Starfish Software
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Starfish Software was a software company co-founded by tech entrepreneur Philippe Kahn, best known for its work in wireless synchronization and mobile data management solutions in the 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Starfish Software canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8945777 — 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)
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Target entity: Starfish Software Context triple: [Philippe Kahn, employer, Starfish Software]
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A.
Syntrillium Software
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B.
Avalanche Software
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C.
Altamira Software
Altamira Software was a pioneering computer graphics and digital imaging company co-founded by computer graphics visionary Alvy Ray Smith.
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D.
Helionix
Helionix is an advanced, integrated avionics system developed by Airbus Helicopters to enhance situational awareness, safety, and mission efficiency in modern rotorcraft.
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E.
Shapeware Corporation
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- 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: Starfish Software Target entity description: Starfish Software was a software company co-founded by tech entrepreneur Philippe Kahn, best known for its work in wireless synchronization and mobile data management solutions in the 1990s.
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A.
Syntrillium Software
Syntrillium Software was a software company best known for creating the audio editing program Cool Edit, which later evolved into Adobe Audition after Adobe acquired the firm.
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B.
Avalanche Software
Avalanche Software is an American video game development studio best known for creating titles such as Disney Infinity and Hogwarts Legacy.
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C.
Altamira Software
Altamira Software was a pioneering computer graphics and digital imaging company co-founded by computer graphics visionary Alvy Ray Smith.
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D.
Helionix
Helionix is an advanced, integrated avionics system developed by Airbus Helicopters to enhance situational awareness, safety, and mission efficiency in modern rotorcraft.
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E.
Shapeware Corporation
Shapeware Corporation was the original software company that created the diagramming application later known as Microsoft Visio.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | software company ⓘ |
| activeInDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy | Philippe Kahn ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| era | early mobile internet era ⓘ |
| focusArea |
mobile device data synchronization
ⓘ
wireless data synchronization ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Philippe Kahn ⓘ |
| hasFounderRole | Philippe Kahn ⓘ |
| industry |
mobile data management
ⓘ
mobile software ⓘ software ⓘ wireless synchronization ⓘ |
| knownFor |
mobile data management solutions
ⓘ
wireless synchronization solutions ⓘ |
| notablePerson | Philippe Kahn ⓘ |
| productType |
mobile connectivity software
ⓘ
synchronization software ⓘ |
| servedMarket |
enterprise mobile users
ⓘ
mobile device manufacturers ⓘ wireless carriers ⓘ |
| technologyDomain |
data synchronization
ⓘ
mobile computing ⓘ wireless communications ⓘ |
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: Starfish Software Description of subject: Starfish Software was a software company co-founded by tech entrepreneur Philippe Kahn, best known for its work in wireless synchronization and mobile data management solutions in the 1990s.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.