Commodore
E202460
Commodore was a pioneering computer company best known for its influential home computers like the Commodore 64 and the Amiga line.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Commodore canonical | 18 |
| Commodore (Royal Norwegian Navy) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1810177 — 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: Commodore Context triple: [Commodore Amiga 3000, brand, Commodore]
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A.
Admiral
Admiral is a senior naval officer rank, typically the highest or among the highest in a navy, responsible for commanding large fleets and holding top-level strategic leadership roles.
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B.
Mr. Commodore
Mr. Commodore is the costumed naval-themed mascot representing Vanderbilt University's athletic teams, the Commodores.
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C.
Coronel
Coronel is a coastal city in south-central Chile known for its historic coal-mining industry and fishing activities along the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Captain Vidal
Captain Vidal is the ruthless and authoritarian Falangist officer who serves as the primary antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth."
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E.
Commander of the Asiatic Squadron
Commander of the Asiatic Squadron was the senior U.S. Navy command responsible for overseeing American naval operations in East Asian waters around the turn of the 20th century.
- 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: Commodore Target entity description: Commodore was a pioneering computer company best known for its influential home computers like the Commodore 64 and the Amiga line.
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A.
Admiral
Admiral is a senior naval officer rank, typically the highest or among the highest in a navy, responsible for commanding large fleets and holding top-level strategic leadership roles.
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B.
Mr. Commodore
Mr. Commodore is the costumed naval-themed mascot representing Vanderbilt University's athletic teams, the Commodores.
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C.
Coronel
Coronel is a coastal city in south-central Chile known for its historic coal-mining industry and fishing activities along the Pacific Ocean.
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D.
Captain Vidal
Captain Vidal is the ruthless and authoritarian Falangist officer who serves as the primary antagonist in Guillermo del Toro’s dark fantasy film "Pan’s Labyrinth."
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E.
Commander of the Asiatic Squadron
Commander of the Asiatic Squadron was the senior U.S. Navy command responsible for overseeing American naval operations in East Asian waters around the turn of the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer company
ⓘ
defunct company ⓘ |
| acquired |
Amiga Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Amiga Corporation (originally)
|
| acquisitionYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| fate | liquidation ⓘ |
| filedForBankruptcy | 1994 ⓘ |
| flagshipProduct | Commodore 64 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jack Tramiel ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
West Chester, Pennsylvania
ⓘ
linked to:
West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
|
| inception | 1954 ⓘ |
| industry |
consumer electronics
ⓘ
home computers ⓘ |
| introducedProduct |
Amiga 1000 in 1985
ⓘ
Amiga 1200 in 1992 ⓘ Amiga 4000 in 1992 ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 4000
Amiga 500 in 1987 ⓘ Commodore 64 in 1982 ⓘ Commodore PET in 1977 ⓘ VIC-20 in 1980 ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Irving Gould
ⓘ
Jack Tramiel ⓘ Mehdi Ali ⓘ Thomas Rattigan ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Amiga multimedia capabilities
ⓘ
Commodore 64 mass-market success ⓘ affordable home computers ⓘ |
| logo | stylized C with three stripes ⓘ |
| market |
home computer market
ⓘ
video game market ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | produced one of the best-selling home computers of all time ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Amiga 1000
ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 1000
Amiga 1200 ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 1200
Amiga 2000 ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 2000
Amiga 3000 ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 3000
Amiga 4000 ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 4000
Amiga 500 ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore Amiga 500
Commodore 128 ⓘ Commodore 64 ⓘ Commodore PET ⓘ Commodore VIC-20 ⓘ |
| originalName |
Commodore Portable Typewriter Company
ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore International
|
| owned | MOS Technology ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Commodore Business Machines
ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore International
|
| primaryCPUArchitecture |
MOS Technology 6502 family
ⓘ
linked to:
MOS Technology 6502
Motorola 68000 family ⓘ |
| regionOfStrongSales |
Europe
ⓘ
North America ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| status | bankrupt ⓘ |
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: Commodore Description of subject: Commodore was a pioneering computer company best known for its influential home computers like the Commodore 64 and the Amiga line.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Commodore