IBM
E1102
artificial intelligence company
cloud computing company
consulting company
hardware company
multinational technology company
public company
software company
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
All labels observed (25)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IBM canonical | 477 |
| International Business Machines Corporation | 23 |
| IBM Research | 9 |
| International Business Machines | 5 |
| IBM logo | 2 |
| Computing Scale Company of America | 1 |
| IBM (local facilities) | 1 |
| IBM (technology collaboration) | 1 |
| IBM Canada | 1 |
| IBM Cloud | 1 |
| IBM Corporation | 1 |
| IBM Db2 | 1 |
| IBM Deutschland | 1 |
| IBM Global Services | 1 |
| IBM India | 1 |
| IBM Japan | 1 |
| IBM Microelectronics | 1 |
| IBM Power Systems | 1 |
| IBM Software Group | 1 |
| IBM Systems | 1 |
| IBM THINK | 1 |
| IBM Watson | 1 |
| IBM Z | 1 |
| IBM eight-bar logo | 1 |
| IBM global headquarters | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4630 — 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: IBM Context triple: [National Medal of Technology and Innovation, notableRecipientExample, IBM]
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A.
Stanford Research Institute
Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
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B.
Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
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C.
General Motors
General Motors is a major American multinational automotive manufacturer known for brands such as Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick.
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D.
Bolt Beranek and Newman
Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
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E.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is a major American technology company best known for designing and manufacturing semiconductors and calculators used worldwide.
- 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: IBM Target entity description: IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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A.
Stanford Research Institute
Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International) is a prominent independent nonprofit research and innovation center known for pioneering advances in computing, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge technologies.
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B.
Tymshare
Tymshare was an influential American time-sharing and computer services company active in the 1960s–1980s that helped pioneer remote computing and software services for businesses.
-
C.
General Motors
General Motors is a major American multinational automotive manufacturer known for brands such as Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick.
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D.
Bolt Beranek and Newman
Bolt Beranek and Newman was a pioneering American research and engineering firm best known for its foundational role in developing the ARPANET, a precursor to the modern internet.
-
E.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments is a major American technology company best known for designing and manufacturing semiconductors and calculators used worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial intelligence company
ⓘ
cloud computing company ⓘ consulting company ⓘ hardware company ⓘ multinational technology company ⓘ public company ⓘ software company ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IBM self-link ⓘ |
| brandSlogan |
Let’s put smart to work
ⓘ
Think ⓘ |
| countryOfHeadquarters |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerName | Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Charles Ranlett Flint ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1911-06-16 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Endicott, New York ⓘ |
| fullName |
IBM
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
International Business Machines Corporation
|
| hasMascot |
IBM
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
IBM eight-bar logo
|
| headquartersLocation | Armonk, New York ⓘ |
| industry |
IT services
ⓘ
computer hardware ⓘ computer software ⓘ consulting ⓘ information technology ⓘ |
| keyTechnologyArea |
IT infrastructure
ⓘ
artificial intelligence ⓘ cloud computing ⓘ consulting services ⓘ enterprise software ⓘ quantum computing ⓘ |
| logoDesigner | Paul Rand ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
advances in relational database technology
ⓘ
development of the IBM PC architecture ⓘ development of the Watson AI system ⓘ major contributions to computer science research ⓘ pioneering development of mainframe computers ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
IBM
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
IBM Cloud
IBM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IBM Db2
IBM PC ⓘ IBM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IBM Power Systems
IBM System/360 ⓘ IBM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IBM Watson
IBM WebSphere ⓘ IBM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IBM Z
IBM mainframe computers ⓘ Lotus Notes ⓘ Rational software tools ⓘ |
| operatesIn | more than 170 countries ⓘ |
| primaryCustomerType |
enterprise customers
ⓘ
governments ⓘ large organizations ⓘ |
| shortName | IBM self-link ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
IBM
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
IBM Deutschland
IBM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IBM India
IBM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
IBM Japan
Red Hat ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | IBM self-link ⓘ |
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: IBM Description of subject: IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
Referenced by (536)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
International Business Machines Corporation
this entity surface form:
International Business Machines Corporation
subject surface form:
Charles Ranlett Flint
this entity surface form:
International Business Machines Corporation
this entity surface form:
IBM Research
subject surface form:
Rochester, Minnesota
this entity surface form:
International Business Machines Corporation
this entity surface form:
International Business Machines
this entity surface form:
IBM Research
this entity surface form:
International Business Machines Corporation
subject surface form:
ClearCase
subject surface form:
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach