RocketMail
E334060
RocketMail was one of the earliest free web-based email services, later acquired and integrated into Yahoo's email platform.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RocketMail canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3167888 — 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: RocketMail Context triple: [Yahoo Mail, formerName, RocketMail]
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A.
Mailer
Mailer is a surname most notably associated with American novelist, journalist, and essayist Norman Mailer.
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B.
SMTP
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a standard communication protocol used for sending and routing email messages across IP networks.
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C.
Mail
Mail is Apple’s built-in email client application for macOS, used to send, receive, and manage email accounts.
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D.
Media Mail
Media Mail is a discounted U.S. Postal Service shipping option specifically for sending educational materials and media such as books, sound recordings, and DVDs.
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E.
Correo Mayor
Correo Mayor is an alternative name for the historic Palacio de Correos de México, the ornate main post office building in Mexico City renowned for its eclectic architecture.
- 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: RocketMail Target entity description: RocketMail was one of the earliest free web-based email services, later acquired and integrated into Yahoo's email platform.
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A.
Mailer
Mailer is a surname most notably associated with American novelist, journalist, and essayist Norman Mailer.
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B.
SMTP
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is a standard communication protocol used for sending and routing email messages across IP networks.
-
C.
Mail
Mail is Apple’s built-in email client application for macOS, used to send, receive, and manage email accounts.
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D.
Media Mail
Media Mail is a discounted U.S. Postal Service shipping option specifically for sending educational materials and media such as books, sound recordings, and DVDs.
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E.
Correo Mayor
Correo Mayor is an alternative name for the historic Palacio de Correos de México, the ornate main post office building in Mexico City renowned for its eclectic architecture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
defunct website
ⓘ
email service ⓘ internet company ⓘ webmail service ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| commercial | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| emailProtocolSupport | webmail ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | early competitor in the webmail market of the mid-1990s ⓘ |
| industry |
Email
ⓘ
Internet ⓘ
linked to:
the internet
|
| integratedInto |
Yahoo! Mail
ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo Mail
|
| integrationOutcome | RocketMail accounts migrated to Yahoo! Mail ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1996 ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the earliest free web-based email services ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Four11 Corporation ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
Four11 Corporation
ⓘ
Yahoo! ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo
|
| parentCompanyAfterAcquisition |
Yahoo!
ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo
|
| platform | web ⓘ |
| serviceType | free web-based email ⓘ |
| status | discontinued as a separate service ⓘ |
| successor |
Yahoo! Mail
ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo Mail
|
| userAccessMethod | web browser ⓘ |
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: RocketMail Description of subject: RocketMail was one of the earliest free web-based email services, later acquired and integrated into Yahoo's email platform.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.