Asterisk
E721433
Asterisk is an open-source software implementation of a telephone private branch exchange (PBX) that enables VoIP and traditional telephony services.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Asterisk canonical | 2 |
| AMI (Asterisk Manager Interface) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8248400 — 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: Asterisk Context triple: [Hydra, supportsProtocol, Asterisk]
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A.
Genesys
Genesys is a global customer experience and contact center technology company known for its cloud-based solutions that help businesses manage and optimize customer interactions.
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B.
Versoix
Versoix is a Swiss municipality on the shores of Lake Geneva, known as a residential suburb of Geneva with lakeside promenades and a mix of urban and natural landscapes.
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C.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
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D.
Anytos
Anytos is a figure from Greek mythology known primarily as a Titan or divine guardian associated with the Arcadian goddess Despoina.
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E.
Telefon Bay
Telefon Bay is a small volcanic bay on Deception Island in Antarctica, known for its stark polar landscape and evidence of past eruptions.
- 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: Asterisk Target entity description: Asterisk is an open-source software implementation of a telephone private branch exchange (PBX) that enables VoIP and traditional telephony services.
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A.
Genesys
Genesys is a global customer experience and contact center technology company known for its cloud-based solutions that help businesses manage and optimize customer interactions.
-
B.
Versoix
Versoix is a Swiss municipality on the shores of Lake Geneva, known as a residential suburb of Geneva with lakeside promenades and a mix of urban and natural landscapes.
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C.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
-
D.
Anytos
Anytos is a figure from Greek mythology known primarily as a Titan or divine guardian associated with the Arcadian goddess Despoina.
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E.
Telefon Bay
Telefon Bay is a small volcanic bay on Deception Island in Antarctica, known for its stark polar landscape and evidence of past eruptions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
VoIP software
ⓘ
open-source PBX software ⓘ softswitch ⓘ telephony platform ⓘ |
| canBeUsedAs |
IP PBX
ⓘ
VoIP gateway ⓘ media server ⓘ |
| configurationFileExtension | .conf ⓘ |
| developer |
Digium
ⓘ
Sangoma Technologies Corporation ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.asterisk.org/ ⓘ |
| initialReleaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| namedAfter | asterisk symbol (*). ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| providesFeature |
IVR
ⓘ
call parking ⓘ call queuing ⓘ call recording ⓘ call routing ⓘ call transfer ⓘ caller ID ⓘ conference calling ⓘ music on hold ⓘ voicemail ⓘ |
| supportsCodec |
G.711
ⓘ
G.729 ⓘ GSM ⓘ Opus ⓘ Speex ⓘ |
| supportsInterface |
SIP phones
ⓘ
analog phones via FXO/FXS cards ⓘ digital telephony cards ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Solaris ⓘ
linked to:
Solaris operating system
macOS ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
H.323
ⓘ
IAX ⓘ MGCP ⓘ SIP ⓘ |
| supportsScripting |
AGI (Asterisk Gateway Interface)
ⓘ
AMI (Asterisk Manager Interface) ⓘ
linked to:
Asterisk
dialplan language ⓘ |
| supportsTechnology |
ISDN
ⓘ
PSTN ⓘ VoIP ⓘ analog telephony ⓘ |
| usesConfigurationFile |
extensions.conf
ⓘ
iax.conf ⓘ sip.conf ⓘ voicemail.conf ⓘ |
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: Asterisk Description of subject: Asterisk is an open-source software implementation of a telephone private branch exchange (PBX) that enables VoIP and traditional telephony services.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Asterisk