Convoy
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Convoy is a technology-driven freight and logistics startup that built a digital marketplace to connect shippers with trucking carriers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Convoy canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7113643 — 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: Convoy Context triple: [Bezos Expeditions, notableInvestmentIn, Convoy]
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A.
Convoy (1940 film)
Convoy (1940 film) is a British World War II naval drama centered on Royal Navy escort ships protecting merchant convoys from German U-boat attacks.
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B.
Convoy (1978 film)
Convoy (1978 film) is a 1978 action-comedy film directed by Sam Peckinpah, based on the country song of the same name, that follows a group of truckers rebelling against corrupt law enforcement.
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C.
Le Convoyeur
Le Convoyeur is a 2004 French thriller film about an armored truck company plagued by violent robberies, which later served as the basis for Guy Ritchie's film Wrath of Man.
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D.
Blockade
"Blockade" is a 1938 American drama film set during the Spanish Civil War, starring Henry Fonda and Madeleine Carroll and noted for its anti-war themes.
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E.
Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet is a 1936 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, known for its dance sequences, romantic comedy plot, and classic Irving Berlin songs.
- 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: Convoy Target entity description: Convoy is a technology-driven freight and logistics startup that built a digital marketplace to connect shippers with trucking carriers.
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A.
Convoy (1940 film)
Convoy (1940 film) is a British World War II naval drama centered on Royal Navy escort ships protecting merchant convoys from German U-boat attacks.
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B.
Convoy (1978 film)
Convoy (1978 film) is a 1978 action-comedy film directed by Sam Peckinpah, based on the country song of the same name, that follows a group of truckers rebelling against corrupt law enforcement.
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C.
Le Convoyeur
Le Convoyeur is a 2004 French thriller film about an armored truck company plagued by violent robberies, which later served as the basis for Guy Ritchie's film Wrath of Man.
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D.
Blockade
"Blockade" is a 1938 American drama film set during the Spanish Civil War, starring Henry Fonda and Madeleine Carroll and noted for its anti-war themes.
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E.
Follow the Fleet
Follow the Fleet is a 1936 Hollywood musical film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, known for its dance sequences, romantic comedy plot, and classic Irving Berlin songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
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freight brokerage ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
increase efficiency in freight logistics
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provide better visibility into shipments ⓘ reduce waste in trucking ⓘ |
| businessModel |
B2B platform
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two-sided marketplace ⓘ |
| companyType | privately held company ⓘ |
| coreProduct |
automated load matching platform
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digital freight marketplace ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn |
connecting shippers with carriers
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improving supply chain efficiency ⓘ optimizing truckload freight ⓘ reducing empty miles ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Dan Lewis
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Grant Goodale ⓘ |
| hasCarrierType |
medium trucking fleets
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owner-operators ⓘ small trucking fleets ⓘ |
| hasCustomerType |
enterprise shippers
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small and medium-sized shippers ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
algorithmic load matching
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automated pricing ⓘ digital document management ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ |
| inception | 2015 ⓘ |
| industry |
digital freight brokerage
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freight ⓘ logistics ⓘ supply chain technology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
app-based load booking
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digital-first trucking marketplace ⓘ technology-driven freight matching ⓘ |
| offers |
automated load booking for carriers
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digital freight brokerage services ⓘ on-demand truckload capacity ⓘ real-time shipment tracking ⓘ |
| operatesIn | United States truckload market ⓘ |
| serves |
shippers
ⓘ
trucking carriers ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
automation
ⓘ
cloud computing ⓘ data analytics ⓘ mobile applications ⓘ |
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: Convoy Description of subject: Convoy is a technology-driven freight and logistics startup that built a digital marketplace to connect shippers with trucking carriers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.