Network Applied Communication Laboratory
E255525
Network Applied Communication Laboratory is a Japanese technology company known for employing Yukihiro Matsumoto, the creator of the Ruby programming language.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Network Applied Communication Laboratory canonical | 1 |
| Network Applied Communication Laboratory (NaCl) (past) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2313773 — 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: Network Applied Communication Laboratory Context triple: [Yukihiro Matsumoto, employer, Network Applied Communication Laboratory]
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A.
Information Technology Laboratory
The Information Technology Laboratory is a research unit within the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center that focuses on advanced computing, software, and information technology solutions to support military engineering and operations.
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B.
UCLA Network Measurement Center
The UCLA Network Measurement Center is a research facility at the University of California, Los Angeles, known for its pioneering role in early ARPANET development and internet measurement studies.
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C.
Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa
Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa (NASK) is a Polish research and development organization that operates the country’s academic and scientific computer network and provides key internet services and cybersecurity solutions.
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D.
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences is the research and engineering laboratory of the U.S. government that provides technical expertise and analysis on telecommunications and spectrum-related issues.
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E.
Computer Communication Review
Computer Communication Review is a leading academic journal and newsletter of the ACM SIGCOMM community, publishing research and commentary on computer networking and data communication.
- 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: Network Applied Communication Laboratory Target entity description: Network Applied Communication Laboratory is a Japanese technology company known for employing Yukihiro Matsumoto, the creator of the Ruby programming language.
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A.
Information Technology Laboratory
The Information Technology Laboratory is a research unit within the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center that focuses on advanced computing, software, and information technology solutions to support military engineering and operations.
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B.
UCLA Network Measurement Center
The UCLA Network Measurement Center is a research facility at the University of California, Los Angeles, known for its pioneering role in early ARPANET development and internet measurement studies.
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C.
Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa
Naukowa i Akademicka Sieć Komputerowa (NASK) is a Polish research and development organization that operates the country’s academic and scientific computer network and provides key internet services and cybersecurity solutions.
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D.
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
The Institute for Telecommunication Sciences is the research and engineering laboratory of the U.S. government that provides technical expertise and analysis on telecommunications and spectrum-related issues.
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E.
Computer Communication Review
Computer Communication Review is a leading academic journal and newsletter of the ACM SIGCOMM community, publishing research and commentary on computer networking and data communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese company
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computer programmer ⓘ programming language ⓘ software engineer ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| developer | Yukihiro Matsumoto ⓘ |
| employedPerson | Yukihiro Matsumoto ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer programming
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network applications ⓘ |
| hasEmployee | Yukihiro Matsumoto ⓘ |
| industry |
information technology
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software development ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Ruby programming language
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association with the Ruby programming language ⓘ employing Yukihiro Matsumoto ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locationCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| notableEmployee | Yukihiro Matsumoto ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Japan ⓘ |
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: Network Applied Communication Laboratory Description of subject: Network Applied Communication Laboratory is a Japanese technology company known for employing Yukihiro Matsumoto, the creator of the Ruby programming language.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.