Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
E145688
Ask Jeeves was an early web search engine brand best known for its question‑and‑answer style interface featuring a virtual butler character.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ask.com | 4 |
| Ask Jeeves | 1 |
| Ask Jeeves (legacy brand via Ask.com) | 1 |
| Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name) canonical | 1 |
| Ask Jeeves, Inc. (via Ask.com lineage) | 1 |
| askjeeves.com | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1287787 — 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: Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name) Context triple: [Jeeves, influenced, Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)]
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A.
Bing
Bing is Microsoft's web search engine that provides internet search, image, video, and mapping services.
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B.
Infoseek
Infoseek was an early web search engine and internet portal that gained prominence in the mid-1990s before being acquired and integrated into Disney’s online properties.
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C.
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused internet search engine that emphasizes not tracking users or personalizing search results based on their data.
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D.
Yahoo! Search
Yahoo! Search is a web search engine developed by Yahoo that was once one of the most popular gateways for finding information on the internet.
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E.
Goole
Goole is an inland port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, known for its significant docks and role in regional maritime trade.
- 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: Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name) Target entity description: Ask Jeeves was an early web search engine brand best known for its question‑and‑answer style interface featuring a virtual butler character.
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A.
Bing
Bing is Microsoft's web search engine that provides internet search, image, video, and mapping services.
-
B.
Infoseek
Infoseek was an early web search engine and internet portal that gained prominence in the mid-1990s before being acquired and integrated into Disney’s online properties.
-
C.
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused internet search engine that emphasizes not tracking users or personalizing search results based on their data.
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D.
Yahoo! Search
Yahoo! Search is a web search engine developed by Yahoo that was once one of the most popular gateways for finding information on the internet.
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E.
Goole
Goole is an inland port town in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, known for its significant docks and role in regional maritime trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
internet company brand
ⓘ
search engine brand ⓘ web search engine ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
InterActiveCorp
ⓘ
surface form:
IAC/InterActiveCorp
|
| acquisitionDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| commercial | true ⓘ |
| competitor |
AltaVista
ⓘ
Excite ⓘ Google ⓘ Lycos ⓘ Yahoo! Search ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy |
David Warthen
ⓘ
Garrett Gruener ⓘ |
| hasBrandName |
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
self-link
ⓘ
surface form:
Ask Jeeves
|
| hasShortName | Ask ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Emeryville, California ⓘ |
| industry |
internet
ⓘ
online search ⓘ |
| inspiredByWork |
Jeeves and Wooster
ⓘ
surface form:
Jeeves stories by P. G. Wodehouse
|
| launchDate | 1996 ⓘ |
| logoCharacter | Jeeves the butler ⓘ |
| marketingTheme | ask a question, get an answer ⓘ |
| mascot | Jeeves ⓘ |
| mascotDescription | virtual butler character ⓘ |
| namedAfterFictionalCharacter |
Jeeves
ⓘ
surface form:
Reginald Jeeves
|
| notableFeature |
natural language query handling
ⓘ
question-and-answer style interface ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing question-style web search queries ⓘ |
| operatedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalDomain |
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
askjeeves.com
|
| owner |
IAC
ⓘ
surface form:
IAC/InterActiveCorp
|
| peakPopularityPeriod |
early 2000s
ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ |
| primaryBusinessModel |
online advertising
ⓘ
paid search listings ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs |
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ask.com
|
| rebrandingDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| regionOfMainUse |
North America
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| serviceType |
question answering
ⓘ
web search ⓘ |
| status | rebranded ⓘ |
| successor |
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ask.com
|
| targetUserGroup | general internet users ⓘ |
| technologyApproach | combination of directory and algorithmic search results ⓘ |
| userInteractionStyle |
natural language questions
ⓘ
typed queries in full sentences ⓘ |
| websiteType | search portal ⓘ |
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: Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name) Description of subject: Ask Jeeves was an early web search engine brand best known for its question‑and‑answer style interface featuring a virtual butler character.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ask.com
this entity surface form:
Ask.com
this entity surface form:
Ask Jeeves (legacy brand via Ask.com)
this entity surface form:
Ask Jeeves, Inc. (via Ask.com lineage)
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
→
hasBrandName
→
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
self-link
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Ask Jeeves
this entity surface form:
Ask Jeeves
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
→
rebrandedAs
→
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Ask Jeeves
this entity surface form:
Ask.com
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
→
originalDomain
→
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Ask Jeeves
this entity surface form:
askjeeves.com
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
→
successor
→
Ask Jeeves (search engine brand name)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Ask Jeeves
this entity surface form:
Ask.com