Victor Company of Japan, Limited
E839013
Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) is a Japanese electronics company best known for developing the VHS video format and producing a wide range of audio-visual equipment.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Victor Company of Japan | 3 |
| Victor Company of Japan, Limited canonical | 3 |
| Japan Victor Company | 1 |
| Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. | 1 |
| Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan, Limited | 1 |
| 日本ビクター株式会社 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10067745 — 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: Victor Company of Japan, Limited Context triple: [JVC Everio camcorders, manufacturer, Victor Company of Japan, Limited]
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A.
Komatsu Limited
Komatsu Limited is a major Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures construction, mining, and military equipment.
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B.
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K.
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active before and during World War II, known for producing military and transport aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army.
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C.
Kawada Industries
Kawada Industries is a Japanese engineering and construction company known for its work on major infrastructure projects, including prominent bridges and civil works.
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D.
Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsubishi Corporation is a major Japanese multinational trading and investment company involved in a wide range of sectors including energy, machinery, chemicals, and infrastructure projects worldwide.
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E.
Tokyu Corporation
Tokyu Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and real estate company based in Tokyo, known for operating extensive rail networks and developing commercial and residential areas, particularly around Shibuya.
- 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: Victor Company of Japan, Limited Target entity description: Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) is a Japanese electronics company best known for developing the VHS video format and producing a wide range of audio-visual equipment.
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A.
Komatsu Limited
Komatsu Limited is a major Japanese multinational corporation that manufactures construction, mining, and military equipment.
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B.
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K.
Nippon Kokusai Koku Kogyo K.K. was a Japanese aircraft manufacturer active before and during World War II, known for producing military and transport aircraft for the Imperial Japanese Army.
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C.
Kawada Industries
Kawada Industries is a Japanese engineering and construction company known for its work on major infrastructure projects, including prominent bridges and civil works.
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D.
Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsubishi Corporation is a major Japanese multinational trading and investment company involved in a wide range of sectors including energy, machinery, chemicals, and infrastructure projects worldwide.
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E.
Tokyu Corporation
Tokyu Corporation is a major Japanese private railway and real estate company based in Tokyo, known for operating extensive rail networks and developing commercial and residential areas, particularly around Shibuya.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
electronics company
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manufacturer ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| brand |
JVC
ⓘ
Victor ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| developed | VHS video cassette recording standard ⓘ |
| exportMarket |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| foundedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
car electronics division
ⓘ
consumer electronics division ⓘ professional systems division ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiaryBrand |
JVC Professional
ⓘ
linked to:
JVC
|
| headquartersCountry | Japan ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Yokohama ⓘ |
| industry |
audio equipment
ⓘ
consumer electronics ⓘ home appliances ⓘ video equipment ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hi-Fi audio systems
ⓘ
VHS video format ⓘ
linked to:
VHS
audio-visual equipment ⓘ camcorders ⓘ car audio systems ⓘ loudspeakers ⓘ professional video equipment ⓘ televisions ⓘ |
| market | global ⓘ |
| mergedInto | JVCKENWOOD Corporation ⓘ |
| mergerPartner |
Kenwood Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
JVCKENWOOD Corporation
|
| nativeName |
日本ビクター株式会社
ⓘ
linked to:
Victor Company of Japan, Limited
|
| parentCompany | JVCKENWOOD Corporation ⓘ |
| product |
Blu-ray players
ⓘ
DVD players ⓘ VHS camcorders ⓘ VHS video recorders ⓘ car navigation systems ⓘ headphones ⓘ home theater systems ⓘ portable audio players ⓘ professional broadcast cameras ⓘ projectors ⓘ |
| shortName | JVC ⓘ |
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: Victor Company of Japan, Limited Description of subject: Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) is a Japanese electronics company best known for developing the VHS video format and producing a wide range of audio-visual equipment.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
linked to: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
linked to: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
linked to: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
linked to: Victor Company of Japan, Limited
linked to: Victor Company of Japan, Limited