Syntrillium Software
E163319
Syntrillium Software was a software company best known for creating the audio editing program Cool Edit, which later evolved into Adobe Audition after Adobe acquired the firm.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Syntrillium Software canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1429707 — 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: Syntrillium Software Context triple: [Adobe Audition, originalDeveloper, Syntrillium Software]
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A.
Wyatt Software
Wyatt Software was a software company known for employing pioneering programmer Ward Cunningham early in his career.
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B.
Jasper Technologies
Jasper Technologies is a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider known for enabling companies to manage and monetize connected devices and services.
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C.
Ultimate Software
Ultimate Software was a leading American provider of cloud-based human capital management and payroll software solutions for businesses.
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D.
Relational Software Inc.
Relational Software Inc. was the early name of the company that eventually became Oracle Corporation, a major multinational database and enterprise software company.
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E.
Indra Sistemas
Indra Sistemas is a Spanish multinational technology and defense company specializing in information technology, simulation, and advanced electronic systems for civil and military applications.
- 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: Syntrillium Software Target entity description: Syntrillium Software was a software company best known for creating the audio editing program Cool Edit, which later evolved into Adobe Audition after Adobe acquired the firm.
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A.
Wyatt Software
Wyatt Software was a software company known for employing pioneering programmer Ward Cunningham early in his career.
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B.
Jasper Technologies
Jasper Technologies is a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) platform provider known for enabling companies to manage and monetize connected devices and services.
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C.
Ultimate Software
Ultimate Software was a leading American provider of cloud-based human capital management and payroll software solutions for businesses.
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D.
Relational Software Inc.
Relational Software Inc. was the early name of the company that eventually became Oracle Corporation, a major multinational database and enterprise software company.
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E.
Indra Sistemas
Indra Sistemas is a Spanish multinational technology and defense company specializing in information technology, simulation, and advanced electronic systems for civil and military applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | software company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
Adobe Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Adobe Systems
|
| acquisitionDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| customerType |
audio professionals
ⓘ
home recording enthusiasts ⓘ |
| defunctAfter | acquisition by Adobe Systems ⓘ |
| fate | acquired by Adobe Systems ⓘ |
| formerNameOf | Adobe Audition ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
David Johnston
ⓘ
Robert Ellison ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Phoenix, Arizona ⓘ |
| industry | software ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing the Cool Edit audio editor
ⓘ
digital audio editing software ⓘ |
| licenseModel | proprietary software ⓘ |
| notableRelease |
Adobe Audition
ⓘ
surface form:
Cool Edit Pro 2.0
|
| notableTechnology |
multitrack audio editing
ⓘ
non-destructive audio editing ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
1990s
ⓘ
early 2000s ⓘ |
| platform |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| product |
Adobe Audition
ⓘ
surface form:
Cool Edit
Adobe Audition ⓘ
surface form:
Cool Edit 2000
Adobe Audition ⓘ
surface form:
Cool Edit Pro
|
| softwareTypeDeveloped | digital audio workstation ⓘ |
| specializedIn | audio editing software ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | Adobe Audition ⓘ |
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: Syntrillium Software Description of subject: Syntrillium Software was a software company best known for creating the audio editing program Cool Edit, which later evolved into Adobe Audition after Adobe acquired the firm.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.