NSM
E383066
NSM was the stock ticker symbol for National Semiconductor, a former American semiconductor manufacturer known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NSM canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3705275 — 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: NSM Context triple: [National Semiconductor, tickerSymbol, NSM]
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A.
NSMIA
NSMIA is a U.S. federal law enacted in 1996 that reallocated regulatory authority between federal and state governments over securities offerings and investment advisers to streamline and modernize securities regulation.
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B.
NS
NS is the standard abbreviation for Norfolk Southern Railway, a major Class I freight railroad operating primarily in the eastern United States.
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C.
NS
NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) is the principal Dutch railway company responsible for most passenger train services in the Netherlands.
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D.
Nims
Nims is a company operating under the Italian coffee brand Lavazza, likely involved in coffee-related products or services within its corporate group.
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E.
NNS
NNS is the commonly used abbreviation for Newport News Shipbuilding, a major American shipyard known for constructing U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and submarines.
- 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: NSM Target entity description: NSM was the stock ticker symbol for National Semiconductor, a former American semiconductor manufacturer known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
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A.
NSMIA
NSMIA is a U.S. federal law enacted in 1996 that reallocated regulatory authority between federal and state governments over securities offerings and investment advisers to streamline and modernize securities regulation.
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B.
NS
NS is the standard abbreviation for Norfolk Southern Railway, a major Class I freight railroad operating primarily in the eastern United States.
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C.
NS
NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) is the principal Dutch railway company responsible for most passenger train services in the Netherlands.
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D.
Nims
Nims is a company operating under the Italian coffee brand Lavazza, likely involved in coffee-related products or services within its corporate group.
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E.
NNS
NNS is the commonly used abbreviation for Newport News Shipbuilding, a major American shipyard known for constructing U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and submarines.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | stock ticker symbol ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Texas Instruments ⓘ |
| acquisitionAnnouncementDate | 2011-04-04 ⓘ |
| acquisitionCompletionYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| associatedCompany | National Semiconductor ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| associatedCompanyDefunctReason | acquired by Texas Instruments ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyDefunctYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyFocusMarket |
automotive applications
ⓘ
communications applications ⓘ consumer electronics ⓘ industrial applications ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyFoundedBy |
Bernard J. Rothlein
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Charles E. Sporck NERFINISHED ⓘ other co-founders ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyFoundedYear | 1959 ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyHeadquarters |
Santa Clara, California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Clara, California
|
| associatedCompanyNotableBrand |
Simple Switcher regulators
ⓘ
surface form:
Simple Switcher voltage regulators
|
| associatedCompanyNotableTechnology | energy-efficient analog solutions ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyProductType |
integrated circuits
ⓘ
semiconductor devices ⓘ |
| associatedCompanySpecialization |
analog integrated circuits
ⓘ
audio and amplifier ICs ⓘ interface ICs ⓘ mixed-signal integrated circuits ⓘ power management ICs ⓘ |
| associatedCompanySuccessor | Texas Instruments ⓘ |
| associatedCompanyType | public company ⓘ |
| associatedIndustry | semiconductor industry ⓘ |
| countryOfExchange |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| delistingReason | acquisition of National Semiconductor by Texas Instruments ⓘ |
| refersTo | National Semiconductor ⓘ |
| securityType | common stock ⓘ |
| status | delisted ⓘ |
| usedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
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: NSM Description of subject: NSM was the stock ticker symbol for National Semiconductor, a former American semiconductor manufacturer known for its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.