NSArray
E770627
NSArray is an Objective-C class in Apple’s Foundation framework that represents an ordered, immutable collection of objects.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NSArray canonical | 5 |
| Foundation/NSArray.h | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9004015 — 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: NSArray Context triple: [Foundation framework, includes, NSArray]
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A.
Array
Array is a fundamental Swift collection type that stores an ordered, indexable list of values of the same type.
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B.
ARRAY
ARRAY is a film distribution and resource collective dedicated to amplifying the work of women and people of color in the independent film industry.
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C.
NSString
NSString is an Objective-C class representing immutable Unicode strings, widely used as the primary string type in Apple’s Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks.
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D.
System.Array
System.Array is the fundamental base class in .NET for all arrays, providing common methods and properties for creating, manipulating, and accessing fixed-size collections of elements.
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E.
NSData
NSData is a fundamental Objective-C class in Apple’s Foundation framework that represents immutable raw binary data.
- 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: NSArray Target entity description: NSArray is an Objective-C class in Apple’s Foundation framework that represents an ordered, immutable collection of objects.
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A.
Array
Array is a fundamental Swift collection type that stores an ordered, indexable list of values of the same type.
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B.
ARRAY
ARRAY is a film distribution and resource collective dedicated to amplifying the work of women and people of color in the independent film industry.
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C.
NSString
NSString is an Objective-C class representing immutable Unicode strings, widely used as the primary string type in Apple’s Cocoa and Cocoa Touch frameworks.
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D.
System.Array
System.Array is the fundamental base class in .NET for all arrays, providing common methods and properties for creating, manipulating, and accessing fixed-size collections of elements.
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E.
NSData
NSData is a fundamental Objective-C class in Apple’s Foundation framework that represents immutable raw binary data.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Foundation framework class
ⓘ
Objective-C class ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
-firstObject
ⓘ
-lastObject ⓘ -objectAtIndex: ⓘ |
| bridgedTo |
Swift Array
ⓘ
linked to:
Array
|
| collectionType | ordered collection ⓘ |
| conformsTo |
NSCopying
ⓘ
NSFastEnumeration ⓘ NSMutableCopying ⓘ NSSecureCoding ⓘ |
| creationMethod |
+array
ⓘ
+arrayWithArray: ⓘ +arrayWithObject: ⓘ +arrayWithObjects: ⓘ |
| definedInFramework | Foundation ⓘ |
| definedInModule | Foundation ⓘ |
| descriptionMethod | -description ⓘ |
| elementType | Objective-C object ⓘ |
| enumerationMethod | -enumerateObjectsUsingBlock: ⓘ |
| hasMutableSubclass | NSMutableArray ⓘ |
| headerFile |
Foundation/NSArray.h
ⓘ
linked to:
NSArray
|
| initializationMethod |
-initWithArray:
ⓘ
-initWithObjects: ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
NeXTSTEP Foundation
ⓘ
linked to:
NeXTSTEP Foundation Kit
|
| isGenericInSwift | YES ⓘ |
| joiningMethod | -componentsJoinedByString: ⓘ |
| mutability | immutable ⓘ |
| nullabilityAnnotation | nullable elements ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| platform |
Apple
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
iOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Objective-C ⓘ |
| queryMethod |
-containsObject:
ⓘ
-indexOfObject: ⓘ |
| sortingMethod |
-sortedArrayUsingComparator:
ⓘ
-sortedArrayUsingSelector: ⓘ |
| storesRetainedObjects | YES ⓘ |
| subarrayMethod | -subarrayWithRange: ⓘ |
| superclass | NSObject ⓘ |
| supportsFastEnumeration | YES ⓘ |
| supportsKVC | YES ⓘ |
| supportsKVO | YES ⓘ |
| threadSafety | instances are generally immutable and thread-safe ⓘ |
| tollFreeBridgedTo | CFArrayRef ⓘ |
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: NSArray Description of subject: NSArray is an Objective-C class in Apple’s Foundation framework that represents an ordered, immutable collection of objects.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: NSArray