Square Reader
E579499
Square Reader is a small mobile card reader that lets businesses accept credit and debit card payments through a smartphone or tablet.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Square Reader canonical | 4 |
| Square Reader for magstripe | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6274371 — 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: Square Reader Context triple: [Square, Inc., product, Square Reader]
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A.
Prime Reading
Prime Reading is a digital reading service that gives eligible Amazon customers access to a rotating selection of ebooks, magazines, comics, and more at no additional cost.
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B.
The Reading
The Reading is a Neo-Impressionist painting by Belgian artist Théo van Rysselberghe, depicting figures absorbed in quiet literary contemplation through his characteristic pointillist technique.
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C.
The Reading Lesson
The Reading Lesson is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch, depicting an intimate domestic scene of instruction and quiet concentration.
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D.
The Mind Reader
The Mind Reader is a 1933 pre-Code drama film in which Warren William stars as a fraudulent psychic whose cons spiral into moral and personal ruin.
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E.
Rabin Square
Rabin Square is a major public plaza in central Tel Aviv, Israel, known as a focal point for political rallies, public events, and memorials, especially in connection with the legacy of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
- 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: Square Reader Target entity description: Square Reader is a small mobile card reader that lets businesses accept credit and debit card payments through a smartphone or tablet.
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A.
Prime Reading
Prime Reading is a digital reading service that gives eligible Amazon customers access to a rotating selection of ebooks, magazines, comics, and more at no additional cost.
-
B.
The Reading
The Reading is a Neo-Impressionist painting by Belgian artist Théo van Rysselberghe, depicting figures absorbed in quiet literary contemplation through his characteristic pointillist technique.
-
C.
The Reading Lesson
The Reading Lesson is a 17th-century genre painting by Dutch artist Gerard ter Borch, depicting an intimate domestic scene of instruction and quiet concentration.
-
D.
The Mind Reader
The Mind Reader is a 1933 pre-Code drama film in which Warren William stars as a fraudulent psychic whose cons spiral into moral and personal ruin.
-
E.
Rabin Square
Rabin Square is a major public plaza in central Tel Aviv, Israel, known as a focal point for political rallies, public events, and memorials, especially in connection with the legacy of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mobile card reader
ⓘ
point-of-sale hardware ⓘ |
| associatedWith | mobile point-of-sale systems ⓘ |
| brand | Square ⓘ |
| communicationMethod |
Bluetooth
ⓘ
Lightning connector ⓘ USB-C connector ⓘ audio jack ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Android devices
ⓘ
iOS devices ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
smartphone
ⓘ
tablet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| developer | Square, Inc. ⓘ |
| enables |
card-present transactions
ⓘ
digital receipts ⓘ tax calculation ⓘ tip collection ⓘ |
| feeModel | per-transaction processing fee ⓘ |
| formFactor | small square-shaped device ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
Square Reader for contactless and chip
ⓘ
linked to:
NFC
Square Reader for magstripe ⓘ
linked to:
Square Reader
|
| integratesWith |
Square Dashboard
ⓘ
linked to:
Square
Square Invoices ⓘ Square Virtual Terminal ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Jack Dorsey
ⓘ
Jim McKelvey ⓘ |
| marketedAs | low-cost card acceptance solution ⓘ |
| powerSource |
battery
ⓘ
device Lightning port ⓘ device USB-C port ⓘ device audio jack ⓘ |
| requires |
Square merchant account
ⓘ
internet connection ⓘ |
| supports |
Apple Pay
ⓘ
EMV chip cards ⓘ Google Pay ⓘ NFC payments ⓘ contactless payments ⓘ magnetic stripe cards ⓘ |
| use |
accept credit card payments
ⓘ
accept debit card payments ⓘ |
| usedBy |
independent contractors
ⓘ
mobile merchants ⓘ small businesses ⓘ |
| usedFor |
in-person payments
ⓘ
on-the-go payments ⓘ |
| worksWith |
Square Point of Sale app
ⓘ
linked to:
Square Point of Sale
|
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: Square Reader Description of subject: Square Reader is a small mobile card reader that lets businesses accept credit and debit card payments through a smartphone or tablet.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Square Reader