OFB
E633245
OFB is an Indian government organization that historically managed a network of ordnance factories responsible for producing arms, ammunition, and military equipment for the country's armed forces.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| OFB canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6970745 — 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: OFB Context triple: [Ordnance Factory Board, alias, OFB]
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A.
OFC
OFC is a leading international conference and exhibition focused on optical fiber communication and networking technologies.
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B.
OFC
OFC is the Oceania Football Confederation, the governing body for association football in the Oceania region and one of FIFA’s six continental confederations.
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C.
OFR
OFR is a U.S. Treasury Department bureau that collects and analyzes financial data to support oversight of the stability of the financial system.
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D.
XOF
XOF is the West African CFA franc, a regional currency used by several West African countries including Niger.
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E.
LFOB
LFOB is the ICAO airport code for Beauvais–Tillé Airport, a regional international airport serving the Beauvais area near Paris, France.
- 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: OFB Target entity description: OFB is an Indian government organization that historically managed a network of ordnance factories responsible for producing arms, ammunition, and military equipment for the country's armed forces.
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A.
OFC
OFC is a leading international conference and exhibition focused on optical fiber communication and networking technologies.
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B.
OFC
OFC is the Oceania Football Confederation, the governing body for association football in the Oceania region and one of FIFA’s six continental confederations.
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C.
OFR
OFR is a U.S. Treasury Department bureau that collects and analyzes financial data to support oversight of the stability of the financial system.
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D.
XOF
XOF is the West African CFA franc, a regional currency used by several West African countries including Niger.
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E.
LFOB
LFOB is the ICAO airport code for Beauvais–Tillé Airport, a regional international airport serving the Beauvais area near Paris, France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defence production organization
ⓘ
government organization ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| dissolvedInto | defence public sector undertakings of India ⓘ |
| fullName | Ordnance Factory Board ⓘ |
| function |
management of ordnance factories
ⓘ
production of ammunition ⓘ production of arms ⓘ production of artillery systems ⓘ production of explosives ⓘ production of military vehicles ⓘ production of protective equipment ⓘ production of small arms ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Indian Ordnance Factories
ⓘ
linked to:
Ordnance Factory Board
|
| headquartersLocation |
India
ⓘ
Kolkata ⓘ
linked to:
Calcutta
West Bengal ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
backbone of India’s indigenous defence production
ⓘ
supplier of weapons and equipment to Indian armed forces ⓘ |
| industry |
ammunition production
ⓘ
arms production ⓘ defence manufacturing ⓘ military equipment manufacturing ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of India ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
Department of Defence Production (India)
ⓘ
linked to:
Department of Defence Production
Ministry of Defence (India) ⓘ |
| primaryClient |
Indian Air Force
ⓘ
Indian Armed Forces ⓘ Indian Army ⓘ Indian Navy ⓘ |
| product |
ammunition
ⓘ
artillery guns ⓘ explosives ⓘ military clothing and gear ⓘ optical instruments ⓘ parachutes ⓘ small arms ⓘ tanks and armoured vehicles ⓘ |
| scope | defence production ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| serviceArea | India ⓘ |
| shortName | OFB ⓘ |
| status | restructured into defence public sector undertakings ⓘ |
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: OFB Description of subject: OFB is an Indian government organization that historically managed a network of ordnance factories responsible for producing arms, ammunition, and military equipment for the country's armed forces.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.