FedEx
E4793
FedEx is a global courier delivery services company known for its overnight shipping and pioneering real-time package tracking.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FedEx canonical | 51 |
| FedEx Express | 32 |
| FedEx Corporation | 10 |
| Federal Express | 5 |
| FedEx Express (regional operations) | 3 |
| FedEx Ground | 3 |
| Federal Express Corporation | 3 |
| FedEx Freight | 2 |
| FedEx Services | 2 |
| FedEx Express (cargo hub) | 1 |
| FedEx Express air network | 1 |
| FedEx Logistics | 1 |
| FedEx Office | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T68971 — 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: FedEx Context triple: [FedExField, namedAfter, FedEx]
-
A.
FedExField
FedExField is a large outdoor football stadium in Landover, Maryland, best known as the longtime home venue of Washington’s NFL franchise.
-
B.
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
-
C.
Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines is a major U.S.-based global airline headquartered in Atlanta, known for its extensive domestic and international route network and membership in the SkyTeam alliance.
-
D.
Boeing
Boeing is a major American aerospace company best known for designing and manufacturing commercial jetliners and military aircraft used worldwide.
-
E.
American Airlines
American Airlines is a major U.S.-based airline and one of the world's largest carriers, operating extensive domestic and international routes.
- 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: FedEx Target entity description: FedEx is a global courier delivery services company known for its overnight shipping and pioneering real-time package tracking.
-
A.
FedExField
FedExField is a large outdoor football stadium in Landover, Maryland, best known as the longtime home venue of Washington’s NFL franchise.
-
B.
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing nationwide postal delivery and related mail services.
-
C.
Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines is a major U.S.-based global airline headquartered in Atlanta, known for its extensive domestic and international route network and membership in the SkyTeam alliance.
-
D.
Boeing
Boeing is a major American aerospace company best known for designing and manufacturing commercial jetliners and military aircraft used worldwide.
-
E.
American Airlines
American Airlines is a major U.S.-based airline and one of the world's largest carriers, operating extensive domestic and international routes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
courier company
ⓘ
logistics company ⓘ multinational corporation ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| brandColor |
orange
ⓘ
purple ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerName |
Federal Express
ⓘ
linked to:
FedEx
|
| foundedBy | Frederick W. Smith ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Little Rock, Arkansas
|
| hasFeature |
delivery notifications
ⓘ
online package tracking ⓘ tracking number for each shipment ⓘ |
| hasHub | Memphis International Airport ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
FedEx Express
ⓘ
linked to:
FedEx
FedEx Freight ⓘ
linked to:
FedEx
FedEx Ground ⓘ
linked to:
FedEx
FedEx Logistics ⓘ
linked to:
FedEx
FedEx Office ⓘ
linked to:
FedEx
FedEx Services ⓘ
linked to:
FedEx
|
| headquartersLocation | Memphis, Tennessee, United States ⓘ |
| industry |
courier
ⓘ
logistics ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
overnight delivery service
ⓘ
pioneering real-time package tracking ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Africa
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| serviceType |
domestic shipping
ⓘ
freight forwarding ⓘ international shipping ⓘ logistics solutions ⓘ time-definite delivery ⓘ |
| slogan | The World On Time ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
e-commerce logistics
ⓘ
express mail ⓘ freight services ⓘ overnight shipping ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | FDX ⓘ |
| usesTransportationMode |
air transport
ⓘ
cargo aircraft ⓘ ground transport ⓘ truck transport ⓘ |
| website | https://www.fedex.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: FedEx Description of subject: FedEx is a global courier delivery services company known for its overnight shipping and pioneering real-time package tracking.
Referenced by (115)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
subject linked to:
Shirley
subject linked to:
United Parcel Service (UPS)
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
subject linked to:
ONT
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
subject linked to:
Parcel Force (as part of Royal Mail Group)
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
linked to: FedEx
subject linked to:
Cannon Smith