Virgin Media (Ireland)
E359832
Virgin Media (Ireland) is a major Irish telecommunications and cable TV provider offering broadband, television, and phone services across Ireland.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Virgin Media Ireland | 7 |
| Virgin Media | 2 |
| Virgin Media (Ireland) canonical | 2 |
| Virgin Media More | 1 |
| Virgin Media One | 1 |
| Virgin Media One (in certain arrangements) | 1 |
| Virgin Media Television (Ireland) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3458133 — 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: Virgin Media (Ireland) Context triple: [Sky Witness, availableOnService, Virgin Media (Ireland)]
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A.
Virgin Media (UK)
Virgin Media (UK) is a major British telecommunications and media company providing cable television, broadband internet, and phone services across the United Kingdom.
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B.
Vodafone UK
Vodafone UK is a major British telecommunications company providing mobile, broadband, and related services across the United Kingdom.
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C.
Telefónica UK
Telefónica UK is a major British telecommunications company best known for operating the O2 mobile network and providing mobile, broadband, and related digital services across the United Kingdom.
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D.
Foxtel
Foxtel is a major Australian pay television and streaming company offering a wide range of entertainment, sports, and news content.
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E.
Liberty Global
Liberty Global is a multinational telecommunications and television company that operates cable, broadband, and media services across Europe and other regions.
- 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: Virgin Media (Ireland) Target entity description: Virgin Media (Ireland) is a major Irish telecommunications and cable TV provider offering broadband, television, and phone services across Ireland.
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A.
Virgin Media (UK)
Virgin Media (UK) is a major British telecommunications and media company providing cable television, broadband internet, and phone services across the United Kingdom.
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B.
Vodafone UK
Vodafone UK is a major British telecommunications company providing mobile, broadband, and related services across the United Kingdom.
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C.
Telefónica UK
Telefónica UK is a major British telecommunications company best known for operating the O2 mobile network and providing mobile, broadband, and related digital services across the United Kingdom.
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D.
Foxtel
Foxtel is a major Australian pay television and streaming company offering a wide range of entertainment, sports, and news content.
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E.
Liberty Global
Liberty Global is a multinational telecommunications and television company that operates cable, broadband, and media services across Europe and other regions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
broadband internet service provider
ⓘ
cable television provider ⓘ telecommunications company ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Virgin Media (Ireland)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Virgin Media Ireland
|
| brand |
Virgin Media (Ireland)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Virgin Media
|
| brandOwner |
Virgin Group
ⓘ
surface form:
Virgin Group (brand licensing)
|
| competitor |
Sky (UK and Ireland)
ⓘ
surface form:
Sky Ireland
Vodafone Group ⓘ
surface form:
Vodafone Ireland
eir ⓘ |
| country | Ireland ⓘ |
| formerName |
Chorus Communications
ⓘ
NTL ⓘ
surface form:
NTL Ireland
UPC Ireland ⓘ |
| hasCustomerType |
business customers
ⓘ
residential customers ⓘ |
| hasNetworkType |
cable television network
ⓘ
hybrid fibre-coaxial network ⓘ |
| hasServiceArea |
Cork
ⓘ
Dublin ⓘ Galway ⓘ Limerick ⓘ Waterford ⓘ other urban areas in Ireland ⓘ |
| hasServiceBundle |
quad-play (TV, broadband, phone, mobile)
ⓘ
triple-play (TV, broadband, phone) ⓘ |
| hasTechnology |
DOCSIS broadband
ⓘ
digital cable TV ⓘ |
| industry |
broadband internet
ⓘ
fixed-line telephony ⓘ pay television ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| languageOfBroadcast | English ⓘ |
| offersService |
broadband internet access
ⓘ
cable television ⓘ digital television ⓘ fixed-line telephone service ⓘ mobile phone service ⓘ video on demand ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
Liberty Global
ⓘ
Virgin Media (Ireland) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Virgin Media
|
| providesChannel |
Virgin Media (Ireland)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Virgin Media More
Virgin Media (Ireland) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Virgin Media One
Virgin Media Three ⓘ Virgin Media Two ⓘ |
| regulator |
Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)
ⓘ
surface form:
Commission for Communications Regulation
|
| serves | Republic of Ireland ⓘ |
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: Virgin Media (Ireland) Description of subject: Virgin Media (Ireland) is a major Irish telecommunications and cable TV provider offering broadband, television, and phone services across Ireland.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Saorview
this entity surface form:
Virgin Media One (in certain arrangements)
this entity surface form:
Virgin Media Ireland
this entity surface form:
Virgin Media Ireland
this entity surface form:
Virgin Media Ireland
this entity surface form:
Virgin Media Ireland
this entity surface form:
Virgin Media
this entity surface form:
Virgin Media
this entity surface form:
Virgin Media One
this entity surface form:
Virgin Media More
this entity surface form:
Virgin Media Ireland
this entity surface form:
Virgin Media Television (Ireland)
this entity surface form:
Virgin Media Ireland