NSSet
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NSSet is an Objective-C collection class that represents an unordered, unique set of objects, commonly used in Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NSSet canonical | 7 |
| NSSet (Swift) | 1 |
| NSSet.h | 1 |
| Set (Swift) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2142761 — 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: NSSet Context triple: [NeXTSTEP Foundation Kit, defines, NSSet]
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A.
Set
Set is an ancient Egyptian god associated primarily with chaos, storms, and disorder, often depicted as the adversary of his brother Osiris and the rival of Horus.
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B.
SETS
SETS is the London Stock Exchange’s central electronic order book system used for automated trading of the most liquid UK securities.
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C.
Mutable Set
Mutable Set is a 2020 studio album by American guitarist and songwriter Blake Mills, noted for its intricate production and introspective, experimental folk-rock sound.
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D.
Mutable Set (track)
"Mutable Set (track)" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Blake Mills from his critically acclaimed 2020 album "Mutable Set."
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E.
GreenSet
GreenSet is a brand of acrylic hardcourt surface widely used at major professional tennis tournaments, including the Australian Open.
- 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: NSSet Target entity description: NSSet is an Objective-C collection class that represents an unordered, unique set of objects, commonly used in Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks.
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A.
Set
Set is an ancient Egyptian god associated primarily with chaos, storms, and disorder, often depicted as the adversary of his brother Osiris and the rival of Horus.
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B.
SETS
SETS is the London Stock Exchange’s central electronic order book system used for automated trading of the most liquid UK securities.
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C.
Mutable Set
Mutable Set is a 2020 studio album by American guitarist and songwriter Blake Mills, noted for its intricate production and introspective, experimental folk-rock sound.
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D.
Mutable Set (track)
"Mutable Set (track)" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Blake Mills from his critically acclaimed 2020 album "Mutable Set."
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E.
GreenSet
GreenSet is a brand of acrylic hardcourt surface widely used at major professional tennis tournaments, including the Australian Open.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Foundation framework class
ⓘ
Objective-C class ⓘ |
| allowsDuplicates | false ⓘ |
| bridgedTo |
NSSet (Swift)
ⓘ
linked to:
NSSet
Set (Swift) ⓘ |
| classMethod |
+set
ⓘ
+setWithArray: ⓘ +setWithObject: ⓘ +setWithObjects: ⓘ +setWithSet: ⓘ |
| collectionType | set ⓘ |
| conformsToProtocol |
NSCopying
ⓘ
NSFastEnumeration ⓘ NSMutableCopying ⓘ NSSecureCoding ⓘ |
| definedInFramework | Foundation ⓘ |
| elementUniqueness | uniqueElements ⓘ |
| hasMutableSubclass | NSMutableSet ⓘ |
| headerFile |
NSSet.h
ⓘ
linked to:
NSSet
|
| introducedIn |
iOS 2.0
ⓘ
macOS 10.0 ⓘ |
| isMutable | false ⓘ |
| method |
-allObjects
ⓘ
-anyObject ⓘ -containsObject: ⓘ -count ⓘ -intersectsSet: ⓘ -isEqualToSet: ⓘ -isSubsetOfSet: ⓘ -member: ⓘ -objectEnumerator ⓘ -setByAddingObject: ⓘ -setByAddingObjectsFromArray: ⓘ -setByAddingObjectsFromSet: ⓘ |
| module | Foundation ⓘ |
| namespace | Foundation ⓘ |
| ordering | unordered ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Objective-C ⓘ |
| requiresElementConformance |
NSObject protocol
ⓘ
linked to:
NSObject
|
| requiresEquatableElements | isEqual: ⓘ |
| requiresHashableElements | true ⓘ |
| superclass | NSObject ⓘ |
| threadSafety | immutableInstancesAreThreadSafe ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
ensuringUniquenessOfObjects
ⓘ
membershipTesting ⓘ setOperations ⓘ |
| usedInFramework |
Cocoa
ⓘ
Cocoa Touch ⓘ |
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: NSSet Description of subject: NSSet is an Objective-C collection class that represents an unordered, unique set of objects, commonly used in Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: NSSet
linked to: NSSet