Sybase
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Sybase is a pioneering enterprise software company best known for its relational database management systems and data management solutions, later acquired by SAP.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sybase canonical | 3 |
| Sybase IQ | 3 |
| Sybase SQL Server | 2 |
| Sybase Replication Server | 1 |
| Sybase Unwired Platform | 1 |
| Sybase, Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2752775 — 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: Sybase Context triple: [INGRES relational database system, influenced, Sybase]
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A.
Teradata
Teradata is an enterprise-grade relational database management system and data warehousing platform designed for large-scale analytics and business intelligence workloads.
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B.
IBM DB2
IBM DB2 is a family of enterprise-grade relational database management systems developed by IBM, widely used for high-performance, scalable data storage and transaction processing across mainframe, distributed, and cloud environments.
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C.
Microsoft Jet Database Engine
Microsoft Jet Database Engine is a file-based relational database engine from Microsoft used primarily by desktop applications such as Access for storing and managing structured data.
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D.
SQL Server
SQL Server is Microsoft's enterprise-grade relational database management system used for storing, managing, and analyzing data in a wide range of applications.
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E.
Siebel
Siebel is a surname most prominently associated with Jennifer Siebel Newsom, an American documentary filmmaker and the First Partner of California.
- 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: Sybase Target entity description: Sybase is a pioneering enterprise software company best known for its relational database management systems and data management solutions, later acquired by SAP.
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A.
Teradata
Teradata is an enterprise-grade relational database management system and data warehousing platform designed for large-scale analytics and business intelligence workloads.
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B.
IBM DB2
IBM DB2 is a family of enterprise-grade relational database management systems developed by IBM, widely used for high-performance, scalable data storage and transaction processing across mainframe, distributed, and cloud environments.
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C.
Microsoft Jet Database Engine
Microsoft Jet Database Engine is a file-based relational database engine from Microsoft used primarily by desktop applications such as Access for storing and managing structured data.
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D.
SQL Server
SQL Server is Microsoft's enterprise-grade relational database management system used for storing, managing, and analyzing data in a wide range of applications.
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E.
Siebel
Siebel is a surname most prominently associated with Jennifer Siebel Newsom, an American documentary filmmaker and the First Partner of California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
database company
ⓘ
enterprise software vendor ⓘ software company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | SAP ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| competitor |
Microsoft
ⓘ
Oracle Corporation ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerHeadquartersLocation | Emeryville, California ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Bob Epstein
ⓘ
Jane Doughty ⓘ Mark Hoffman ⓘ Tom Haggin ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary | iAnywhere Solutions ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Dublin, California ⓘ |
| inception | 1984 ⓘ |
| industry |
data management
ⓘ
database management systems ⓘ software ⓘ |
| influenced |
SQL Server
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft SQL Server
|
| knownFor |
Adaptive Server Enterprise
ⓘ
Sybase self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sybase SQL Server
enterprise data integration ⓘ mobile data management solutions ⓘ relational database management systems ⓘ |
| languageOfSoftware | SQL ⓘ |
| notableTechnology |
client-server database architecture
ⓘ
column-based analytics with Sybase IQ ⓘ high-performance OLTP databases ⓘ |
| originalName |
Sybase
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Sybase, Inc.
|
| parentOrganization | SAP ⓘ |
| product |
Adaptive Server Enterprise
ⓘ
Embarcadero Technologies ⓘ
surface form:
PowerBuilder
SQL Anywhere ⓘ Sybase self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sybase IQ
Sybase self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sybase Replication Server
Adaptive Server Enterprise ⓘ
surface form:
Sybase SQL Server
Sybase self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Sybase Unwired Platform
|
| productType |
columnar database
ⓘ
development tools ⓘ embedded database ⓘ mobile middleware ⓘ relational database management system ⓘ |
| status | defunct as independent company ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
financial services industry
ⓘ
large enterprises ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | SY ⓘ |
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: Sybase Description of subject: Sybase is a pioneering enterprise software company best known for its relational database management systems and data management solutions, later acquired by SAP.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Sybase SQL Server
this entity surface form:
Sybase, Inc.
this entity surface form:
Sybase Replication Server
this entity surface form:
Sybase Unwired Platform
this entity surface form:
Sybase IQ
this entity surface form:
Sybase IQ