Apple Lisa
E14399
Apple Lisa was an early 1980s Apple personal computer notable for pioneering a graphical user interface and mouse-driven desktop environment.
All labels observed (15)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T72849 — 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: Apple Lisa Context triple: [Apple Macintosh computers, predecessor, Apple Lisa]
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A.
original Macintosh 128K
The original Macintosh 128K was Apple’s first mass-market personal computer with a graphical user interface and mouse, introduced in 1984 and known for its compact all-in-one design.
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B.
Macintosh Plus
Macintosh Plus is an early Apple Macintosh personal computer model, introduced in 1986, notable for its expanded memory, SCSI support, and improved performance over its predecessors.
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C.
Macintosh SE
The Macintosh SE is a compact all-in-one personal computer introduced by Apple in 1987, notable for adding an internal expansion slot and improved performance to the classic Macintosh line.
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D.
PowerBook
PowerBook is a line of Apple Macintosh laptop computers introduced in the early 1990s that helped define modern notebook design.
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E.
Macintosh II series
The Macintosh II series is a family of modular, expandable Macintosh computers introduced by Apple in the late 1980s that brought color graphics and greater performance to the Macintosh line.
- 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: Apple Lisa Target entity description: Apple Lisa was an early 1980s Apple personal computer notable for pioneering a graphical user interface and mouse-driven desktop environment.
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A.
original Macintosh 128K
The original Macintosh 128K was Apple’s first mass-market personal computer with a graphical user interface and mouse, introduced in 1984 and known for its compact all-in-one design.
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B.
Macintosh Plus
Macintosh Plus is an early Apple Macintosh personal computer model, introduced in 1986, notable for its expanded memory, SCSI support, and improved performance over its predecessors.
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C.
Macintosh SE
The Macintosh SE is a compact all-in-one personal computer introduced by Apple in 1987, notable for adding an internal expansion slot and improved performance to the classic Macintosh line.
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D.
PowerBook
PowerBook is a line of Apple Macintosh laptop computers introduced in the early 1990s that helped define modern notebook design.
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E.
Macintosh II series
The Macintosh II series is a family of modular, expandable Macintosh computers introduced by Apple in the late 1980s that brought color graphics and greater performance to the Macintosh line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple product
ⓘ
desktop computer ⓘ personal computer ⓘ |
| architecture |
Motorola 68000 family
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68000
|
| bundledSoftware |
LisaCalc
ⓘ
LisaDraw ⓘ LisaGraph ⓘ LisaList ⓘ LisaProject ⓘ LisaTerminal ⓘ LisaWrite ⓘ |
| category |
1980s computers
ⓘ
Apple hardware ⓘ graphical user interface ⓘ |
| codename | Lisa ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cpu |
Motorola 68000 family
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68000
|
| cpuClockSpeed | 5 MHz ⓘ |
| developer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
|
| discontinued | 1986 ⓘ |
| displayResolution | 720×364 pixels ⓘ |
| displayType | CRT ⓘ |
| graphics | black-and-white display ⓘ |
| hasPart |
3.5-inch Sony floppy drive
ⓘ
5.25-inch floppy disk drive ⓘ Twiggy floppy drive ⓘ |
| influenced |
Apple Macintosh computers
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Macintosh
|
| influencedBy |
Xerox Alto user interface
ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox Alto
Xerox Star system ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox Star
|
| inputDevice |
keyboard
ⓘ
mouse ⓘ |
| introduced | 1983 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
|
| namedAfter | Lisa Brennan-Jobs ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
cooperative multitasking
ⓘ
document-centric interface ⓘ graphical user interface ⓘ mouse-driven desktop environment ⓘ on-screen icons and windows ⓘ overlapped windows ⓘ protected memory ⓘ pull-down menus ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Lisa OS
ⓘ
MacWorks XL ⓘ |
| originalPrice | 9995 USD ⓘ |
| predecessor | Apple III ⓘ |
| ram |
1 MB
ⓘ
512 KB ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1983-01-19 ⓘ |
| successor |
original Macintosh 128K
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surface form:
Macintosh 128K
Macintosh XL ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
business users
ⓘ
office professionals ⓘ |
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: Apple Lisa Description of subject: Apple Lisa was an early 1980s Apple personal computer notable for pioneering a graphical user interface and mouse-driven desktop environment.
Referenced by (49)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa OS
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa 2/10 (via 68000)
subject surface form:
Macintosh 128K
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa user interface
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa user interface
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa operating system
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa OS
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa personal computer
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa computer
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa computer system
this entity surface form:
Apple LisaWrite
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa 2
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa 2
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa family
subject surface form:
Xerox Alto
subject surface form:
Lisa Office System
subject surface form:
Lisa Office System
subject surface form:
Lisa Office System
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa computer
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa hardware
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa software ecosystem
this entity surface form:
Apple Lisa 1