Compaq
E20318
Compaq was a major American computer company best known for its popular line of personal computers and for being one of the largest PC manufacturers before its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Compaq canonical | 91 |
| Compaq Computer Corporation | 18 |
| HP Compaq | 2 |
| COMPAQ | 1 |
| Compaq Deskpro | 1 |
| Compaq computers | 1 |
| Compaq laptops | 1 |
| HP | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T146455 — 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: Compaq Context triple: [Zip2, acquiredBy, Compaq]
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A.
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
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B.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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C.
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is a leading American semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors that power the majority of the world’s personal computers and servers.
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D.
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems was a pioneering American technology company best known for developing the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, and high-performance networked computer systems.
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E.
IBM PC
The IBM PC is the original 1981 personal computer model from IBM that became a de facto industry standard and helped popularize home and business computing worldwide.
- 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: Compaq Target entity description: Compaq was a major American computer company best known for its popular line of personal computers and for being one of the largest PC manufacturers before its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
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A.
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
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B.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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C.
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is a leading American semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors that power the majority of the world’s personal computers and servers.
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D.
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems was a pioneering American technology company best known for developing the Java programming language, the Solaris operating system, and high-performance networked computer systems.
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E.
IBM PC
The IBM PC is the original 1981 personal computer model from IBM that became a de facto industry standard and helped popularize home and business computing worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer company
ⓘ
defunct company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Hewlett-Packard ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2002 ⓘ |
| acquisitionValue | approximately $25 billion ⓘ |
| brandDiscontinuationApproxDate | 2013 ⓘ |
| brandDiscontinuedBy | Hewlett-Packard ⓘ |
| brandOwnerAfterAcquisition | Hewlett-Packard ⓘ |
| competitiveWith |
Apple Computer
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
Dell ⓘ Gateway ⓘ IBM ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedBy |
Bill Murto
ⓘ
Jim Harris ⓘ Rod Canion ⓘ |
| foundedDate | 1982 ⓘ |
| foundedPlace |
Houston, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston
|
| headquartersLocation |
Houston, Texas, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Houston
|
| industry |
computer hardware
ⓘ
information technology ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Eckhard Pfeiffer
ⓘ
Michael Capellas ⓘ Rod Canion ⓘ |
| knownFor |
IBM PC compatible computers
ⓘ
being one of the largest PC manufacturers in the 1990s ⓘ portable IBM PC compatible ⓘ |
| logoText |
COMPAQ
ⓘ
linked to:
Compaq
|
| marketPosition | one of the largest PC manufacturers worldwide in the 1990s ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Hewlett-Packard ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
introduced one of the first successful IBM PC compatible portables
ⓘ
merger with Hewlett-Packard completed in 2002 ⓘ rapid growth in PC market during 1980s and 1990s ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Armada laptop series
ⓘ
Compaq Deskpro ⓘ
linked to:
Compaq
Compaq Portable ⓘ Compaq Presario ⓘ ProLiant servers ⓘ
linked to:
HP ProLiant servers
|
| parentCompanyAfter2002 | Hewlett-Packard ⓘ |
| productType |
desktop computers
ⓘ
laptops ⓘ personal computers ⓘ servers ⓘ workstations ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| successor |
HP personal computer division
ⓘ
linked to:
HP Pavilion PCs
|
| tickerSymbol | CPQ ⓘ |
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: Compaq Description of subject: Compaq was a major American computer company best known for its popular line of personal computers and for being one of the largest PC manufacturers before its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
Referenced by (116)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Compaq
subject linked to:
Zip2 Corporation (historical, co-founded by Musk)
subject linked to:
Zip2 Corporation (historical, co-founded by Musk)
linked to: Compaq
linked to: Compaq
linked to: Compaq
linked to: Compaq
subject linked to:
Gateway
linked to: Compaq
linked to: Compaq
subject linked to:
DEC
subject linked to:
DEC
subject linked to:
Mission: SPACE pavilion
linked to: Compaq