Compaq Portable
E110677
The Compaq Portable was one of the first successful IBM PC–compatible portable computers, helping to establish Compaq as a major player in the personal computer market in the 1980s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Compaq Portable canonical | 3 |
| Compaq Portable II | 1 |
| Compaq Portable line of computers | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T941631 — 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: Compaq Portable Context triple: [Compaq, notableProduct, Compaq Portable]
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A.
Compaq
Compaq was a major American computer company best known for its popular line of personal computers and for being one of the largest PC manufacturers before its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
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B.
IBM PC
The IBM PC is the original 1981 personal computer model from IBM that became a de facto industry standard and helped popularize home and business computing worldwide.
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C.
IBM PC AT
The IBM PC AT is a second-generation IBM personal computer introduced in 1984 that featured the Intel 80286 processor and set many hardware and expansion standards for business PCs.
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D.
Alto personal computer
The Alto personal computer was an early pioneering workstation developed at Xerox PARC in the 1970s, notable for introducing the graphical user interface, mouse, and desktop metaphor that heavily influenced later personal computers.
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E.
Osborne
Osborne is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across history and contemporary culture.
- 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: Compaq Portable Target entity description: The Compaq Portable was one of the first successful IBM PC–compatible portable computers, helping to establish Compaq as a major player in the personal computer market in the 1980s.
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A.
Compaq
Compaq was a major American computer company best known for its popular line of personal computers and for being one of the largest PC manufacturers before its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard.
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B.
IBM PC
The IBM PC is the original 1981 personal computer model from IBM that became a de facto industry standard and helped popularize home and business computing worldwide.
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C.
IBM PC AT
The IBM PC AT is a second-generation IBM personal computer introduced in 1984 that featured the Intel 80286 processor and set many hardware and expansion standards for business PCs.
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D.
Alto personal computer
The Alto personal computer was an early pioneering workstation developed at Xerox PARC in the 1970s, notable for introducing the graphical user interface, mouse, and desktop metaphor that heavily influenced later personal computers.
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E.
Osborne
Osborne is a surname of English origin borne by various notable individuals across history and contemporary culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IBM PC compatible
ⓘ
portable computer ⓘ |
| announcedInMonth | November 1982 ⓘ |
| brand | Compaq ⓘ |
| busArchitecture | IBM PC XT compatible expansion slots ⓘ |
| category |
1980s personal computers
ⓘ
x86-based personal computers ⓘ |
| color | beige ⓘ |
| companyFoundedBy |
Bill Murto
ⓘ
Jim Harris ⓘ Rod Canion ⓘ |
| compatibilityGoal | full IBM PC BIOS compatibility ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cpu | Intel 8088 ⓘ |
| cpuClockSpeed | 4.77 MHz ⓘ |
| defaultFloppyConfiguration | dual 5.25-inch 360 KB floppy drives ⓘ |
| designedIn |
Houston
ⓘ
surface form:
Houston, Texas
|
| displayResolution | text mode 80x25 characters ⓘ |
| displayType | 9-inch monochrome CRT ⓘ |
| formFactor | suitcase-style luggable ⓘ |
| graphicsStandard | MDA compatible ⓘ |
| hasBuiltInKeyboard | true ⓘ |
| hasInternalBattery | false ⓘ |
| hasPointingDevice | false ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent portable IBM PC compatibles ⓘ |
| inputDevice | keyboard ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| keyboardConnection | proprietary connector ⓘ |
| keyboardType | detachable full-size keyboard ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Compaq ⓘ |
| marketedAs | luggable computer ⓘ |
| marketPosition | business portable computer ⓘ |
| maxRam | 640 KB ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the first successful IBM PC compatible portables
ⓘ
helping establish Compaq as a major PC vendor ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
MS-DOS
ⓘ
MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form:
PC DOS
|
| optionalStorage | 10 MB hard disk ⓘ |
| powerSource | AC mains only ⓘ |
| predecessor | none (first Compaq computer) ⓘ |
| ram | 128 KB base RAM ⓘ |
| storage | 5.25-inch floppy disk drives ⓘ |
| successor |
Compaq Portable
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Compaq Portable II
|
| systemBus | ISA ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
business travelers
ⓘ
corporate users ⓘ |
| weight | approximately 28 pounds ⓘ |
| wordSize | 16-bit ⓘ |
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: Compaq Portable Description of subject: The Compaq Portable was one of the first successful IBM PC–compatible portable computers, helping to establish Compaq as a major player in the personal computer market in the 1980s.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Compaq Portable II
this entity surface form:
Compaq Portable line of computers