Care.com
E100822
Care.com is an online marketplace that connects families with caregivers for services such as childcare, senior care, tutoring, and housekeeping.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Care.com canonical | 4 |
| Care.com, Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T866631 — 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: Care.com Context triple: [IAC, owns, Care.com]
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A.
Vrbo
Vrbo is a vacation rental marketplace that connects travelers with owners and property managers offering homes, condos, cabins, and other short-term lodging options worldwide.
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B.
Jobs
Jobs is the surname of Steve Jobs, the influential co-founder and longtime leader of Apple Inc.
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C.
Airbnb
Airbnb is a global online marketplace that connects people seeking short-term lodging or experiences with hosts offering accommodations and activities in locations around the world.
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D.
Jacobs
Jacobs is a surname most notably associated with Harriet Jacobs, the African-American writer and abolitionist who authored the influential slave narrative "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
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E.
Montini
Montini is the Italian family name of Giovanni Battista Montini, who became Pope Paul VI, head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978.
- 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: Care.com Target entity description: Care.com is an online marketplace that connects families with caregivers for services such as childcare, senior care, tutoring, and housekeeping.
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A.
Vrbo
Vrbo is a vacation rental marketplace that connects travelers with owners and property managers offering homes, condos, cabins, and other short-term lodging options worldwide.
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B.
Jobs
Jobs is the surname of Steve Jobs, the influential co-founder and longtime leader of Apple Inc.
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C.
Airbnb
Airbnb is a global online marketplace that connects people seeking short-term lodging or experiences with hosts offering accommodations and activities in locations around the world.
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D.
Jacobs
Jacobs is a surname most notably associated with Harriet Jacobs, the African-American writer and abolitionist who authored the influential slave narrative "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl."
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E.
Montini
Montini is the Italian family name of Giovanni Battista Montini, who became Pope Paul VI, head of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
caregiving platform
ⓘ
online marketplace ⓘ public company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy |
IAC/InterActiveCorp
ⓘ
linked to:
IAC
|
| acquisitionDate | 2020 ⓘ |
| businessModel |
freemium model
ⓘ
subscription-based model ⓘ two‑sided marketplace ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
in‑home care services
ⓘ
matching families with caregivers ⓘ on‑demand care services ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Sheila Lirio Marcelo ⓘ |
| hasMobileApp |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| hasUserType |
care agencies
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employers ⓘ families ⓘ households ⓘ individual caregivers ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Waltham, Massachusetts
|
| inception | 2006 ⓘ |
| industry |
childcare services
ⓘ
housekeeping services ⓘ online services ⓘ senior care services ⓘ tutoring services ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
multiple languages ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| offers |
au pair matching services
ⓘ
babysitting services marketplace ⓘ childcare matching services ⓘ housekeeping matching services ⓘ nanny services marketplace ⓘ pet care matching services ⓘ senior care matching services ⓘ special needs care matching services ⓘ tutoring and lessons matching services ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Asia-Pacific
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
IAC/InterActiveCorp
ⓘ
linked to:
IAC
|
| previousHeadquartersLocation |
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Waltham, Massachusetts
|
| providesFeature |
background check services
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caregiver reviews and ratings ⓘ job posting for care needs ⓘ search and filter tools for caregivers ⓘ secure messaging between families and caregivers ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
families seeking senior care
ⓘ
households seeking housekeeping services ⓘ parents seeking childcare ⓘ students and families seeking tutors ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | CRCM ⓘ |
| website | https://www.care.com ⓘ |
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: Care.com Description of subject: Care.com is an online marketplace that connects families with caregivers for services such as childcare, senior care, tutoring, and housekeeping.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Care.com