WordStar
E744094
WordStar is a pioneering word processing software program that was widely used on early personal computers in the late 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (9)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WordStar canonical | 3 |
| New WordStar | 1 |
| WordStar 2000 | 1 |
| WordStar 3.0 | 1 |
| WordStar 3.3 | 1 |
| WordStar 4.0 | 1 |
| WordStar 5.0 | 1 |
| WordStar 6.0 | 1 |
| WordStar 7.0 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8570671 — 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: WordStar Context triple: [Kaypro computers, softwareBundle, WordStar]
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A.
Corel WordPerfect Office
Corel WordPerfect Office is an office productivity suite by Corel that includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and related tools, historically popular as an alternative to Microsoft Office.
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B.
Lotus Word Pro
Lotus Word Pro is a word processing application developed by Lotus as part of the Lotus SmartSuite office productivity package.
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C.
WordPad
WordPad is a basic word processing application for Microsoft Windows that offers more features than Notepad but fewer than full office suites like Microsoft Word.
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D.
MacWrite
MacWrite was one of the first WYSIWYG word processors for the original Macintosh, showcasing the platform’s graphical user interface and desktop publishing capabilities.
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E.
Word
Word is Microsoft’s widely used word processing application for creating, editing, and formatting text documents.
- 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: WordStar Target entity description: WordStar is a pioneering word processing software program that was widely used on early personal computers in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
Corel WordPerfect Office
Corel WordPerfect Office is an office productivity suite by Corel that includes word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and related tools, historically popular as an alternative to Microsoft Office.
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B.
Lotus Word Pro
Lotus Word Pro is a word processing application developed by Lotus as part of the Lotus SmartSuite office productivity package.
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C.
WordPad
WordPad is a basic word processing application for Microsoft Windows that offers more features than Notepad but fewer than full office suites like Microsoft Word.
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D.
MacWrite
MacWrite was one of the first WYSIWYG word processors for the original Macintosh, showcasing the platform’s graphical user interface and desktop publishing capabilities.
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E.
Word
Word is Microsoft’s widely used word processing application for creating, editing, and formatting text documents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
application software
ⓘ
software product ⓘ word processing software ⓘ |
| commercialSuccess |
best-selling word processor for CP/M systems
ⓘ
one of the leading word processors for MS-DOS in the early 1980s ⓘ |
| competition |
Microsoft Word
ⓘ
linked to:
Word
Multimate ⓘ Volkswriter ⓘ WordPerfect ⓘ
linked to:
Corel WordPerfect Office
|
| designCharacteristic |
control-key command interface
ⓘ
cursor movement via control keys ⓘ |
| developer | MicroPro International ⓘ |
| distributionModel | commercial software ⓘ |
| feature |
block move and copy
ⓘ
dot commands ⓘ footnotes support ⓘ headers and footers ⓘ mail merge ⓘ non-document mode ⓘ printer control codes ⓘ search and replace ⓘ word wrap ⓘ |
| fileFormat |
.ws
ⓘ
.ws2 ⓘ .ws7 ⓘ |
| genre | word processor ⓘ |
| inception | late 1970s ⓘ |
| influenced |
Borland Sprint
ⓘ
linked to:
Borland
Microsoft Word for DOS ⓘ PC-Write ⓘ WordPerfect ⓘ
linked to:
Corel WordPerfect Office
|
| influencedBy | NLS word processing concepts ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 1978 ⓘ |
| inputMethod | keyboard-driven commands ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first widely used word processors for microcomputers
ⓘ
complex but powerful keyboard command system ⓘ widespread use by professional writers ⓘ |
| notableVersion |
WordStar 3.0
ⓘ
linked to:
WordStar
WordStar 3.3 ⓘ
linked to:
WordStar
WordStar 4.0 ⓘ
linked to:
WordStar
WordStar 5.0 ⓘ
linked to:
WordStar
WordStar 6.0 ⓘ
linked to:
WordStar
WordStar 7.0 ⓘ
linked to:
WordStar
|
| operatingSystem |
Amstrad PCW CP/M
ⓘ
linked to:
Amstrad PCW
Apple II ⓘ CP/M ⓘ CP/M-86 ⓘ Kaypro CP/M ⓘ
linked to:
CP/M
MS-DOS ⓘ Osborne 1 CP/M ⓘ
linked to:
Osborne 1
PC DOS ⓘ
linked to:
MS-DOS
|
| originalAuthor |
John Robbins Barnaby
ⓘ
Rob Barnaby ⓘ |
| peakPopularityPeriod |
early 1980s
ⓘ
mid 1980s ⓘ |
| platform |
early personal computers
ⓘ
microcomputers ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | assembly language ⓘ |
| publisher | MicroPro International ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor |
New WordStar
ⓘ
linked to:
WordStar
WordStar 2000 ⓘ
linked to:
WordStar
|
| usedBy |
Arthur C. Clarke
ⓘ
George R. R. Martin ⓘ Robert J. Sawyer ⓘ |
| userInterface |
character-based interface
ⓘ
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: WordStar Description of subject: WordStar is a pioneering word processing software program that was widely used on early personal computers in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: WordStar
linked to: WordStar
linked to: WordStar
linked to: WordStar
linked to: WordStar
linked to: WordStar