IBT
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IBT is the acronym for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the largest and most influential labor unions in the United States and Canada.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IBT canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4977788 — 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: IBT Context triple: [Teamsters, abbreviation, IBT]
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A.
IBT Media
IBT Media is a digital media company best known for owning and publishing the international news magazine Newsweek.
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B.
IBI
IBI is an academic institute focused on advancing research, education, and practice in business innovation and entrepreneurship.
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C.
IB
IB is a high-speed, low-latency computer networking and interconnect technology widely used in supercomputing and data centers.
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D.
IBE
IBE is the ICAO airline designator for Iberia, the flag carrier airline of Spain.
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E.
IBR
IBR is the IATA airport code for Ibaraki Airport, a regional airport serving the Ibaraki Prefecture area of Japan.
- 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: IBT Target entity description: IBT is the acronym for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the largest and most influential labor unions in the United States and Canada.
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A.
IBT Media
IBT Media is a digital media company best known for owning and publishing the international news magazine Newsweek.
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B.
IBI
IBI is an academic institute focused on advancing research, education, and practice in business innovation and entrepreneurship.
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C.
IB
IB is a high-speed, low-latency computer networking and interconnect technology widely used in supercomputing and data centers.
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D.
IBE
IBE is the ICAO airline designator for Iberia, the flag carrier airline of Spain.
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E.
IBR
IBR is the IATA airport code for Ibaraki Airport, a regional airport serving the Ibaraki Prefecture area of Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
labor union
ⓘ
trade union ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IBT ⓘ |
| activity |
collective bargaining
ⓘ
organizing workers ⓘ political lobbying ⓘ strike actions ⓘ |
| affiliation | Change to Win Federation ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| formerAffiliation | AFL–CIO ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation |
Detroit, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit
Indianapolis, Indiana ⓘ
linked to:
Indianapolis
|
| founded | 1903 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Cornelius Shea ⓘ |
| goal |
improve wages and benefits for members
ⓘ
negotiate collective bargaining agreements ⓘ protect workers’ rights ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
airline employees
ⓘ
food processing workers ⓘ freight workers ⓘ package delivery workers ⓘ public sector employees ⓘ railroad workers ⓘ truck drivers ⓘ warehouse workers ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationalStructure |
international headquarters
ⓘ
joint councils ⓘ local unions ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| ideology | trade unionism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| motto | “Let’s Get America Working” ⓘ |
| notableBargainingPartner |
ABF Freight System
ⓘ
Airlines in the United States ⓘ United Parcel Service ⓘ
linked to:
United Parcel Service (UPS)
Yellow Corporation ⓘ |
| notableLeader |
Frank Fitzsimmons
ⓘ
Jackie Presser ⓘ James P. Hoffa ⓘ
linked to:
Jimmy Hoffa
James R. Hoffa ⓘ
linked to:
Jimmy Hoffa
Ron Carey ⓘ Roy Williams ⓘ Sean O’Brien ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| scope | international ⓘ |
| sector |
logistics
ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ public services ⓘ transportation ⓘ |
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: IBT Description of subject: IBT is the acronym for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the largest and most influential labor unions in the United States and Canada.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
IBT