Whistler
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Whistler was the internal codename used by Microsoft during the development of the Windows XP operating system.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Whistler canonical | 4 |
| Whistler Beta 2 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1690437 — 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: Whistler Context triple: [Windows XP, codename, Whistler]
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A.
Banff
Banff is a historic town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its coastal setting on the Moray Firth and its well-preserved Georgian architecture.
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B.
Squamish
Squamish is a town in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for its dramatic coastal mountain scenery and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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C.
Yekonyah
Yekonyah is an alternative name for Jehoiachin, the exiled king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Sun Valley
Sun Valley is the internal codename Microsoft used for the major user interface redesign that debuted with Windows 11.
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E.
Selkirk
Selkirk is a historic town in the Scottish Borders known for its legal heritage, including past judicial functions and associations with Scotland’s justice system.
- 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: Whistler Target entity description: Whistler was the internal codename used by Microsoft during the development of the Windows XP operating system.
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A.
Banff
Banff is a historic town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its coastal setting on the Moray Firth and its well-preserved Georgian architecture.
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B.
Squamish
Squamish is a town in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, known for its dramatic coastal mountain scenery and outdoor recreation opportunities.
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C.
Yekonyah
Yekonyah is an alternative name for Jehoiachin, the exiled king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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D.
Sun Valley
Sun Valley is the internal codename Microsoft used for the major user interface redesign that debuted with Windows 11.
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E.
Selkirk
Selkirk is a historic town in the Scottish Borders known for its legal heritage, including past judicial functions and associations with Scotland’s justice system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft Windows development codename
ⓘ
software project codename ⓘ |
| appliesToVersion |
Windows NT 5.1
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows XP
|
| associatedWithKernel |
Windows NT kernel
ⓘ
linked to:
ntoskrnl.exe
|
| buildNumberExample |
Build 2202
ⓘ
Build 2250 ⓘ Build 2419 ⓘ Build 2462 ⓘ Build 2481 ⓘ Build 2505 ⓘ |
| codebase | unified consumer and business Windows codebase ⓘ |
| codenameFor | Windows XP ⓘ |
| codenameTheme | named after Whistler, British Columbia, Canada ⓘ |
| developmentGoal |
enhance usability and user interface
ⓘ
improve stability over Windows 9x ⓘ unify Windows 9x and Windows NT lines ⓘ |
| developmentPhase | pre-release ⓘ |
| developmentStartApprox | 1999 ⓘ |
| family |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| follows |
Windows 2000 development codename "NT5"
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows 2000
|
| introducedFeatureFamily |
Fast User Switching (in development)
ⓘ
Luna visual style (early iterations) ⓘ Product Activation ⓘ Remote Desktop (Terminal Services for clients) ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Terminal Services
System Restore (refined from Windows Me) ⓘ
linked to:
System Restore
|
| majorEditionsPlanned |
Home Edition
ⓘ
Media Center Edition (later SKU) ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Media Center
Professional ⓘ Tablet PC Edition (later SKU) ⓘ |
| marketingNameAfterRelease | Windows XP ⓘ |
| platform |
IA-64
ⓘ
x86 ⓘ x86-64 (later builds / related SKUs) ⓘ |
| precedes |
Windows Vista development codename "Longhorn"
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Vista
|
| predecessorProduct |
Windows 2000
ⓘ
Windows Me ⓘ
linked to:
Windows ME
|
| publicBetas |
Whistler Beta 1
ⓘ
Whistler Beta 2 ⓘ
linked to:
Whistler
|
| relatedCodename |
Neptune (cancelled consumer NT project)
ⓘ
Odyssey (cancelled NT-based project) ⓘ |
| releaseToManufacturingSuccessor |
Windows XP RTM (Build 2600)
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows XP
|
| succeededBy |
Windows XP RTM
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows XP
|
| targetedProductType |
business operating system
ⓘ
consumer operating system ⓘ |
| usedAs | internal codename ⓘ |
| usedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| usedFor | Windows XP ⓘ |
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: Whistler Description of subject: Whistler was the internal codename used by Microsoft during the development of the Windows XP operating system.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Whistler