remote meter reading ⓘ two-way communication between meters and data concentrators ⓘ |
| supportsRole |
base node
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service node ⓘ switch node ⓘ |
| supportsTopology |
mesh-like PLC network
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tree topology ⓘ |
| topology |
low-voltage distribution networks
ⓘ
medium-voltage distribution networks ⓘ |
| usedIn |
electricity distribution networks
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smart electricity meters ⓘ |
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: PRIME PLC Description of subject: PRIME PLC is an open, international power line communication standard widely used for smart grid and advanced metering infrastructure in utility networks.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.