Hewlett-Packard
E7429
computer hardware company
computer software company
multinational corporation
printer manufacturer
technology company
Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
All labels observed (13)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hewlett-Packard canonical | 110 |
| HP | 26 |
| HP Inc. | 20 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprise | 7 |
| Hewlett-Packard Company | 7 |
| Hewlett | 3 |
| HP Labs | 2 |
| HPQ | 2 |
| HP (offices/R&D) | 1 |
| HP Inc. (regional offices, historic) | 1 |
| HP Software division | 1 |
| HP workstations | 1 |
| Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (historically) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14782 — 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: Hewlett-Packard Context triple: [David Packard, coFounded, Hewlett-Packard]
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A.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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B.
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is a leading American semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors that power the majority of the world’s personal computers and servers.
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C.
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems is a multinational technology conglomerate best known for designing and selling networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment used worldwide.
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D.
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
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E.
Adobe Inc.
Adobe Inc. is a multinational software company best known for its creative and multimedia products such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat, widely used in digital media and design industries.
- 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: Hewlett-Packard Target entity description: Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
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A.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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B.
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is a leading American semiconductor company best known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors that power the majority of the world’s personal computers and servers.
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C.
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems is a multinational technology conglomerate best known for designing and selling networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment used worldwide.
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D.
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
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E.
Adobe Inc.
Adobe Inc. is a multinational software company best known for its creative and multimedia products such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat, widely used in digital media and design industries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer hardware company
ⓘ
computer software company ⓘ multinational corporation ⓘ printer manufacturer ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Hewlett-Packard
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
HP
|
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| brand |
Hewlett-Packard
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
HP
|
| businessModel |
B2B
ⓘ
B2C ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| fate | split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise ⓘ |
| formerName |
Hewlett-Packard
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hewlett-Packard Company
|
| foundedBy |
Bill Hewlett
ⓘ
David Packard ⓘ
surface form:
Dave Packard
|
| foundedIn | Palo Alto, California ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1939-01-01 ⓘ |
| foundingYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
Hewlett-Packard
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
HP Labs
|
| headquartersLocation | Palo Alto, California ⓘ |
| industry |
IT services
ⓘ
computer hardware ⓘ computer software ⓘ information technology ⓘ printing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
enterprise IT solutions
ⓘ
networking products ⓘ personal computers ⓘ printers ⓘ servers ⓘ storage products ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableProduct |
HP DeskJet printers
ⓘ
HP LaserJet printers ⓘ HP OfficeJet printers ⓘ HP Pavilion PCs ⓘ HP ProLiant servers ⓘ HP calculators ⓘ HP storage systems ⓘ Hewlett-Packard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
HP workstations
HP 9000 Series 200 ⓘ
surface form:
HP-UX operating system
|
| originatedIn | Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| researchArm |
Hewlett-Packard
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
HP Labs
|
| roleInHistory | pioneering company in Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| splitDate | 2015-11-01 ⓘ |
| stockExchange | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| successor |
Hewlett-Packard
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
HP Inc.
Hewlett-Packard self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
|
| tickerSymbol |
Hewlett-Packard
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
HPQ
|
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: Hewlett-Packard Description of subject: Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
Referenced by (182)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
this entity surface form:
HP Inc.
subject surface form:
David Packard
this entity surface form:
HP workstations
this entity surface form:
HP
this entity surface form:
HPQ
this entity surface form:
HP Inc.
this entity surface form:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
this entity surface form:
HP Labs
this entity surface form:
HP Labs
this entity surface form:
Hewlett-Packard Company
this entity surface form:
HP
this entity surface form:
HP Inc.
subject surface form:
Böblingen
this entity surface form:
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (historically)
this entity surface form:
HP Inc.
this entity surface form:
HP
this entity surface form:
HP
subject surface form:
HP OfficeJet
this entity surface form:
HP Inc.
subject surface form:
HP OfficeJet
this entity surface form:
HP
subject surface form:
HP OfficeJet