Viber
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Viber is a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) application that allows users to send messages, make voice and video calls, and share media over the internet.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Viber canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7932951 — 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: Viber Context triple: [Dialogflow, integratesWith, Viber]
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A.
BlackBerry Messenger
BlackBerry Messenger was a proprietary instant messaging service for BlackBerry devices that became widely popular for its secure, real-time chat and push notifications before the rise of modern smartphone messaging apps.
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B.
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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C.
WhatsApp
WhatsApp is a widely used cross-platform messaging application that allows users to send text, voice, and multimedia messages and make voice and video calls over the internet.
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D.
Google Duo
Google Duo is a high-quality video and voice calling app developed by Google for simple, reliable one-to-one and group communication across mobile and web platforms.
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E.
VK
VK is a major Russian technology company best known for operating the VKontakte social networking service and other popular online platforms.
- 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: Viber Target entity description: Viber is a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) application that allows users to send messages, make voice and video calls, and share media over the internet.
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A.
BlackBerry Messenger
BlackBerry Messenger was a proprietary instant messaging service for BlackBerry devices that became widely popular for its secure, real-time chat and push notifications before the rise of modern smartphone messaging apps.
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B.
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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C.
WhatsApp
WhatsApp is a widely used cross-platform messaging application that allows users to send text, voice, and multimedia messages and make voice and video calls over the internet.
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D.
Google Duo
Google Duo is a high-quality video and voice calling app developed by Google for simple, reliable one-to-one and group communication across mobile and web platforms.
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E.
VK
VK is a major Russian technology company best known for operating the VKontakte social networking service and other popular online platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
VoIP application
ⓘ
cross-platform messaging application ⓘ mobile application ⓘ |
| businessModel | freemium ⓘ |
| developer | Rakuten Viber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerName | Viber Media NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monetization |
in-app purchases
ⓘ
paid calling plans ⓘ sticker purchases ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Android
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Rakuten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires | internet connection ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
Voice over IP client
ⓘ
instant messaging client ⓘ video calling client ⓘ |
| supportsAuthentication | phone number registration ⓘ |
| supportsCommunicationType |
broadcast messaging
ⓘ
group messaging ⓘ one-to-one messaging ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
VoIP over the internet
ⓘ
end-to-end encryption for messages ⓘ file sharing ⓘ group chats ⓘ location sharing ⓘ media sharing ⓘ public chats and communities ⓘ stickers ⓘ text messaging ⓘ video calls ⓘ voice calls ⓘ voice messages ⓘ |
| supportsMediaType |
audio files
ⓘ
contacts ⓘ documents ⓘ images ⓘ locations ⓘ videos ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
desktop computers
ⓘ
smartphones ⓘ tablets ⓘ |
| supportsSecurityFeature |
end-to-end encryption for group chats
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end-to-end encryption for one-to-one chats ⓘ hidden chats ⓘ message deletion ⓘ two-step verification ⓘ |
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: Viber Description of subject: Viber is a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) application that allows users to send messages, make voice and video calls, and share media over the internet.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.