Cornerstone database
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Cornerstone database is a mid-1980s business database application developed by Infocom, notable for its user-friendly interface but commercial failure that contributed to the company's decline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cornerstone database canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5513645 — 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: Cornerstone database Context triple: [Infocom, releasedProduct, Cornerstone database]
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Actian
Actian is a data management and analytics company known for its hybrid data platforms and database technologies used in enterprise applications.
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Nentego
Nentego is the autonym of the Nanticoke people, an Indigenous group historically located in the Mid-Atlantic region of what is now the United States.
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CDB
CDB is a regional multilateral development bank that provides financial and technical assistance to promote economic and social development in the Caribbean.
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DBE
DBE is the title "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire," a high-ranking honor awarded in the British honours system.
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E.
DB
DB is the commonly used abbreviation for Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national railway company and one of the largest rail operators in Europe.
- 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: Cornerstone database Target entity description: Cornerstone database is a mid-1980s business database application developed by Infocom, notable for its user-friendly interface but commercial failure that contributed to the company's decline.
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A.
Actian
Actian is a data management and analytics company known for its hybrid data platforms and database technologies used in enterprise applications.
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B.
Nentego
Nentego is the autonym of the Nanticoke people, an Indigenous group historically located in the Mid-Atlantic region of what is now the United States.
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C.
CDB
CDB is a regional multilateral development bank that provides financial and technical assistance to promote economic and social development in the Caribbean.
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D.
DBE
DBE is the title "Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire," a high-ranking honor awarded in the British honours system.
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E.
DB
DB is the commonly used abbreviation for Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s national railway company and one of the largest rail operators in Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
business software
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database management system ⓘ microcomputer software ⓘ video game company ⓘ |
| architecture | virtual machine based ⓘ |
| businessImpact |
contributed to Infocom's decline
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diverted resources from interactive fiction development ⓘ financial loss for Infocom ⓘ |
| category |
1980s software
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database software for DOS ⓘ |
| company | Infocom ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
R:Base
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dBASE ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
criticized for performance
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praised for usability ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
inability to write procedural scripts
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lack of programmability compared to dBASE ⓘ limited extensibility ⓘ |
| dataModel |
fields and records
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relational tables ⓘ |
| developed | Cornerstone ⓘ |
| developer | Infocom ⓘ |
| developmentCost | high development cost ⓘ |
| distributionModel | proprietary software ⓘ |
| era | mid-1980s ⓘ |
| feature |
context-sensitive help
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data import and export ⓘ form-based data entry ⓘ indexing of database fields ⓘ menu-driven command system ⓘ multi-file databases ⓘ query-by-example style querying ⓘ relational links between tables ⓘ report generation ⓘ |
| implementationDetail |
ran on a custom virtual machine
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used interpreted p-code ⓘ |
| license | commercial ⓘ |
| marketingPositioning | aimed at corporate and professional markets ⓘ |
| marketReception |
commercial failure
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poor sales ⓘ |
| notableFor |
ease of use compared to contemporary databases
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interactive fiction games ⓘ menu-driven interface ⓘ natural-language-like query system ⓘ user-friendly interface ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | MS-DOS ⓘ |
| performanceCharacteristic | slower than compiled competitors ⓘ |
| platform | IBM PC compatible ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1985 ⓘ |
| softwareGenre | relational database ⓘ |
| status | discontinued software ⓘ |
| targetUser |
business users
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non-programmers ⓘ |
| userInterface |
keyboard-driven menus
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screen forms ⓘ text-based interface ⓘ |
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: Cornerstone database Description of subject: Cornerstone database is a mid-1980s business database application developed by Infocom, notable for its user-friendly interface but commercial failure that contributed to the company's decline.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.