SMS
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SMS (Short Message Service) is a standardized text messaging service that allows mobile devices to exchange short alphanumeric messages over cellular networks.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SMS canonical | 6 |
| Short Message Service | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1077272 — 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: SMS Context triple: [UMTS, supportsService, SMS]
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A.
IMS
IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is a standardized architectural framework for delivering IP-based multimedia services over mobile and fixed networks.
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B.
IMS
IMS is a leading biomedical research institute focused on understanding metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.
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C.
IMS
IMS is the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, a leading annual conference and exhibition focused on microwave theory, techniques, and technologies.
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D.
SIM
SIM is the commonly used abbreviation for the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, a major UK museum dedicated to the history and impact of science, technology, and industry.
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E.
MSG
MSG is a famous multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City known for hosting major sports events, concerts, and entertainment spectacles.
- 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: SMS Target entity description: SMS (Short Message Service) is a standardized text messaging service that allows mobile devices to exchange short alphanumeric messages over cellular networks.
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A.
IMS
IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is a standardized architectural framework for delivering IP-based multimedia services over mobile and fixed networks.
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B.
IMS
IMS is a leading biomedical research institute focused on understanding metabolic diseases such as obesity and diabetes.
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C.
IMS
IMS is the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, a leading annual conference and exhibition focused on microwave theory, techniques, and technologies.
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D.
SIM
SIM is the commonly used abbreviation for the Science and Industry Museum in Manchester, a major UK museum dedicated to the history and impact of science, technology, and industry.
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E.
MSG
MSG is a famous multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City known for hosting major sports events, concerts, and entertainment spectacles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mobile communication protocol
ⓘ
text messaging service ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor |
SMS
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Short Message Service
|
| addressedBy | MSISDN ⓘ |
| billingModel |
bundled message plans
ⓘ
per-message charge ⓘ |
| competesWith |
MMS
ⓘ
RCS ⓘ instant messaging services ⓘ |
| definedInStandard |
3GPP TS 23.040
ⓘ
3GPP TS 23.040 ⓘ
surface form:
GSM 03.40
|
| firstCommercialDeploymentYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| firstTextMessageContent | Merry Christmas ⓘ |
| firstTextMessageSentDate | 1992-12-03 ⓘ |
| firstTextMessageSentFrom | personal computer ⓘ |
| firstTextMessageSentTo | mobile phone ⓘ |
| fullName |
SMS
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Short Message Service
|
| hasGlobalReach | true ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 1990s ⓘ |
| maxCharacterCount | 160 characters in 7-bit encoding ⓘ |
| maxPayloadSize | 140 bytes ⓘ |
| messageType | short text message ⓘ |
| primaryUseCase | person-to-person messaging ⓘ |
| requires | mobile subscription ⓘ |
| secondaryUseCase |
application-to-person messaging
ⓘ
banking alerts ⓘ marketing messages ⓘ two-factor authentication codes ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
3GPP
ⓘ
ETSI ⓘ |
| supportsContentType |
Unicode text
ⓘ
alphanumeric characters ⓘ binary data ⓘ |
| supportsDirection |
mobile-originated
ⓘ
mobile-terminated ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
cell broadcast (via related standards)
ⓘ
concatenated messages ⓘ delivery reports ⓘ store and forward ⓘ |
| transportsOver | control channel ⓘ |
| usesArchitectureComponent |
Home Location Register
ⓘ
GSM core network ⓘ
surface form:
Mobile Switching Center
SMSC ⓘ |
| usesNetworkType |
3G network
ⓘ
4G network ⓘ 5G network ⓘ GSM ⓘ
surface form:
GSM network
cellular network ⓘ |
| usesSignalingChannel | SS7 ⓘ |
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: SMS Description of subject: SMS (Short Message Service) is a standardized text messaging service that allows mobile devices to exchange short alphanumeric messages over cellular networks.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Short Message Service
this entity surface form:
Short Message Service
subject surface form:
OpenBSC