i.LINK
E1455
i.LINK is Sony’s brand name for the IEEE 1394 high-speed serial bus interface used for connecting digital audio, video, and data devices.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| i.LINK canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12858 — 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: i.LINK Context triple: [IEEE 1394, alsoKnownAs, i.LINK]
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A.
Lee
Lee is a given name shared by numerous individuals across different cultures and professions.
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B.
NLS
NLS (oN-Line System) was an early, pioneering computer system that introduced many foundational concepts of modern computing, including the mouse, hypertext, and collaborative editing.
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C.
Sununu
Sununu is a prominent American political family name most notably associated with former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and his son, Governor Chris Sununu.
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D.
Lick
Lick is the nickname of Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, a pioneering American computer scientist whose ideas helped lay the foundations for interactive computing and the internet.
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E.
NMTI
NMTI is a prestigious United States presidential award that honors individuals, teams, and companies for outstanding contributions to technological innovation and advancement.
- 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: i.LINK Target entity description: i.LINK is Sony’s brand name for the IEEE 1394 high-speed serial bus interface used for connecting digital audio, video, and data devices.
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A.
Lee
Lee is a given name shared by numerous individuals across different cultures and professions.
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B.
NLS
NLS (oN-Line System) was an early, pioneering computer system that introduced many foundational concepts of modern computing, including the mouse, hypertext, and collaborative editing.
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C.
Sununu
Sununu is a prominent American political family name most notably associated with former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu and his son, Governor Chris Sununu.
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D.
Lick
Lick is the nickname of Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, a pioneering American computer scientist whose ideas helped lay the foundations for interactive computing and the internet.
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E.
NMTI
NMTI is a prestigious United States presidential award that honors individuals, teams, and companies for outstanding contributions to technological innovation and advancement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brand name
ⓘ
computer hardware interface ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
FireWire
ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE 1394
IEEE 1394 interface ⓘ |
| basedOnStandard | IEEE 1394 ⓘ |
| brandOwner | Sony ⓘ |
| category |
computer bus
ⓘ
consumer electronics interface ⓘ |
| competesWith |
USB 2.0
ⓘ
linked to:
USB
|
| connectsTo |
audio interface
ⓘ
digital camcorder ⓘ digital video recorder ⓘ external hard drive ⓘ personal computer ⓘ |
| dataRate |
100 Mbit/s
ⓘ
200 Mbit/s ⓘ 400 Mbit/s ⓘ |
| feature |
daisy-chaining of devices
ⓘ
hot swapping ⓘ plug and play ⓘ |
| interfaceType | high-speed serial bus ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Sony in the 1990s ⓘ |
| marketedBy |
Sony Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Sony
|
| protocolFamily |
IEEE 1394a
ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE 1394
IEEE 1394b ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE 1394
|
| status | largely superseded by USB and HDMI in consumer devices ⓘ |
| supports |
asynchronous data transfer
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isochronous data transfer ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
DV format
ⓘ
HDV format ⓘ |
| typicalConnector |
4-pin IEEE 1394 connector
ⓘ
6-pin IEEE 1394 connector ⓘ |
| usedFor |
data transfer
ⓘ
digital audio connection ⓘ digital video connection ⓘ |
| usedInProductLine |
Sony Handycam camcorders
ⓘ
linked to:
IEEE 1394
Sony VAIO computers ⓘ |
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: i.LINK Description of subject: i.LINK is Sony’s brand name for the IEEE 1394 high-speed serial bus interface used for connecting digital audio, video, and data devices.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.