EMC2
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EMC2 is the former name of EMC Corporation, a major American data storage and information management company later acquired by Dell Technologies.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EMC2 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7501995 — 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: EMC2 Context triple: [EMC Corporation, formerName, EMC2]
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A.
EMC Club
The EMC Club is a premium seating and dining area at Fenway Park offering upscale amenities and elevated views of Boston Red Sox games.
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B.
EMU
EMU is a public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, known for its diverse academic programs and strong emphasis on education, business, and health-related fields.
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C.
EMU
EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) is a self-propelled train consisting of multiple carriages powered by electricity, commonly used for passenger rail services.
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D.
EMU
EMU is the European Union’s framework for coordinating economic policy and managing the single currency, the euro, among participating member states.
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E.
EMCC
EMCC is a public community college in Bangor, Maine, offering two-year degree and certificate programs focused on career and technical education.
- 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: EMC2 Target entity description: EMC2 is the former name of EMC Corporation, a major American data storage and information management company later acquired by Dell Technologies.
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A.
EMC Club
The EMC Club is a premium seating and dining area at Fenway Park offering upscale amenities and elevated views of Boston Red Sox games.
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B.
EMU
EMU is a public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, known for its diverse academic programs and strong emphasis on education, business, and health-related fields.
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C.
EMU
EMU is the European Union’s framework for coordinating economic policy and managing the single currency, the euro, among participating member states.
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D.
EMU
EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) is a self-propelled train consisting of multiple carriages powered by electricity, commonly used for passenger rail services.
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E.
EMCC
EMCC is a public community college in Bangor, Maine, offering two-year degree and certificate programs focused on career and technical education.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
corporation
ⓘ
information management company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Dell Technologies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionAnnouncedBy | Dell Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionCompletedIn | 2016 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | EMC2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | VMware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formerNameOf | EMC Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
John Curly
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Egan NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Marino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1979 ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
EMC Global Services
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
EMC Information Infrastructure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Documentum
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greenplum NERFINISHED ⓘ Iomega NERFINISHED ⓘ RSA Security NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| headquartersLocation | Hopkinton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
computer data storage
ⓘ
enterprise software ⓘ information technology ⓘ |
| logoText | EMC² NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Einstein mass–energy equivalence formula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableProductArea |
network-attached storage
ⓘ
storage area networks ⓘ virtualization-related storage ⓘ |
| ownedStakeIn | VMware NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Dell Technologies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| servedMarket |
enterprise customers
ⓘ
large organizations ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
cloud computing infrastructure
ⓘ
data backup and recovery ⓘ data protection ⓘ data storage systems ⓘ enterprise storage software ⓘ information management solutions ⓘ |
| status | defunct as independent company ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | NYSE NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | EMC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| type | public company (before acquisition) ⓘ |
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: EMC2 Description of subject: EMC2 is the former name of EMC Corporation, a major American data storage and information management company later acquired by Dell Technologies.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.