David Axmark
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David Axmark is a Swedish software developer best known as one of the original co-founders and developers of the MySQL relational database management system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Axmark canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T816888 — 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: David Axmark Context triple: [MySQL, creator, David Axmark]
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A.
Michael Widenius
Michael Widenius is a Finnish software engineer and entrepreneur best known as the original developer of the MySQL relational database and later the founder of MariaDB.
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B.
David Von Ancken
David Von Ancken was an American film and television director, producer, and writer known for his work on series such as "Hell on Wheels" and for directing the feature film "Seraphim Falls."
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C.
Kjell Ödeen
Kjell Ödeen was a Swedish architect best known for designing major public buildings such as the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg.
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D.
Martin Lindauer
Martin Lindauer was a German behavioral biologist and prominent honeybee researcher known for his pioneering work on insect communication and social organization.
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E.
Nikolaj Bjørner
Nikolaj Bjørner is a computer scientist best known for his work on automated theorem proving and the development of the Z3 SMT solver.
- 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: David Axmark Target entity description: David Axmark is a Swedish software developer best known as one of the original co-founders and developers of the MySQL relational database management system.
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A.
Michael Widenius
Michael Widenius is a Finnish software engineer and entrepreneur best known as the original developer of the MySQL relational database and later the founder of MariaDB.
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B.
David Von Ancken
David Von Ancken was an American film and television director, producer, and writer known for his work on series such as "Hell on Wheels" and for directing the feature film "Seraphim Falls."
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C.
Kjell Ödeen
Kjell Ödeen was a Swedish architect best known for designing major public buildings such as the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg.
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D.
Martin Lindauer
Martin Lindauer was a German behavioral biologist and prominent honeybee researcher known for his pioneering work on insect communication and social organization.
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E.
Nikolaj Bjørner
Nikolaj Bjørner is a computer scientist best known for his work on automated theorem proving and the development of the Z3 SMT solver.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
co-founder
ⓘ
person ⓘ software developer ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
database technology industry
ⓘ
open-source software community ⓘ |
| associatedWith | MySQL AB ⓘ |
| businessModelAdvocacy | open-source business models ⓘ |
| coFounded | MySQL ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Sweden ⓘ |
| developed |
MySQL relational database management system
ⓘ
linked to:
MySQL
|
| field |
database systems
ⓘ
open-source software ⓘ software development ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding MySQL
ⓘ
developing MySQL ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ |
| nationality | Swedish ⓘ |
| notability | one of the original co-founders of MySQL ⓘ |
| notableWork | MySQL ⓘ |
| occupation |
entrepreneur
ⓘ
software developer ⓘ |
| roleInMySQL |
co-founder
ⓘ
original developer ⓘ |
| softwareLicenseAdvocacy | free and open-source software licenses ⓘ |
| softwareTypeWorkedOn | relational database management system ⓘ |
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: David Axmark Description of subject: David Axmark is a Swedish software developer best known as one of the original co-founders and developers of the MySQL relational database management system.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.