MB
E73630
MB is the official two-letter Canada Post abbreviation used to designate the province of Manitoba in mailing addresses and postal codes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MB canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T587350 — 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: MB Context triple: [Manitoba, postalAbbreviation, MB]
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A.
MP
MP is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to the Northern Mariana Islands.
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B.
KB
KB is a distinct entity from Kt, likely representing a separate concept, object, or identifier within the same domain.
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C.
M
M is a functional data mashup and query language used in Microsoft Power BI and related tools for data transformation and preparation.
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D.
MAB
MAB is a German bibliographic data format used for cataloging and exchanging library records, closely related to and historically aligned with MARC standards.
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E.
CB
CB is the post-nominal abbreviation indicating appointment as a Companion of the Order of the Bath, a British order of chivalry.
- 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: MB Target entity description: MB is the official two-letter Canada Post abbreviation used to designate the province of Manitoba in mailing addresses and postal codes.
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A.
MP
MP is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to the Northern Mariana Islands.
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B.
KB
KB is a distinct entity from Kt, likely representing a separate concept, object, or identifier within the same domain.
-
C.
M
M is a functional data mashup and query language used in Microsoft Power BI and related tools for data transformation and preparation.
-
D.
MAB
MAB is a German bibliographic data format used for cataloging and exchanging library records, closely related to and historically aligned with MARC standards.
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E.
CB
CB is the post-nominal abbreviation indicating appointment as a Companion of the Order of the Bath, a British order of chivalry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canada Post province code
ⓘ
postal abbreviation ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
province
ⓘ
territoryOrProvinceLevelJurisdiction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Prairie provinces
ⓘ
linked to:
Western Canada
Winnipeg ⓘ
linked to:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
|
| codeFormat | two-letter abbreviation ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| definedBy | Canada Post addressing standards ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
ISO 3166-2:CA-MB code
ⓘ
Manitoba full name ⓘ vehicle licence plate codes ⓘ |
| governingBodyOfRepresentedRegion | Government of Manitoba ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Canada Post ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| postalAuthority |
Canada Post Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Canada Post
|
| regionType | province ⓘ |
| represents | Manitoba ⓘ |
| status | official postal abbreviation ⓘ |
| usedBy | Canada Post ⓘ |
| usedFor |
domestic mail within Canada
ⓘ
international mail to Manitoba ⓘ |
| usedIn |
address standardization
ⓘ
mailing addresses ⓘ postal codes ⓘ sorting of mail ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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: MB Description of subject: MB is the official two-letter Canada Post abbreviation used to designate the province of Manitoba in mailing addresses and postal codes.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.