Board of Directors of Microsoft
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The Board of Directors of Microsoft is the company’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing management, setting strategic direction, and protecting shareholder interests.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Board of Directors of Microsoft canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5501404 — 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: Board of Directors of Microsoft Context triple: [Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, reportsTo, Board of Directors of Microsoft]
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A.
board of directors of Hewlett-Packard
The board of directors of Hewlett-Packard is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, major corporate decisions, and executive leadership.
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B.
Board of Directors of Apple Inc.
The Board of Directors of Apple Inc. is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership.
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C.
Board of Directors of Comcast Corporation
The Board of Directors of Comcast Corporation is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and major business decisions on behalf of its shareholders.
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D.
Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company
The Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate policies, and executive leadership for the global automaker.
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E.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is the main decision-making body of the African Development Bank, responsible for overseeing its operations, policies, and strategic direction.
- 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: Board of Directors of Microsoft Target entity description: The Board of Directors of Microsoft is the company’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing management, setting strategic direction, and protecting shareholder interests.
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A.
board of directors of Hewlett-Packard
The board of directors of Hewlett-Packard is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, major corporate decisions, and executive leadership.
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B.
Board of Directors of Apple Inc.
The Board of Directors of Apple Inc. is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and executive leadership.
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C.
Board of Directors of Comcast Corporation
The Board of Directors of Comcast Corporation is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate governance, and major business decisions on behalf of its shareholders.
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D.
Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company
The Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company is the governing body responsible for overseeing the company’s strategic direction, corporate policies, and executive leadership for the global automaker.
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E.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank is the governing body responsible for overseeing the institution’s operations, policies, and strategic direction on behalf of its member countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
corporate board
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governing body ⓘ oversight body ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
executive management of Microsoft Corporation
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shareholders of Microsoft Corporation ⓘ |
| follows |
NASDAQ listing standards
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U.S. securities laws ⓘ Washington State corporate law ⓘ corporate governance guidelines of Microsoft ⓘ |
| governs | Microsoft Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft
NERFINISHED
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executive officers of Microsoft ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
fiduciary duty to shareholders
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majority independent directors ⓘ oversight of environmental social and governance issues ⓘ separation of oversight and management ⓘ |
| hasCommittee |
Audit Committee of Microsoft Board of Directors
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Compensation Committee of Microsoft Board of Directors NERFINISHED ⓘ Governance and Nominating Committee of Microsoft Board of Directors NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulatory and Public Policy Committee of Microsoft Board of Directors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDocument |
Microsoft Corporate Governance Guidelines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
charters of Microsoft Board committees ⓘ |
| hasPower |
appoint CEO of Microsoft
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approve major corporate strategies ⓘ approve major investments ⓘ approve share repurchase programs ⓘ approve significant acquisitions ⓘ declare dividends ⓘ oversee financial reporting ⓘ oversee internal controls ⓘ oversee risk management frameworks ⓘ remove CEO of Microsoft ⓘ |
| hasRole |
corporate governance
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overseeing management of Microsoft Corporation ⓘ protecting shareholder interests of Microsoft Corporation ⓘ setting strategic direction for Microsoft Corporation ⓘ |
| industry | technology ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Microsoft Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Redmond, Washington, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meetsAtLeast | quarterly ⓘ |
| oversees |
capital allocation of Microsoft
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cybersecurity risk at Microsoft ⓘ ethics and compliance programs of Microsoft ⓘ financial performance of Microsoft ⓘ long-term strategy of Microsoft ⓘ succession planning for senior leadership ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Microsoft Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportsTo | shareholders of Microsoft Corporation ⓘ |
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: Board of Directors of Microsoft Description of subject: The Board of Directors of Microsoft is the company’s highest governing body, responsible for overseeing management, setting strategic direction, and protecting shareholder interests.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.