Periscope
E17428
Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Periscope canonical | 2 |
| Periscope, Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T146686 — 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: Periscope Context triple: [Twitter, Inc., operated, Periscope]
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A.
Blink
Blink is an open-source web browser engine developed primarily by Google and used in several major browsers to render web pages.
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B.
Snap Inc.
Snap Inc. is an American technology and social media company best known for developing the multimedia messaging app Snapchat and related camera and augmented reality products.
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C.
BARD Mobile app
The BARD Mobile app is a specialized application that provides accessible audio and braille books and magazines to people who are blind, visually impaired, or print disabled.
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D.
Optica
Optica is a leading scientific society dedicated to advancing the study and application of optics and photonics worldwide.
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E.
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video-sharing and streaming platform where users can upload, watch, and interact with a vast range of video content.
- 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: Periscope Target entity description: Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
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A.
Blink
Blink is an open-source web browser engine developed primarily by Google and used in several major browsers to render web pages.
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B.
Snap Inc.
Snap Inc. is an American technology and social media company best known for developing the multimedia messaging app Snapchat and related camera and augmented reality products.
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C.
BARD Mobile app
The BARD Mobile app is a specialized application that provides accessible audio and braille books and magazines to people who are blind, visually impaired, or print disabled.
-
D.
Optica
Optica is a leading scientific society dedicated to advancing the study and application of optics and photonics worldwide.
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E.
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video-sharing and streaming platform where users can upload, watch, and interact with a vast range of video content.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
live video streaming service
ⓘ
mobile application ⓘ social networking service ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Twitter, Inc. ⓘ |
| allows |
live video broadcasting
ⓘ
private broadcasts ⓘ public broadcasts ⓘ real-time video viewing ⓘ |
| contentType | user-generated video ⓘ |
| dataType |
live video streams
ⓘ
text comments ⓘ |
| developer |
Periscope, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Periscope
|
| distributionMethod |
Wi‑Fi
ⓘ
mobile internet ⓘ |
| focus |
live interaction
ⓘ
real-time video ⓘ |
| genre |
live streaming
ⓘ
social media ⓘ |
| hasMonetizationModel | free to use ⓘ |
| hasUserInteraction |
following broadcasters
ⓘ
real-time chat ⓘ sending hearts ⓘ sharing broadcasts ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Twitter
ⓘ
linked to:
Twitter, Inc.
|
| mediaType | video ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| platform |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| primaryUseEnvironment |
smartphones
ⓘ
tablets ⓘ |
| requires |
Twitter account (optional for viewing in some contexts)
ⓘ
internet connection ⓘ |
| supports |
landscape orientation
ⓘ
portrait orientation ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
hearts
ⓘ
live comments ⓘ location sharing ⓘ notifications ⓘ replays ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
brands
ⓘ
content creators ⓘ general public ⓘ journalists ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Q&A sessions
ⓘ
event coverage ⓘ live chats ⓘ news broadcasting ⓘ personal live streaming ⓘ |
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: Periscope Description of subject: Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.