Sony Ericsson
E277045
Sony Ericsson was a joint venture mobile phone manufacturer formed by Japan’s Sony Corporation and Sweden’s Ericsson, known for producing feature-rich and multimedia-focused handsets in the 2000s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sony Ericsson canonical | 4 |
| Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB | 1 |
| Sony Ericsson liquid energy logo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2556802 — 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: Sony Ericsson Context triple: [Symbian, usedByManufacturer, Sony Ericsson]
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A.
Nokia
Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications and consumer electronics company best known for its historic leadership in mobile phones and its current focus on network infrastructure and 5G technologies.
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B.
Sony Mobile Communications
Sony Mobile Communications is a former mobile phone division of Sony known for developing and marketing Xperia smartphones and related mobile devices.
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C.
Motorola
Motorola is an American telecommunications and semiconductor company best known for pioneering mobile phones and designing influential microprocessors like the 68000 family.
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D.
Nokia Eseries
Nokia Eseries is a line of Nokia smartphones focused on business and enterprise users, featuring productivity tools, robust email support, and QWERTY keyboards on many models.
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E.
Ericsson
Ericsson is a Swedish multinational telecommunications company known for providing mobile network infrastructure, services, and software to operators worldwide.
- 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: Sony Ericsson Target entity description: Sony Ericsson was a joint venture mobile phone manufacturer formed by Japan’s Sony Corporation and Sweden’s Ericsson, known for producing feature-rich and multimedia-focused handsets in the 2000s.
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A.
Nokia
Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications and consumer electronics company best known for its historic leadership in mobile phones and its current focus on network infrastructure and 5G technologies.
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B.
Sony Mobile Communications
Sony Mobile Communications is a former mobile phone division of Sony known for developing and marketing Xperia smartphones and related mobile devices.
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C.
Motorola
Motorola is an American telecommunications and semiconductor company best known for pioneering mobile phones and designing influential microprocessors like the 68000 family.
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D.
Nokia Eseries
Nokia Eseries is a line of Nokia smartphones focused on business and enterprise users, featuring productivity tools, robust email support, and QWERTY keyboards on many models.
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E.
Ericsson
Ericsson is a Swedish multinational telecommunications company known for providing mobile network infrastructure, services, and software to operators worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
joint venture
ⓘ
mobile phone manufacturer ⓘ |
| acquisitionCompleted | 2012 ⓘ |
| brandOwner |
Sony
ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Corporation
|
| brandTransitionedTo |
Xperia
ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Xperia
|
| countryOfOrigin |
Japan
ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ |
| dissolved | 2012 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Ericsson
ⓘ
Sony ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Corporation
|
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| inception | 2001 ⓘ |
| industry |
consumer electronics
ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ |
| jointVenturePartner |
Ericsson
ⓘ
Sony ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Corporation
|
| knownFor |
Cyber-shot-branded phones
ⓘ
Walkman-branded phones ⓘ camera-focused mobile phones ⓘ multimedia features ⓘ music-focused mobile phones ⓘ |
| logoUsed |
Sony Ericsson
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Ericsson liquid energy logo
|
| majorMarket |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ |
| market | global ⓘ |
| notableModel |
Sony Ericsson W800
ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Ericsson K750
Sony Ericsson K800 ⓘ Sony Ericsson P900 ⓘ Sony Ericsson P900 ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Ericsson P910
Sony Ericsson P900 ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Ericsson P990
Sony Ericsson T68i ⓘ Sony Ericsson W800 ⓘ Sony Ericsson W810 ⓘ |
| notableSeries |
Cyber-shot
ⓘ
surface form:
Cyber-shot phones
Walkman ⓘ
surface form:
Walkman phones
Xperia ⓘ |
| operatingSystemUsed |
Android
ⓘ
Symbian ⓘ
surface form:
Symbian OS
UIQ ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Ericsson
ⓘ
Sony ⓘ
surface form:
Sony Corporation
|
| product |
feature phone
ⓘ
mobile phone ⓘ mobile phone accessories ⓘ smartphone ⓘ |
| successor | Sony Mobile Communications ⓘ |
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: Sony Ericsson Description of subject: Sony Ericsson was a joint venture mobile phone manufacturer formed by Japan’s Sony Corporation and Sweden’s Ericsson, known for producing feature-rich and multimedia-focused handsets in the 2000s.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
this entity surface form:
Sony Ericsson liquid energy logo