Maplesoft
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Maplesoft is a software company best known for creating the Maple computer algebra system used for advanced mathematics, engineering, and scientific computing.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maple computer algebra system | 2 |
| Maplesoft canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10990952 — 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: Maplesoft Context triple: [Maple, developer, Maplesoft]
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A.
Wolfram
Wolfram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically borne by several notable figures including military leaders and scholars.
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B.
MathWorks
MathWorks is a software company best known for creating MATLAB and Simulink, widely used platforms for numerical computing, simulation, and model-based design in engineering and science.
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C.
Maxima
Maxima is the first daughter of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and philanthropist Priscilla Chan.
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D.
Symbolics
Symbolics was a pioneering American computer company best known for its Lisp-based workstations and contributions to artificial intelligence hardware and software in the 1980s.
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E.
Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd. is a UK-based software company best known as the creator and maintainer of the Ubuntu Linux operating system and related open-source technologies.
- 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: Maplesoft Target entity description: Maplesoft is a software company best known for creating the Maple computer algebra system used for advanced mathematics, engineering, and scientific computing.
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A.
Wolfram
Wolfram is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, historically borne by several notable figures including military leaders and scholars.
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B.
MathWorks
MathWorks is a software company best known for creating MATLAB and Simulink, widely used platforms for numerical computing, simulation, and model-based design in engineering and science.
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C.
Maxima
Maxima is the first daughter of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and philanthropist Priscilla Chan.
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D.
Symbolics
Symbolics was a pioneering American computer company best known for its Lisp-based workstations and contributions to artificial intelligence hardware and software in the 1980s.
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E.
Canonical Ltd.
Canonical Ltd. is a UK-based software company best known as the creator and maintainer of the Ubuntu Linux operating system and related open-source technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
private company
ⓘ
software company ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WMI ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd. ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| field |
advanced mathematics
ⓘ
engineering ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
modeling and simulation
ⓘ
numerical computation ⓘ online assessment ⓘ symbolic computation ⓘ |
| formerName | Waterloo Maple Inc. ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1988 ⓘ |
| hasAcademicUsers | universities worldwide ⓘ |
| hasCollaboration |
IBM
ⓘ
MathWorks ⓘ National Instruments ⓘ |
| hasCommercialUsers | engineering companies worldwide ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Waterloo, Ontario
|
| industry |
computer algebra software
ⓘ
educational technology ⓘ technical computing software ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Maple computer algebra system
ⓘ
linked to:
CAS (Computer Algebra System)
|
| offers |
engineering software
ⓘ
mathematical software ⓘ online learning platforms ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Cybernet Systems Co., Ltd. ⓘ |
| product |
Maple
ⓘ
Maple T.A. ⓘ MapleSim ⓘ Möbius ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
Maple language
ⓘ
linked to:
Maple
|
| servesIndustry |
aerospace
ⓘ
automotive ⓘ education ⓘ electronics ⓘ energy ⓘ financial services ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| website | https://www.maplesoft.com/ ⓘ |
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: Maplesoft Description of subject: Maplesoft is a software company best known for creating the Maple computer algebra system used for advanced mathematics, engineering, and scientific computing.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maplesoft
linked to: Maplesoft