Jef Raskin
E350340
author
computer scientist
human
human–computer interaction expert
university faculty member
user interface designer
Jef Raskin was a human–computer interface expert and computer scientist best known for initiating and leading the early development of Apple’s Macintosh project.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jef Raskin canonical | 3 |
| Jeff Raskin | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3345826 — 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: Jef Raskin Context triple: [Apple Macintosh team, keyMember, Jef Raskin]
-
A.
Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart was an American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering the computer mouse and groundbreaking concepts in interactive computing and hypertext that helped shape modern personal computing.
-
B.
Thomas Knoll
Thomas Knoll is an American software engineer and co-creator of Adobe Photoshop, whose early image-editing program evolved into the industry-standard digital imaging software.
-
C.
Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak is an American electronics engineer and programmer best known as the co-founder and technical mastermind behind the early Apple computers that helped launch the personal computing revolution.
-
D.
Alan Kay
Alan Kay is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work on object-oriented programming and the development of the graphical user interface.
-
E.
John Warnock
John Warnock was an American computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe Systems, best known for pioneering the PostScript language and the PDF file format.
- 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: Jef Raskin Target entity description: Jef Raskin was a human–computer interface expert and computer scientist best known for initiating and leading the early development of Apple’s Macintosh project.
-
A.
Douglas Engelbart
Douglas Engelbart was an American engineer and inventor best known for pioneering the computer mouse and groundbreaking concepts in interactive computing and hypertext that helped shape modern personal computing.
-
B.
Thomas Knoll
Thomas Knoll is an American software engineer and co-creator of Adobe Photoshop, whose early image-editing program evolved into the industry-standard digital imaging software.
-
C.
Steve Wozniak
Steve Wozniak is an American electronics engineer and programmer best known as the co-founder and technical mastermind behind the early Apple computers that helped launch the personal computing revolution.
-
D.
Alan Kay
Alan Kay is a pioneering computer scientist best known for his foundational work on object-oriented programming and the development of the graphical user interface.
-
E.
John Warnock
John Warnock was an American computer scientist and co-founder of Adobe Systems, best known for pioneering the PostScript language and the PDF file format.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
ⓘ
computer scientist ⓘ human ⓘ human–computer interaction expert ⓘ university faculty member ⓘ user interface designer ⓘ |
| authored |
The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
ⓘ
linked to:
The Humane Interface
|
| birthName |
Jeff Raskin
ⓘ
linked to:
Jef Raskin
|
| causeOfDeath | pancreatic cancer ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-03-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2005-02-26 ⓘ |
| degree |
bachelor’s degree in mathematics
ⓘ
master’s degree in computer science ⓘ |
| designed |
Canon Cat
ⓘ
early Macintosh user interface concepts ⓘ |
| developedConcept |
Zooming User Interface (ZUI) ideas
ⓘ
humane interface ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Pennsylvania State University
ⓘ
Stony Brook University ⓘ |
| employer |
Apple Computer
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
Canon ⓘ
linked to:
Canon Inc.
University of California, San Diego ⓘ |
| familyName | Raskin ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer science
ⓘ
human–computer interaction ⓘ user interface design ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Jef ⓘ |
| influenced | Macintosh graphical user interface design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Canon Cat
ⓘ
The Humane Interface ⓘ initiating the Macintosh project at Apple ⓘ leading early development of the Apple Macintosh ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Jef Raskin ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Apple Macintosh (early design)
ⓘ
linked to:
original Macintosh 128K
Canon Cat ⓘ The Humane Interface ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer scientist
ⓘ
interface designer ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | New York City ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Pacific Grove, California ⓘ |
| positionHeld | manager of Macintosh project at Apple ⓘ |
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: Jef Raskin Description of subject: Jef Raskin was a human–computer interface expert and computer scientist best known for initiating and leading the early development of Apple’s Macintosh project.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Jef Raskin