UPS
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UPS (United Parcel Service) is a global package delivery and supply chain management company known for its extensive logistics network and brown delivery trucks.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UPS canonical | 33 |
| UPS brown | 1 |
| UPS tracking APIs | 1 |
| UPS website | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3829239 — 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: UPS Context triple: [DHL, competitor, UPS]
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A.
UPS international services
UPS international services comprise the global shipping and logistics solutions offered by UPS for transporting packages and freight across international borders.
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B.
UPS Worldwide Saver
UPS Worldwide Saver is an international express shipping service that provides guaranteed, time-definite delivery of packages and documents to destinations around the world.
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C.
UPS Worldwide Express
UPS Worldwide Express is a premium international shipping service from UPS that provides fast, time-definite delivery of packages worldwide.
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D.
UPS Ground
UPS Ground is a domestic ground shipping service from UPS that provides reliable, day-definite delivery of packages at an economical rate.
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E.
UP Express
UP Express is a dedicated airport rail link in Toronto that provides fast, frequent train service between Union Station downtown and Toronto Pearson International Airport.
- 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: UPS Target entity description: UPS (United Parcel Service) is a global package delivery and supply chain management company known for its extensive logistics network and brown delivery trucks.
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A.
UPS international services
UPS international services comprise the global shipping and logistics solutions offered by UPS for transporting packages and freight across international borders.
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B.
UPS Worldwide Saver
UPS Worldwide Saver is an international express shipping service that provides guaranteed, time-definite delivery of packages and documents to destinations around the world.
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C.
UPS Worldwide Express
UPS Worldwide Express is a premium international shipping service from UPS that provides fast, time-definite delivery of packages worldwide.
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D.
UPS Ground
UPS Ground is a domestic ground shipping service from UPS that provides reliable, day-definite delivery of packages at an economical rate.
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E.
UP Express
UP Express is a dedicated airport rail link in Toronto that provides fast, frequent train service between Union Station downtown and Toronto Pearson International Airport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
courier company ⓘ logistics company ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| brandColor | brown ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fleetType |
cargo aircraft
ⓘ
delivery trucks ⓘ |
| formerName | American Messenger Company ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Claude Ryan
ⓘ
James E. Casey ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| fullName |
United Parcel Service, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
United Parcel Service (UPS)
|
| hasCompetitor |
DHL
ⓘ
FedEx ⓘ United States Postal Service ⓘ |
| hasLogoColor |
brown
ⓘ
gold ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlanta
|
| inception | 1907 ⓘ |
| industry |
logistics
ⓘ
package delivery ⓘ supply chain management ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
brown delivery trucks
ⓘ
global air and ground delivery network ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ North America ⓘ Oceania ⓘ |
| service |
customs brokerage
ⓘ
distribution services ⓘ domestic package delivery ⓘ e-commerce shipping solutions ⓘ express shipping ⓘ freight transportation ⓘ ground shipping ⓘ international package delivery ⓘ last-mile delivery ⓘ logistics services ⓘ supply chain solutions ⓘ warehousing ⓘ |
| shortName | UPS ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
UPS Airlines
ⓘ
UPS Freight (historical) ⓘ
linked to:
United Parcel Service (UPS)
UPS Supply Chain Solutions ⓘ
linked to:
United Parcel Service (UPS)
|
| tickerSymbol | UPS ⓘ |
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: UPS Description of subject: UPS (United Parcel Service) is a global package delivery and supply chain management company known for its extensive logistics network and brown delivery trucks.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
What can Brown do for you? (historical)
subject linked to:
What can Brown do for you? (historical)
linked to: UPS
linked to: UPS
subject linked to:
Parcel Force (as part of Royal Mail Group)
subject linked to:
"We ♥ Logistics"
subject linked to:
UPS customer technology solutions
subject linked to:
UPS customer technology solutions
linked to: UPS