E1582
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
All labels observed (23)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15349 — 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: Facebook Context triple: [Mark Zuckerberg, coFounded, Facebook]
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A.
Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
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B.
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and CEO of Facebook (now Meta Platforms).
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C.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a global system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet, enabling users worldwide to browse, share, and interact with information through web browsers.
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D.
the internet
The internet is a global network of interconnected computers and servers that enables worldwide communication, information sharing, and access to digital services.
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E.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
- 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: Facebook Target entity description: Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
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A.
Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
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B.
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as the co-founder and CEO of Facebook (now Meta Platforms).
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C.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a global system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet, enabling users worldwide to browse, share, and interact with information through web browsers.
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D.
the internet
The internet is a global network of interconnected computers and servers that enables worldwide communication, information sharing, and access to digital services.
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E.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
online platform
ⓘ
social networking service ⓘ technology company product ⓘ |
| accessModel | free-to-use with advertising ⓘ |
| availableIn | multiple languages ⓘ |
| businessModel | advertising-supported ⓘ |
| category | social media ⓘ |
| CEOAtLaunch | Mark Zuckerberg ⓘ |
| coFounder |
Andrew McCollum
ⓘ
Chris Hughes ⓘ Dustin Moskovitz ⓘ Eduardo Saverin ⓘ |
| commercial | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developer |
Facebook
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Meta Platforms
|
| formerName |
Facebook
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
TheFacebook
|
| founder | Mark Zuckerberg ⓘ |
| hasMobileApp |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| hasPlatform | web ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Menlo Park, California
ⓘ
surface form:
Menlo Park, California, United States
|
| launchDate | 2004-02-04 ⓘ |
| originalPurpose | social network for Harvard University students ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Facebook
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Meta Platforms
|
| parentCompany |
Facebook
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Meta Platforms
|
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| registration | required ⓘ |
| supportsAuthentication |
email-based sign-up
ⓘ
phone-number-based sign-up ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
comments
ⓘ
events ⓘ friend connections ⓘ groups ⓘ live streaming ⓘ login integration for third-party apps ⓘ marketplace ⓘ news feed ⓘ notifications ⓘ pages ⓘ photo sharing ⓘ private messaging ⓘ reactions ⓘ sharing ⓘ text posts ⓘ user profiles ⓘ video sharing ⓘ |
| supportsMonetization |
advertising for businesses
ⓘ
creator monetization tools ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general public ⓘ |
| website | https://www.facebook.com ⓘ |
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: Facebook Description of subject: Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
Referenced by (272)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Facebook Connect
subject surface form:
King Digital Entertainment
subject surface form:
Drew Houston
this entity surface form:
Facebook app
this entity surface form:
Facebook News Feed
this entity surface form:
Facebook Groups
this entity surface form:
Facebook mobile applications
subject surface form:
Ice Bucket Challenge