Too Close – Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 advertising campaign
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Too Close – Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 advertising campaign was a promotional campaign for Microsoft's web browser that gained prominence for featuring Alex Clare's breakout hit "Too Close," which significantly boosted the song's global popularity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Too Close – Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 advertising campaign canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8904245 — 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)
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Target entity: Too Close – Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 advertising campaign Context triple: [Alex Clare, songUsedIn, Too Close – Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 advertising campaign]
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A.
The Net 2.0
The Net 2.0 is a 2006 direct-to-video techno-thriller film that serves as a stand-alone sequel to the 1995 movie "The Net," focusing on identity theft and cybercrime.
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B.
Save the Internet
Save the Internet is a digital rights advocacy campaign focused on protecting net neutrality and an open, accessible internet for all users.
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C.
This Close
This Close is a groundbreaking dramedy television series created by and starring deaf writers/actors, exploring the lives and relationships of two deaf best friends in Los Angeles.
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D.
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is a discontinued web browser that was once the dominant way to access the web on Windows computers.
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E.
IE
IE is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Ireland for international standardization and identification.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Too Close – Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 advertising campaign Target entity description: Too Close – Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 advertising campaign was a promotional campaign for Microsoft's web browser that gained prominence for featuring Alex Clare's breakout hit "Too Close," which significantly boosted the song's global popularity.
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A.
The Net 2.0
The Net 2.0 is a 2006 direct-to-video techno-thriller film that serves as a stand-alone sequel to the 1995 movie "The Net," focusing on identity theft and cybercrime.
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B.
Save the Internet
Save the Internet is a digital rights advocacy campaign focused on protecting net neutrality and an open, accessible internet for all users.
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C.
This Close
This Close is a groundbreaking dramedy television series created by and starring deaf writers/actors, exploring the lives and relationships of two deaf best friends in Los Angeles.
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D.
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer is a discontinued web browser that was once the dominant way to access the web on Windows computers.
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E.
IE
IE is a common abbreviation for the Inland Empire, a metropolitan region in Southern California east of Los Angeles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
advertising campaign
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marketing campaign ⓘ |
| approximateLaunchYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| associatedPlatform | Microsoft Windows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedSoftwareVersion | Internet Explorer 9 GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Internet Explorer advertising
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Microsoft marketing ⓘ |
| brand | Microsoft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| company | Microsoft Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| effectOnArtist | increased international recognition of Alex Clare ⓘ |
| effectOnSong | boosted global popularity of Too Close ⓘ |
| featuredArtist | Alex Clare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredSong | Too Close NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| impact |
helped drive digital sales of Too Close
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
introduced Alex Clare to a mainstream audience ⓘ |
| industry | technology advertising ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marketingStrategyElement |
emotional storytelling through music
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music-driven branding ⓘ |
| medium |
online video advertisement
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television commercial ⓘ |
| musicLicensing | licensed Too Close by Alex Clare for commercial use ⓘ |
| notableFor | use of Alex Clare's song Too Close ⓘ |
| platform |
online streaming
ⓘ
television ⓘ video-sharing websites ⓘ |
| product | Internet Explorer 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productTypePromoted | web browser ⓘ |
| promotedFeature |
HTML5 and modern web standards support in Internet Explorer 9
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performance of Internet Explorer 9 ⓘ |
| purpose | promote Internet Explorer 9 ⓘ |
| region | international ⓘ |
| sponsor | Microsoft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
Windows users
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general consumer market ⓘ web users seeking modern browser features ⓘ |
| theme | modern, fast, visually rich web browsing ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 2010s ⓘ |
| usedMusicGenre |
dubstep-influenced pop
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electronic rock ⓘ |
| visualStyle | dynamic, design-focused imagery ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: Too Close – Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 advertising campaign Description of subject: Too Close – Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 advertising campaign was a promotional campaign for Microsoft's web browser that gained prominence for featuring Alex Clare's breakout hit "Too Close," which significantly boosted the song's global popularity.
Referenced by (1)
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