VMW
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VMW is the stock ticker symbol for VMware, Inc., a leading provider of virtualization and cloud computing software and services.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VMW canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5277955 — 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: VMW Context triple: [VMware, tickerSymbol, VMW]
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A.
VMC
VMC is the Venus Monitoring Camera, a wide-angle imaging instrument on the European Space Agency’s Venus Express spacecraft used to study Venus’s atmosphere and cloud dynamics.
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B.
VMU
The VMU (Visual Memory Unit) is a memory card and secondary screen accessory for the Sega Dreamcast that provides game save storage and mini-game functionality.
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C.
VMI
VMI is a public military college in Lexington, Virginia, known for its rigorous academic and military training programs.
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D.
VT Group
VT Group is a British engineering and shipbuilding company known for designing and constructing advanced naval vessels and providing marine and defense support services.
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E.
FVMV
FVMV is the ICAO airport code for Masvingo Airport in Masvingo, Zimbabwe.
- 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: VMW Target entity description: VMW is the stock ticker symbol for VMware, Inc., a leading provider of virtualization and cloud computing software and services.
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A.
VMC
VMC is the Venus Monitoring Camera, a wide-angle imaging instrument on the European Space Agency’s Venus Express spacecraft used to study Venus’s atmosphere and cloud dynamics.
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B.
VMU
The VMU (Visual Memory Unit) is a memory card and secondary screen accessory for the Sega Dreamcast that provides game save storage and mini-game functionality.
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C.
VMI
VMI is a public military college in Lexington, Virginia, known for its rigorous academic and military training programs.
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D.
VT Group
VT Group is a British engineering and shipbuilding company known for designing and constructing advanced naval vessels and providing marine and defense support services.
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E.
FVMV
FVMV is the ICAO airport code for Masvingo Airport in Masvingo, Zimbabwe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public company
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software company ⓘ stock ticker symbol ⓘ |
| coreTechnology |
network virtualization
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server virtualization ⓘ software-defined data center ⓘ storage virtualization ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy |
Diane Greene
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Edouard Bugnion NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Wang NERFINISHED ⓘ Mendel Rosenblum NERFINISHED ⓘ Scott Devine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| hasTickerSymbol | VMW NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Palo Alto, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
cloud computing
ⓘ
enterprise software ⓘ virtualization software ⓘ |
| listedOn | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
VMware Cloud Foundation
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
VMware ESXi NERFINISHED ⓘ VMware Fusion NERFINISHED ⓘ VMware Horizon NERFINISHED ⓘ VMware NSX NERFINISHED ⓘ VMware Workstation NERFINISHED ⓘ VMware vSAN NERFINISHED ⓘ VMware vSphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offers |
IT management and automation software
ⓘ
cloud infrastructure software ⓘ desktop virtualization solutions ⓘ multi-cloud services ⓘ network and security virtualization solutions ⓘ storage and availability solutions ⓘ virtualization software ⓘ |
| represents | VMware, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector | information technology ⓘ |
| servesCustomerType |
enterprise customers
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service providers ⓘ small and medium businesses ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
cloud providers
ⓘ
data centers ⓘ enterprises running hybrid cloud environments ⓘ |
| tickerFor | VMware, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: VMW Description of subject: VMW is the stock ticker symbol for VMware, Inc., a leading provider of virtualization and cloud computing software and services.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.