DogVacay
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DogVacay was an online marketplace that connected pet owners with vetted dog sitters and boarding services as an alternative to traditional kennels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| DogVacay canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4832343 — 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: DogVacay Context triple: [Science Inc., portfolioBrand, DogVacay]
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A.
Pet Rescue Saga
Pet Rescue Saga is a colorful tile-matching puzzle game in which players save trapped pets by clearing blocks, developed and published by King.
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B.
Paws
Paws is the costumed team mascot of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, entertaining fans at games and events.
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C.
Paws
Paws is the anthropomorphic tiger mascot of the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
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D.
Lawn Dogs
Lawn Dogs is a 1997 independent drama film that explores the unlikely friendship between a young girl from a wealthy family and a working-class lawn caretaker in a restrictive suburban community.
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E.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
- 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: DogVacay Target entity description: DogVacay was an online marketplace that connected pet owners with vetted dog sitters and boarding services as an alternative to traditional kennels.
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A.
Pet Rescue Saga
Pet Rescue Saga is a colorful tile-matching puzzle game in which players save trapped pets by clearing blocks, developed and published by King.
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B.
Paws
Paws is the costumed team mascot of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics, entertaining fans at games and events.
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C.
Paws
Paws is the anthropomorphic tiger mascot of the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team, known for entertaining fans at games and community events.
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D.
Lawn Dogs
Lawn Dogs is a 1997 independent drama film that explores the unlikely friendship between a young girl from a wealthy family and a working-class lawn caretaker in a restrictive suburban community.
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E.
The Dog Pound
The Dog Pound is the passionate student cheering section known for creating an energetic home-ice atmosphere at Boston University Terriers men's hockey games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
online marketplace
ⓘ
pet services company ⓘ startup company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Rover ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| businessModel |
peer-to-peer marketplace
ⓘ
two-sided platform ⓘ |
| competitor |
DogVacay-like local kennels
ⓘ
Rover ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| feature |
24/7 customer support
ⓘ
online booking ⓘ payment processing ⓘ pet insurance coverage ⓘ reviews and ratings ⓘ |
| focus |
home-based pet care
ⓘ
personalized pet sitting ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Aaron Hirschhorn
ⓘ
Karine Nissim ⓘ |
| fundingType | venture capital ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson |
Aaron Hirschhorn
ⓘ
Karine Nissim ⓘ |
| hasSitterScreening |
background checks
ⓘ
home inspections ⓘ reference checks ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Santa Monica, California
ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Monica, California, United States
|
| inception | 2012 ⓘ |
| industry |
online marketplace
ⓘ
pet care ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Rover ⓘ |
| offers | alternative to traditional kennels ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| platform |
mobile application
ⓘ
website ⓘ |
| receivedInvestmentFrom |
Benchmark Capital
ⓘ
First Round Capital ⓘ Foundation Capital ⓘ Science Inc. ⓘ |
| serviceType |
dog boarding
ⓘ
dog sitting ⓘ pet daycare ⓘ pet walking ⓘ |
| slogan | “A vacation for your dog” ⓘ |
| status | defunct brand ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
dog sitters
ⓘ
pet owners ⓘ |
| websiteLanguage | English ⓘ |
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: DogVacay Description of subject: DogVacay was an online marketplace that connected pet owners with vetted dog sitters and boarding services as an alternative to traditional kennels.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.