Yahoo! Video
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Yahoo! Video was Yahoo's early online video hosting and streaming service that later evolved into the broader Yahoo! Screen platform.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yahoo! Video canonical | 3 |
| video.yahoo.com | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10907196 — 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: Yahoo! Video Context triple: [Yahoo! Screen, formerName, Yahoo! Video]
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A.
Google Videos
Google Videos was a video search and hosting service by Google that allowed users to upload, search, and view online video content before being largely superseded by YouTube.
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B.
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video-sharing and streaming platform where users can upload, watch, and interact with a vast range of video content.
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C.
Dailymotion
Dailymotion is a French video-sharing platform that allows users to upload, watch, and share videos, serving as an alternative to sites like YouTube and Vimeo.
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D.
Vdio
Vdio was an online video-on-demand and streaming service launched by Skype and Rdio co-founder Janus Friis as an attempt to compete with platforms like Netflix.
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E.
Viddy
Viddy was a mobile social video-sharing app that allowed users to create, edit, and share short video clips with an online community.
- 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: Yahoo! Video Target entity description: Yahoo! Video was Yahoo's early online video hosting and streaming service that later evolved into the broader Yahoo! Screen platform.
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A.
Google Videos
Google Videos was a video search and hosting service by Google that allowed users to upload, search, and view online video content before being largely superseded by YouTube.
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B.
YouTube
YouTube is a global online video-sharing and streaming platform where users can upload, watch, and interact with a vast range of video content.
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C.
Dailymotion
Dailymotion is a French video-sharing platform that allows users to upload, watch, and share videos, serving as an alternative to sites like YouTube and Vimeo.
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D.
Vdio
Vdio was an online video-on-demand and streaming service launched by Skype and Rdio co-founder Janus Friis as an attempt to compete with platforms like Netflix.
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E.
Viddy
Viddy was a mobile social video-sharing app that allowed users to create, edit, and share short video clips with an online community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
online video platform
ⓘ
video hosting service ⓘ video streaming service ⓘ |
| accessibleVia |
video.yahoo.com
ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo! Video
|
| brandOf |
Yahoo!
ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo
|
| commercial | true ⓘ |
| competitor |
Dailymotion
ⓘ
Google Video ⓘ
linked to:
Google Videos
YouTube ⓘ |
| contentType |
TV clips
ⓘ
licensed professional content ⓘ movie trailers ⓘ music videos ⓘ news clips ⓘ user-generated videos ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| evolvedInto | Yahoo! Screen ⓘ |
| feature |
embedded video player
ⓘ
playlists ⓘ searchable video catalog ⓘ user comments ⓘ video rating ⓘ video sharing ⓘ video streaming ⓘ video upload ⓘ |
| genre |
short-form video
ⓘ
user-generated content ⓘ video on demand ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Yahoo! services
ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo
defunct video hosting services ⓘ video on demand services ⓘ |
| industry |
internet
ⓘ
online video ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| operator |
Yahoo!
ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo
Yahoo! Inc. ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo
|
| ownedBy |
Yahoo!
ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo
Yahoo! Inc. ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo
|
| parentCompany |
Yahoo! Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo
|
| partOf |
Yahoo! network
ⓘ
linked to:
Yahoo
|
| platform | web browser ⓘ |
| predecessor | Yahoo! Screen ⓘ |
| registration |
optional
ⓘ
required for uploading ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Yahoo! Screen ⓘ |
| serviceType | web-based service ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
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: Yahoo! Video Description of subject: Yahoo! Video was Yahoo's early online video hosting and streaming service that later evolved into the broader Yahoo! Screen platform.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Yahoo! Video