Dropbox
E9104
Dropbox is a cloud-based file storage and collaboration company known for enabling users to easily sync and share files across devices.
All labels observed (15)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dropbox canonical | 32 |
| Dropbox, Inc. | 15 |
| Dropbox Backup | 1 |
| Dropbox Basic | 1 |
| Dropbox Business | 1 |
| Dropbox Enterprise | 1 |
| Dropbox Passwords | 1 |
| Dropbox Plus | 1 |
| Dropbox Professional | 1 |
| Dropbox Sign | 1 |
| Dropbox Transfer | 1 |
| Dropbox account | 1 |
| Dropbox engineering organization | 1 |
| Dropbox executive team | 1 |
| Dropbox headquarters | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T94530 — 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: Dropbox Context triple: [Guido van Rossum, employer, Dropbox]
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A.
OneDrive
OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage and file synchronization service that lets users securely store, access, and share files across devices and online.
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B.
Google Workspace
Google Workspace is a cloud-based suite of productivity and collaboration tools that includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Meet, and other integrated services for businesses and organizations.
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C.
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based suite of productivity and collaboration tools that combines Office applications with cloud services, security features, and device management.
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D.
Google Photos
Google Photos is a cloud-based photo and video storage and management service that offers automatic backup, organization, sharing, and powerful search features using Google’s AI.
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E.
SharePoint
SharePoint is a Microsoft web-based collaboration and document management platform used for creating intranet sites, managing content, and enabling team collaboration within organizations.
- 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: Dropbox Target entity description: Dropbox is a cloud-based file storage and collaboration company known for enabling users to easily sync and share files across devices.
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A.
OneDrive
OneDrive is Microsoft’s cloud storage and file synchronization service that lets users securely store, access, and share files across devices and online.
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B.
Google Workspace
Google Workspace is a cloud-based suite of productivity and collaboration tools that includes Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Meet, and other integrated services for businesses and organizations.
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C.
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 is a subscription-based suite of productivity and collaboration tools that combines Office applications with cloud services, security features, and device management.
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D.
Google Photos
Google Photos is a cloud-based photo and video storage and management service that offers automatic backup, organization, sharing, and powerful search features using Google’s AI.
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E.
SharePoint
SharePoint is a Microsoft web-based collaboration and document management platform used for creating intranet sites, managing content, and enabling team collaboration within organizations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cloud storage service
ⓘ
file hosting service ⓘ software as a service ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| acquired |
Carousel
ⓘ
DocSend ⓘ HelloSign ⓘ Mailbox ⓘ |
| businessModel | freemium ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| founder |
Arash Ferdowsi
ⓘ
Drew Houston ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 2007-06-01 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
document scanning
ⓘ
file version history ⓘ integrations with third-party apps ⓘ link-based file sharing ⓘ offline access ⓘ ransomware recovery ⓘ selective sync ⓘ shared folders ⓘ two-factor authentication ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
San Francisco
ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California, United States
|
| industry |
cloud computing
ⓘ
collaboration software ⓘ file hosting ⓘ |
| notableCompetitor |
iCloud
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple iCloud Drive
Box ⓘ Google Drive ⓘ OneDrive ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft OneDrive
|
| offers |
cloud file storage
ⓘ
cross-platform clients ⓘ file sharing ⓘ file synchronization ⓘ team collaboration tools ⓘ |
| product |
Dropbox
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Dropbox Backup
Dropbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dropbox Basic
Dropbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dropbox Business
Dropbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dropbox Enterprise
Dropbox Paper ⓘ Dropbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dropbox Passwords
Dropbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dropbox Plus
Dropbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dropbox Professional
Dropbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dropbox Sign
Dropbox self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dropbox Transfer
|
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
Android
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ web ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | DBX ⓘ |
| website | https://www.dropbox.com ⓘ |
| wentPublicOn | 2018-03-23 ⓘ |
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: Dropbox Description of subject: Dropbox is a cloud-based file storage and collaboration company known for enabling users to easily sync and share files across devices.
Referenced by (60)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dropbox, Inc.
this entity surface form:
Dropbox headquarters