Skype Credit
E56744
Skype Credit is a prepaid balance used within Skype to pay for services like calling phones, sending SMS messages, and accessing other premium features.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Skype Credit canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T452451 — 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: Skype Credit Context triple: [Skype, offers, Skype Credit]
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A.
Skype
Skype is a widely used internet-based communication service that enables voice calls, video chats, and instant messaging across computers and mobile devices.
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B.
Google Pay
Google Pay is a digital wallet and online payment platform developed by Google that enables users to make secure contactless payments, in-app purchases, and online transactions using their devices.
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C.
Venmo
Venmo is a popular U.S.-based mobile payment service that lets users quickly send, receive, and share money with others, often with a social feed component.
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D.
Google Fi (in selected regions)
Google Fi (in selected regions) is Google’s mobile virtual network operator service that provides cellular, data, and Wi‑Fi coverage using partner carrier networks and seamless network switching.
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E.
Virgin Money
Virgin Money is a UK-based financial services company offering banking and related products under Richard Branson’s Virgin brand.
- 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: Skype Credit Target entity description: Skype Credit is a prepaid balance used within Skype to pay for services like calling phones, sending SMS messages, and accessing other premium features.
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A.
Skype
Skype is a widely used internet-based communication service that enables voice calls, video chats, and instant messaging across computers and mobile devices.
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B.
Google Pay
Google Pay is a digital wallet and online payment platform developed by Google that enables users to make secure contactless payments, in-app purchases, and online transactions using their devices.
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C.
Venmo
Venmo is a popular U.S.-based mobile payment service that lets users quickly send, receive, and share money with others, often with a social feed component.
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D.
Google Fi (in selected regions)
Google Fi (in selected regions) is Google’s mobile virtual network operator service that provides cellular, data, and Wi‑Fi coverage using partner carrier networks and seamless network switching.
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E.
Virgin Money
Virgin Money is a UK-based financial services company offering banking and related products under Richard Branson’s Virgin brand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Skype service feature
ⓘ
prepaid balance ⓘ |
| accessibleVia |
Skype account settings
ⓘ
Skype app purchase flow ⓘ |
| alternativeTo | Skype subscriptions ⓘ |
| appliesTo | out‑of‑plan Skype usage ⓘ |
| availableOn |
Skype
ⓘ
surface form:
Skype desktop applications
Skype mobile applications ⓘ Skype ⓘ
surface form:
Skype web client
|
| billingType | pay‑as‑you‑go ⓘ |
| canBePurchasedWith |
PayPal
ⓘ
credit cards ⓘ debit cards ⓘ other region‑specific payment methods ⓘ |
| canBeUsedFor |
domestic calls where supported
ⓘ
international calls ⓘ |
| currencyType | real money balance ⓘ |
| denominatedIn | local currencies depending on country ⓘ |
| developedBy | Skype ⓘ |
| displayedAs | monetary balance in user profile ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
balance decreases as services are used
ⓘ
can be topped up multiple times ⓘ subject to Skype rates ⓘ |
| notRequiredFor |
Skype‑to‑Skype calls
ⓘ
basic instant messaging on Skype ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| partOf | Skype ecosystem ⓘ |
| paymentModel | prepaid ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Skype terms of service ⓘ |
| requires | Skype account ⓘ |
| supports | one‑time purchases of Skype services ⓘ |
| usedFor |
accessing premium Skype features
ⓘ
calling phones from Skype ⓘ making Skype calls to landlines ⓘ making Skype calls to mobile phones ⓘ paying for Skype WiFi where available ⓘ paying for Skype call forwarding ⓘ paying for Skype services ⓘ paying for Skype voicemail ⓘ paying per‑SMS charges ⓘ paying per‑minute call charges ⓘ sending SMS messages from Skype ⓘ |
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: Skype Credit Description of subject: Skype Credit is a prepaid balance used within Skype to pay for services like calling phones, sending SMS messages, and accessing other premium features.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.