LisaCalc
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LisaCalc was the spreadsheet application included with Apple's Lisa computer, offering early graphical user interface-based spreadsheet functionality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| LisaCalc canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T615782 — 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: LisaCalc Context triple: [Apple Lisa, bundledSoftware, LisaCalc]
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A.
TI-BASIC
TI-BASIC is a simple, interpreted programming language designed for Texas Instruments graphing calculators, commonly used by students to create custom programs and utilities.
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B.
TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator
The TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator is an advanced Texas Instruments handheld device popular in higher-level math and engineering courses for its powerful symbolic algebra and calculus capabilities.
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C.
TI-84 Plus graphing calculator
The TI-84 Plus graphing calculator is a widely used handheld calculator in education, especially for high school and college math and science courses, known for its graphing, programming, and statistical capabilities.
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D.
TI-83 Plus graphing calculator
The TI-83 Plus graphing calculator is a widely used handheld calculator popular in high school and college math and science courses for its graphing, statistical, and programmable capabilities.
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E.
Wikifunctions
Wikifunctions is a Wikimedia project aimed at creating a collaborative, multilingual catalog of reusable functions that can be called and combined to generate content and support other Wikimedia projects.
- 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: LisaCalc Target entity description: LisaCalc was the spreadsheet application included with Apple's Lisa computer, offering early graphical user interface-based spreadsheet functionality.
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A.
TI-BASIC
TI-BASIC is a simple, interpreted programming language designed for Texas Instruments graphing calculators, commonly used by students to create custom programs and utilities.
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B.
TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator
The TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator is an advanced Texas Instruments handheld device popular in higher-level math and engineering courses for its powerful symbolic algebra and calculus capabilities.
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C.
TI-84 Plus graphing calculator
The TI-84 Plus graphing calculator is a widely used handheld calculator in education, especially for high school and college math and science courses, known for its graphing, programming, and statistical capabilities.
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D.
TI-83 Plus graphing calculator
The TI-83 Plus graphing calculator is a widely used handheld calculator popular in high school and college math and science courses for its graphing, statistical, and programmable capabilities.
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E.
Wikifunctions
Wikifunctions is a Wikimedia project aimed at creating a collaborative, multilingual catalog of reusable functions that can be called and combined to generate content and support other Wikimedia projects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
application software
ⓘ
spreadsheet software ⓘ |
| contemporaneousWith |
Lotus 1-2-3
ⓘ
VisiCalc ⓘ |
| designedFor |
business users
ⓘ
office productivity ⓘ |
| developer |
Apple Computer, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
|
| developerCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distributionModel | bundled software ⓘ |
| feature |
cell-based data entry
ⓘ
cut, copy, and paste operations ⓘ formula support ⓘ graphical menus ⓘ on-screen dialog boxes ⓘ printing of spreadsheets ⓘ recalculation of dependent cells ⓘ window-based interface ⓘ |
| includedWith | Apple Lisa ⓘ |
| inputMethod |
keyboard
ⓘ
mouse ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| notableFor | early GUI-based spreadsheet functionality ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Apple Lisa OS ⓘ |
| partOf | Lisa Office System applications ⓘ |
| platform | Apple Lisa ⓘ |
| releaseDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| runsOnHardware |
Motorola 68000-based Apple Lisa
ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68000 family
|
| softwareGenre | spreadsheet ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user 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: LisaCalc Description of subject: LisaCalc was the spreadsheet application included with Apple's Lisa computer, offering early graphical user interface-based spreadsheet functionality.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.