Microsoft Store
E37356
Microsoft Store is Microsoft's official digital distribution platform for apps, games, and other content on Windows devices.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T286981 — 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: Microsoft Store Context triple: [Windows, hasPackageManager, Microsoft Store]
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A.
Google Play Store
Google Play Store is Google's official digital marketplace where users download and update Android apps, games, and other content.
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B.
Amazon Appstore
Amazon Appstore is a digital distribution platform for mobile apps and games, primarily for Android devices and Amazon’s Fire tablets.
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C.
Microsoft
Microsoft is a multinational technology company best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform.
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D.
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft that serves as the default browser for Windows and supports modern web standards and technologies.
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E.
App Store
The App Store is Apple’s official digital marketplace for discovering, purchasing, and downloading apps and games on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices.
- 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: Microsoft Store Target entity description: Microsoft Store is Microsoft's official digital distribution platform for apps, games, and other content on Windows devices.
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A.
Google Play Store
Google Play Store is Google's official digital marketplace where users download and update Android apps, games, and other content.
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B.
Amazon Appstore
Amazon Appstore is a digital distribution platform for mobile apps and games, primarily for Android devices and Amazon’s Fire tablets.
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C.
Microsoft
Microsoft is a multinational technology company best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform.
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D.
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft that serves as the default browser for Windows and supports modern web standards and technologies.
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E.
App Store
The App Store is Apple’s official digital marketplace for discovering, purchasing, and downloading apps and games on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital distribution platform
ⓘ
software storefront ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
client application
ⓘ
web interface ⓘ |
| authenticationSystem | Microsoft account ⓘ |
| category |
app marketplace
ⓘ
game marketplace ⓘ |
| contentType |
TV shows
ⓘ
applications ⓘ digital books ⓘ extensions ⓘ games ⓘ movies ⓘ themes ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| developerPortal | Partner Center ⓘ |
| formerName |
Windows Store
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Store
|
| launchYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| paymentMethod |
PayPal
ⓘ
credit card ⓘ debit card ⓘ gift card ⓘ |
| platform |
HoloLens
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft HoloLens
Windows ⓘ Xbox ⓘ |
| primaryDistributionFormat | digital download ⓘ |
| rebrandedFrom |
Windows Store
ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Store
|
| regionAvailability | global ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
code signing requirements
ⓘ
malware scanning ⓘ |
| supportsAppType |
.NET apps
ⓘ
UWP apps ⓘ Win32 apps ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture |
ARM
ⓘ
x64 ⓘ x86 ⓘ |
| supportsContentRatingSystem | age ratings ⓘ |
| supportsGamePlatform | Xbox Play Anywhere ⓘ |
| supportsLicensingModel |
free apps
ⓘ
in-app purchases ⓘ paid apps ⓘ subscriptions ⓘ |
| supportsMonetizationFeature |
advertising
ⓘ
in-app purchases ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
Windows 10
ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ |
| updateMechanism |
automatic updates
ⓘ
manual updates ⓘ |
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: Microsoft Store Description of subject: Microsoft Store is Microsoft's official digital distribution platform for apps, games, and other content on Windows devices.
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