contains Sad Mac error icon code
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The Sad Mac error icon code is the built-in Macintosh ROM routine that displays the iconic frowning computer graphic when a hardware or system failure is detected at startup.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| contains Sad Mac error icon code canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8521369 — 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: contains Sad Mac error icon code Context triple: [Apple Macintosh ROM, roleInSystem, contains Sad Mac error icon code]
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A.
ERRC
ERRC is a Budapest-based international public interest law organization that advocates for and litigates to protect the human rights of Roma across Europe.
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B.
SAD! (Interlude)
"SAD! (Interlude)" is a brief musical piece featured on the album *TattleTales* by American rapper and singer 6ix9ine.
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C.
Error
Error is the fundamental built-in exception type in JavaScript used to represent runtime errors and serve as the base class for more specialized error types.
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D.
So Sad the Song
"So Sad the Song" is a soulful ballad best known from Gladys Knight & the Pips’ 1976 recording, showcasing Gerry Goffin’s emotive songwriting.
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E.
Sorry You Asked
"Sorry You Asked" is a song featured on the album "Gone."
- 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: contains Sad Mac error icon code Target entity description: The Sad Mac error icon code is the built-in Macintosh ROM routine that displays the iconic frowning computer graphic when a hardware or system failure is detected at startup.
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A.
ERRC
ERRC is a Budapest-based international public interest law organization that advocates for and litigates to protect the human rights of Roma across Europe.
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B.
SAD! (Interlude)
"SAD! (Interlude)" is a brief musical piece featured on the album *TattleTales* by American rapper and singer 6ix9ine.
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C.
Error
Error is the fundamental built-in exception type in JavaScript used to represent runtime errors and serve as the base class for more specialized error types.
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D.
So Sad the Song
"So Sad the Song" is a soulful ballad best known from Gladys Knight & the Pips’ 1976 recording, showcasing Gerry Goffin’s emotive songwriting.
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E.
Sorry You Asked
"Sorry You Asked" is a song featured on the album "Gone."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Macintosh firmware component
ⓘ
ROM routine ⓘ error display routine ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Macintosh startup chime and error tones
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh ROM
Sad Mac icon ⓘ |
| cannotRunIf | critical ROM or CPU failure occurs ⓘ |
| designedFor | compact Macintosh computers ⓘ |
| era | classic Mac OS era ⓘ |
| errorIndicationMethod | icon plus hexadecimal error codes ⓘ |
| executedBy | Macintosh 68k CPU during boot ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact | iconic symbol of classic Macintosh hardware failure ⓘ |
| hasFunction | display Sad Mac icon on hardware or system failure ⓘ |
| hasRole |
assist in hardware diagnostics
ⓘ
indicate non-recoverable startup errors ⓘ |
| implementedAs | low-level assembly code in ROM ⓘ |
| introducedFor | early Macintosh models ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Macintosh ROM
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh ROM
|
| nonVolatileStorage | read-only memory ⓘ |
| outputs |
error code pattern
ⓘ
frowning Macintosh computer graphic ⓘ |
| partOf |
Macintosh boot ROM
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh ROM
Macintosh power-on self-test ⓘ |
| platform |
Apple Macintosh
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Macintosh computers
|
| requires | functional minimal video hardware to display icon ⓘ |
| runsDuring | Macintosh startup sequence ⓘ |
| successorTo | later gray screen and kernel panic indicators ⓘ |
| triggersWhen |
hardware failure detected at startup
ⓘ
system failure detected at startup ⓘ |
| usedBy | Macintosh boot firmware ⓘ |
| visualStyle | black-and-white bitmap graphic ⓘ |
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: contains Sad Mac error icon code Description of subject: The Sad Mac error icon code is the built-in Macintosh ROM routine that displays the iconic frowning computer graphic when a hardware or system failure is detected at startup.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.