Android
E2480
Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, widely used on smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices around the world.
All labels observed (38)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T55484 — 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: Android Context triple: [Google, product, Android]
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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.
Ventra
Ventra is the contactless fare payment system used across Chicago’s public transit network, including buses and trains.
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C.
AAL
AAL is the ICAO airline designator used in aviation to identify American Airlines in flight operations and air traffic control.
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D.
USBOS
USBOS is the UN/LOCODE identifier assigned to the Port of Boston in the United States for international shipping and logistics.
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E.
NFC
The NFC (National Football Conference) is one of the two conferences in the National Football League, comprising 16 teams that compete for a spot in the Super Bowl.
- 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: Android Target entity description: Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, widely used on smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices around the world.
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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.
Ventra
Ventra is the contactless fare payment system used across Chicago’s public transit network, including buses and trains.
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C.
AAL
AAL is the ICAO airline designator used in aviation to identify American Airlines in flight operations and air traffic control.
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D.
USBOS
USBOS is the UN/LOCODE identifier assigned to the Port of Boston in the United States for international shipping and logistics.
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E.
NFC
The NFC (National Football Conference) is one of the two conferences in the National Football League, comprising 16 teams that compete for a spot in the Super Bowl.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mobile operating system ⓘ |
| appStore |
Google Play Store
ⓘ
third-party app stores ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Linux
ⓘ
surface form:
Linux kernel
|
| defaultUserInterface | touchscreen-based GUI ⓘ |
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Android Auto
ⓘ
Android Automotive OS ⓘ Android self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Android Go
Android TV ⓘ Wear OS ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 2008-09-23 ⓘ |
| license |
Apache License 2.0
ⓘ
GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form:
GPLv2 (Linux kernel)
|
| packageManager | APK ⓘ |
| predecessor | Android Dalvik VM ⓘ |
| primaryKernelType | monolithic kernel ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English (interface) ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ Java ⓘ Kotlin ⓘ |
| sourceModel | open source with proprietary components ⓘ |
| supportedPlatform |
ARM
ⓘ
ARM64 ⓘ x86 ⓘ x86-64 ⓘ |
| supports |
IEEE 802.15
ⓘ
surface form:
Bluetooth
NFC ⓘ Wi‑Fi ⓘ background services ⓘ biometric authentication ⓘ location services ⓘ multi-touch input ⓘ multitasking ⓘ notifications ⓘ push notifications ⓘ voice input ⓘ widgets ⓘ |
| targetDevice |
IoT device
ⓘ
car infotainment system ⓘ e-reader ⓘ game console ⓘ set-top box ⓘ smart TV ⓘ smartphone ⓘ smartwatch ⓘ streaming media player ⓘ tablet computer ⓘ |
| usesRuntime | Android Runtime (ART) ⓘ |
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: Android Description of subject: Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, widely used on smartphones, tablets, and other smart devices around the world.
Referenced by (1,253)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pixel Tablet
this entity surface form:
Android operating system
this entity surface form:
Android smartphones
subject surface form:
Titan M
subject surface form:
Google Play Music
this entity surface form:
Android devices
subject surface form:
Samsung Galaxy
subject surface form:
Android Jetpack
subject surface form:
Samsung Galaxy
subject surface form:
Moto X (1st generation)
subject surface form:
Moto X (2nd generation)
subject surface form:
Moto X Play
subject surface form:
Moto X Style
subject surface form:
Moto X Pure Edition
subject surface form:
Moto X Force
subject surface form:
Moto X4
subject surface form:
Nexus
subject surface form:
Nexus One
subject surface form:
Nexus S
subject surface form:
Galaxy Nexus
subject surface form:
Nexus 4