SYMC
E831101
SYMC is the former stock ticker symbol for Symantec Corporation, a major American cybersecurity and software company known for products like Norton Antivirus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SYMC canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9932402 — 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: SYMC Context triple: [Symantec, tickerSymbol, SYMC]
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A.
Syncerus
Syncerus is a genus of large African bovids best known for the African buffalo, a powerful wild cattle species found in sub-Saharan savannas and forests.
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B.
Symphony Technology Group
Symphony Technology Group is a private equity firm specializing in investments in software, data, and technology-enabled services companies, particularly in the cybersecurity and enterprise technology sectors.
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C.
SYMCA
SYMCA is the governing body responsible for strategic regional leadership, economic development, and transport across the South Yorkshire region in England.
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D.
SYSM
SYSM is a prestigious Indian military decoration awarded for the highest degree of distinguished service during wartime, used as post-nominal letters by its recipients.
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E.
SIGA Technologies
SIGA Technologies is a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development of antiviral treatments, particularly for smallpox and other orthopoxvirus infections.
- 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: SYMC Target entity description: SYMC is the former stock ticker symbol for Symantec Corporation, a major American cybersecurity and software company known for products like Norton Antivirus.
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A.
Syncerus
Syncerus is a genus of large African bovids best known for the African buffalo, a powerful wild cattle species found in sub-Saharan savannas and forests.
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B.
Symphony Technology Group
Symphony Technology Group is a private equity firm specializing in investments in software, data, and technology-enabled services companies, particularly in the cybersecurity and enterprise technology sectors.
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C.
SYMCA
SYMCA is the governing body responsible for strategic regional leadership, economic development, and transport across the South Yorkshire region in England.
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D.
SYSM
SYSM is a prestigious Indian military decoration awarded for the highest degree of distinguished service during wartime, used as post-nominal letters by its recipients.
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E.
SIGA Technologies
SIGA Technologies is a pharmaceutical company specializing in the development of antiviral treatments, particularly for smallpox and other orthopoxvirus infections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antivirus software
ⓘ
public company ⓘ software company ⓘ stock ticker symbol ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Broadcom Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| brand | Norton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developer | Symantec Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cloud security
ⓘ
endpoint security ⓘ information protection ⓘ security management ⓘ |
| formerName | Symantec Enterprise Security business (after divestiture context) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Gary Hendrix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Mountain View, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
computer security
ⓘ
infrastructure software ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ software ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Norton Antivirus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norton Security NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English (primary business language) ⓘ |
| listedIn |
NASDAQ-100 (historical)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
S&P 500 (historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offers |
data loss prevention solutions
ⓘ
email security solutions ⓘ security services ⓘ security software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
macOS ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAfterAcquisition | Broadcom Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
Norton Antivirus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norton Internet Security NERFINISHED ⓘ enterprise security software ⓘ |
| refersTo | Symantec Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | technology ⓘ |
| stockExchange |
NASDAQ
ⓘ
NASDAQ ⓘ |
| stockTicker | SYMC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tickerStatus | former ⓘ |
| tradedAs | SYMC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | multinational corporation ⓘ |
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: SYMC Description of subject: SYMC is the former stock ticker symbol for Symantec Corporation, a major American cybersecurity and software company known for products like Norton Antivirus.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.