Toshiba
E45910
Toshiba is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate known for its electronics, semiconductors, and information technology products and services.
All labels observed (13)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T359464 — 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: Toshiba Context triple: [Western Digital, competitor, Toshiba]
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A.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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B.
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
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C.
LG Electronics
LG Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics company known for producing a wide range of consumer electronics, home appliances, and mobile devices.
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D.
Carrier Corporation
Carrier Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), and refrigeration systems.
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E.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
- 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: Toshiba Target entity description: Toshiba is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate known for its electronics, semiconductors, and information technology products and services.
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A.
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo was the original name of the Japanese electronics company that later became globally known as Sony.
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B.
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
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C.
LG Electronics
LG Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics company known for producing a wide range of consumer electronics, home appliances, and mobile devices.
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D.
Carrier Corporation
Carrier Corporation is a leading global manufacturer of heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC), and refrigeration systems.
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E.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronics company
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information technology company ⓘ multinational conglomerate ⓘ semiconductor company ⓘ |
| brand |
Dynabook
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FlashAir ⓘ REGZA ⓘ |
| competitor |
Hitachi
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Mitsubishi Electric ⓘ Panasonic ⓘ Sony ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| finedFor | inflating profits in financial statements ⓘ |
| formerSubsidiary |
Dynabook
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surface form:
Dynabook Inc.
Toshiba Memory Corporation ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Nippon Electric Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Tanaka Seisakusho
Tokyo Denki ⓘ |
| hasControversy | accounting scandal revealed in 2015 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Minato, Tokyo, Japan ⓘ |
| inception | 1939 ⓘ |
| industry |
computer hardware
ⓘ
consumer electronics ⓘ electronics ⓘ elevator and escalator manufacturing ⓘ energy systems ⓘ information technology ⓘ infrastructure ⓘ medical equipment ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ |
| majorMarket |
Asia
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Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Toshiba
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
株式会社東芝
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| nativeNameLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
developed one of the first Japanese-made radar systems
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pioneer in NAND flash memory technology ⓘ |
| originallyFormedAs |
Tokyo Denki
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surface form:
Tokyo Shibaura Denki
|
| product |
NAND flash memory
ⓘ
elevators ⓘ escalators ⓘ hard disk drives ⓘ laptops ⓘ medical imaging equipment ⓘ power systems ⓘ semiconductor devices ⓘ televisions ⓘ |
| shortName | Toshiba self-link ⓘ |
| spunOff |
Dynabook
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surface form:
Dynabook Inc.
Toshiba Memory Corporation ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | Tokyo Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
Toshiba
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
Toshiba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
Toshiba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
Toshiba self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Toshiba Tec Corporation
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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: Toshiba Description of subject: Toshiba is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate known for its electronics, semiconductors, and information technology products and services.
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Carrier Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba (now Kioxia)
this entity surface form:
株式会社東芝
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Tec Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Cell-based devices
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba SpursEngine (derivative)
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba Corporation
this entity surface form:
Toshiba enterprise HDDs
subject surface form:
Seagate Technology Holdings plc