Komatsu Limited
E808289
construction equipment manufacturer
military equipment manufacturer
mining equipment manufacturer
multinational corporation
Komatsu Limited is a major Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures construction, mining, and military equipment.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Komatsu Limited canonical | 3 |
| Komatsu Ltd. | 3 |
| Komatsu America Corp. | 1 |
| Komatsu Europe International | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9554140 — 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: Komatsu Limited Context triple: [Type 89 infantry fighting vehicle, manufacturer, Komatsu Limited]
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A.
Yoshimoto Kogyo
Yoshimoto Kogyo is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate best known for managing comedians and producing comedy shows, theater, television, and other media.
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B.
Takenaka Corporation
Takenaka Corporation is a major Japanese architecture, engineering, and construction firm known for designing and building prominent structures domestically and internationally.
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C.
Obayashi Corporation
Obayashi Corporation is a major Japanese construction and engineering company known for its involvement in large-scale infrastructure and building projects worldwide.
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D.
Taisei Corporation
Taisei Corporation is a major Japanese construction and civil engineering company known for leading large-scale infrastructure and landmark building projects in Japan and abroad.
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E.
Kawada Industries
Kawada Industries is a Japanese engineering and construction company known for its work on major infrastructure projects, including prominent bridges and civil works.
- 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: Komatsu Limited Target entity description: Komatsu Limited is a major Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures construction, mining, and military equipment.
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A.
Yoshimoto Kogyo
Yoshimoto Kogyo is a major Japanese entertainment conglomerate best known for managing comedians and producing comedy shows, theater, television, and other media.
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B.
Takenaka Corporation
Takenaka Corporation is a major Japanese architecture, engineering, and construction firm known for designing and building prominent structures domestically and internationally.
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C.
Obayashi Corporation
Obayashi Corporation is a major Japanese construction and engineering company known for its involvement in large-scale infrastructure and building projects worldwide.
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D.
Taisei Corporation
Taisei Corporation is a major Japanese construction and civil engineering company known for leading large-scale infrastructure and landmark building projects in Japan and abroad.
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E.
Kawada Industries
Kawada Industries is a Japanese engineering and construction company known for its work on major infrastructure projects, including prominent bridges and civil works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
construction equipment manufacturer
ⓘ
military equipment manufacturer ⓘ mining equipment manufacturer ⓘ multinational corporation ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| brandName | Komatsu ⓘ |
| businessModel | business-to-business ⓘ |
| competitor |
Caterpillar Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Caterpillar Inc. (offices)
Hitachi Construction Machinery ⓘ Liebherr Group ⓘ Volvo Construction Equipment ⓘ
linked to:
Volvo Group
|
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1921 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
Komatsu, Ishikawa, Japan
ⓘ
linked to:
Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
|
| hasSubsidiary |
Komatsu America Corp.
ⓘ
linked to:
Komatsu Limited
Komatsu Europe International ⓘ
linked to:
Komatsu Limited
Komatsu Forest ⓘ Komatsu India Pvt. Ltd. ⓘ Komatsu Mining Corp. ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Japan
ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ |
| industry |
construction equipment
ⓘ
defense equipment ⓘ industrial machinery ⓘ mining equipment ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalForm | public company ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Komatsu, Ishikawa ⓘ |
| offersService |
after-sales support
ⓘ
equipment maintenance ⓘ leasing and rental services ⓘ |
| originCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| product |
bulldozers
ⓘ
crushers ⓘ dump trucks ⓘ forestry equipment ⓘ forklifts ⓘ hydraulic excavators ⓘ military armored vehicles ⓘ mining trucks ⓘ motor graders ⓘ tunneling machines ⓘ wheel loaders ⓘ |
| sector |
capital goods
ⓘ
heavy equipment ⓘ |
| stockExchange | Tokyo Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| technologyFocus |
automation in mining equipment
ⓘ
smart construction solutions ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | 6301 ⓘ |
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: Komatsu Limited Description of subject: Komatsu Limited is a major Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures construction, mining, and military equipment.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Komatsu Limited
linked to: Komatsu Limited
linked to: Komatsu Limited
linked to: Komatsu Limited
linked to: Komatsu Limited