Quadra series
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The Quadra series was a line of high-end Apple Macintosh desktop computers from the early 1990s, known for using Motorola 68040 processors and targeting professional and power users.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quadra series canonical | 2 |
| Quadra | 1 |
| Quadra ROM | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T72837 — 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: Quadra series Context triple: [Apple Macintosh computers, hasPart, Quadra series]
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A.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
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B.
Kvartal 95 Studio
Kvartal 95 Studio is a Ukrainian television production and entertainment company best known for its comedy shows and satirical content, including the series "Servant of the People."
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C.
RCA
RCA (Radio Corporation of America) was a major American electronics and communications company that played a pivotal role in the development and commercialization of radio and television technology in the 20th century.
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D.
Porter
Porter is a transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts that serves both MBTA commuter rail and Red Line subway services.
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E.
Revs
Revs is the commonly used nickname for the New England Revolution, a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Greater Boston area.
- 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: Quadra series Target entity description: The Quadra series was a line of high-end Apple Macintosh desktop computers from the early 1990s, known for using Motorola 68040 processors and targeting professional and power users.
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A.
Rockwell
Rockwell is an American singer and songwriter best known for his 1984 hit single "Somebody's Watching Me."
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B.
Kvartal 95 Studio
Kvartal 95 Studio is a Ukrainian television production and entertainment company best known for its comedy shows and satirical content, including the series "Servant of the People."
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C.
AMX
AMX is a Dutch stock market index that tracks the performance of mid-cap companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam.
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D.
RCA
RCA (Radio Corporation of America) was a major American electronics and communications company that played a pivotal role in the development and commercialization of radio and television technology in the 20th century.
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E.
Porter
Porter is a transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts that serves both MBTA commuter rail and Red Line subway services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Apple Macintosh computer line ⓘ |
| architecture | 68k ⓘ |
| brand |
Apple Macintosh
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh computers
|
| branding | Macintosh Quadra ⓘ |
| busArchitecture | NuBus ⓘ |
| category | personal computer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| cpuFamily |
Motorola 68040
ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68000 family
|
| discontinuationPeriod | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| formFactor | desktop ⓘ |
| graphicsArchitecture | built-in 2D graphics acceleration ⓘ |
| includedModel |
Macintosh Quadra 605
ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh Quadra
Macintosh Quadra 650 ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh Quadra
Macintosh Quadra 700 ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh Quadra
Macintosh Quadra 800 ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh Quadra
Macintosh Quadra 840AV ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh Quadra
Macintosh Quadra 900 ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh Quadra
Macintosh Quadra 950 ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh Quadra
|
| introductionPeriod | early 1990s ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Computer, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| marketSegment | high-end ⓘ |
| memoryType | SIMM ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
NuBus expansion slots
ⓘ
advanced graphics capabilities for its time ⓘ expandable RAM ⓘ use of Motorola 68040 CPU ⓘ |
| notableModel |
Macintosh Quadra 700
ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh Quadra
Macintosh Quadra 840AV ⓘ
linked to:
Macintosh Quadra
|
| operatingSystem |
Mac OS 8
ⓘ
Mac OS 9 ⓘ System 7 ⓘ
linked to:
Classic Mac OS
|
| operatingSystemCompatibility | System 7.0.1 or later ⓘ |
| platform |
classic Mac OS
ⓘ
linked to:
Classic Mac OS
|
| predecessor | Macintosh II series ⓘ |
| productFamily |
Macintosh
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh computers
|
| productType | desktop computer ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| successor | Power Macintosh series ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
power users
ⓘ
professional users ⓘ |
| useCase |
desktop publishing
ⓘ
graphics design ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ software development ⓘ |
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: Quadra series Description of subject: The Quadra series was a line of high-end Apple Macintosh desktop computers from the early 1990s, known for using Motorola 68040 processors and targeting professional and power users.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Quadra series
linked to: Quadra series