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Weibo is a major Chinese microblogging and social media platform widely used for news, entertainment, and public discourse.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Weibo canonical | 14 |
| Sina Weibo | 1 |
| Weibo Corporation | 1 |
| Weibo mobile app | 1 |
| Weibo website | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1948412 — 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: Weibo Context triple: [People's Daily, hasSocialMediaPresence, Weibo]
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A.
Facebook
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
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B.
Tencent
Tencent is a Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate known for its dominant social media, gaming, and digital services platforms such as WeChat and QQ.
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C.
Tumblr
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking platform known for its highly customizable blogs, fandom communities, and viral multimedia content.
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D.
Cốc Cốc
Cốc Cốc is a Vietnamese web browser and search engine tailored to local users, offering features like improved downloading, integrated ad-blocking, and support for Vietnamese language and services.
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E.
TikTok
TikTok is a popular short-form video-sharing platform known for its algorithm-driven content feed, viral trends, and user-generated music and dance videos.
- 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: Weibo Target entity description: Weibo is a major Chinese microblogging and social media platform widely used for news, entertainment, and public discourse.
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A.
Facebook
Facebook is a major global social networking platform that allows users to connect, share content, and communicate online.
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B.
Tencent
Tencent is a Chinese multinational technology and entertainment conglomerate known for its dominant social media, gaming, and digital services platforms such as WeChat and QQ.
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C.
Tumblr
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking platform known for its highly customizable blogs, fandom communities, and viral multimedia content.
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D.
Cốc Cốc
Cốc Cốc is a Vietnamese web browser and search engine tailored to local users, offering features like improved downloading, integrated ad-blocking, and support for Vietnamese language and services.
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E.
TikTok
TikTok is a popular short-form video-sharing platform known for its algorithm-driven content feed, viral trends, and user-generated music and dance videos.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
microblogging service
ⓘ
social media platform ⓘ website ⓘ |
| availableIn | Chinese ⓘ |
| commercial | true ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| developer | Sina Corporation ⓘ |
| formerName |
Sina Weibo
ⓘ
linked to:
Weibo
|
| genre |
microblogging
ⓘ
social networking ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
advertising system
ⓘ
comments ⓘ fan clubs ⓘ hashtags ⓘ live streaming ⓘ paid promotions ⓘ private messages ⓘ reposts ⓘ short videos ⓘ trending topics ⓘ user timelines ⓘ verified accounts ⓘ |
| hasMobileApp | Weibo mobile app ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Beijing ⓘ |
| industry |
internet
ⓘ
social media ⓘ |
| launchDate | 2009-08-14 ⓘ |
| owner |
Weibo Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Sina Corporation
|
| parentOrganization | Sina Corporation ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
brand marketing
ⓘ
celebrity–fan interaction ⓘ entertainment ⓘ news dissemination ⓘ public discourse ⓘ |
| registration | required ⓘ |
| similarTo |
Twitter
ⓘ
linked to:
Twitter, Inc.
|
| supportsContent |
images
ⓘ
links ⓘ live broadcasts ⓘ polls ⓘ text posts ⓘ videos ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ mobile web ⓘ web ⓘ |
| tradedAs | NASDAQ:WB ⓘ |
| userBaseRegion |
Chinese-speaking communities worldwide
ⓘ
Mainland China ⓘ
linked to:
China
|
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: Weibo Description of subject: Weibo is a major Chinese microblogging and social media platform widely used for news, entertainment, and public discourse.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.