Ted Waitt
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Ted Waitt is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of computer manufacturer Gateway, Inc., which became a major PC brand in the 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ted Waitt canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4930467 — 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: Ted Waitt Context triple: [Gateway, Inc., foundedBy, Ted Waitt]
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A.
Jon Wright
Jon Wright is a British entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the smoothie and juice company Innocent Drinks.
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B.
Michael-Leon Wooley
Michael-Leon Wooley is an American actor and voice actor best known for his rich baritone performances in film, television, and theater, including prominent roles in animated features and Broadway productions.
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C.
Mel Hunter
Mel Hunter was an American illustrator and artist best known for his science fiction book and magazine covers in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Phil Johnston
Phil Johnston is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing animated hits such as Disney's "Zootopia" and "Wreck-It Ralph."
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E.
C. J. Cregg
C. J. Cregg is a fictional White House Press Secretary and later Chief of Staff on the political drama series "The West Wing," known for her sharp wit, integrity, and commanding presence in the briefing room.
- 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: Ted Waitt Target entity description: Ted Waitt is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of computer manufacturer Gateway, Inc., which became a major PC brand in the 1990s.
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A.
Jon Wright
Jon Wright is a British entrepreneur best known as one of the co-founders of the smoothie and juice company Innocent Drinks.
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B.
Michael-Leon Wooley
Michael-Leon Wooley is an American actor and voice actor best known for his rich baritone performances in film, television, and theater, including prominent roles in animated features and Broadway productions.
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C.
Mel Hunter
Mel Hunter was an American illustrator and artist best known for his science fiction book and magazine covers in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Phil Johnston
Phil Johnston is an American screenwriter and filmmaker known for co-writing animated hits such as Disney's "Zootopia" and "Wreck-It Ralph."
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E.
C. J. Cregg
C. J. Cregg is a fictional White House Press Secretary and later Chief of Staff on the political drama series "The West Wing," known for her sharp wit, integrity, and commanding presence in the briefing room.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
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entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ |
| businessArea |
PC manufacturing
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technology entrepreneurship ⓘ |
| businessRole |
co-founder of Gateway, Inc.
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former chief executive of Gateway, Inc. ⓘ |
| coFounded | Gateway, Inc. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
consumer electronics
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information technology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Ted ⓘ |
| hasEmployer | Gateway, Inc. ⓘ |
| hasFoundedOrganization | Gateway, Inc. ⓘ |
| hasNotableCompany | Gateway, Inc. ⓘ |
| industry |
computer industry
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personal computer industry ⓘ |
| knownFor | co-founding Gateway, Inc. ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | Ted Waitt ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | helped make Gateway a leading U.S. PC vendor in the 1990s ⓘ |
| notablePeriod | 1990s personal computer boom ⓘ |
| notableWork | building Gateway into a major PC brand in the 1990s ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
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entrepreneur ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
CEO of Gateway, Inc.
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chairman of Gateway, Inc. ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
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: Ted Waitt Description of subject: Ted Waitt is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of computer manufacturer Gateway, Inc., which became a major PC brand in the 1990s.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.