Commodore International
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Commodore International was a pioneering computer and electronics company best known for creating popular home computers like the Commodore 64 and the Amiga line.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Commodore International canonical | 29 |
| Commodore Business Machines | 4 |
| Commodore Portable Typewriter Company | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1774642 — 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: Commodore International Context triple: [Commodore Amiga 1000, manufacturer, Commodore International]
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A.
Acorn Computers
Acorn Computers was a pioneering British computer company best known for developing early personal computers and creating the ARM architecture that became foundational in modern computing devices.
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B.
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc. was a pioneering American video game and home computer company best known for popularizing arcade games and early home consoles like the Atari 2600.
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C.
International Computers Limited
International Computers Limited was a major British computer manufacturer and information technology company that played a significant role in the UK computing industry during the mid-to-late 20th century.
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D.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
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E.
Ferranti
Ferranti was a pioneering British electrical engineering and computer company known for its early work in power systems and some of the first commercial computers.
- 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: Commodore International Target entity description: Commodore International was a pioneering computer and electronics company best known for creating popular home computers like the Commodore 64 and the Amiga line.
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A.
Acorn Computers
Acorn Computers was a pioneering British computer company best known for developing early personal computers and creating the ARM architecture that became foundational in modern computing devices.
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B.
Atari, Inc.
Atari, Inc. was a pioneering American video game and home computer company best known for popularizing arcade games and early home consoles like the Atari 2600.
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C.
International Computers Limited
International Computers Limited was a major British computer manufacturer and information technology company that played a significant role in the UK computing industry during the mid-to-late 20th century.
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D.
Busicom
Busicom was a Japanese calculator and electronics company best known for commissioning the Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor.
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E.
Ferranti
Ferranti was a pioneering British electrical engineering and computer company known for its early work in power systems and some of the first commercial computers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer company
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electronics company ⓘ home computer manufacturer ⓘ |
| acquired |
Amiga Corporation (originally)
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surface form:
Amiga Corporation
|
| acquisitionYear | 1984 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dissolutionDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| fate | bankruptcy ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jack Tramiel ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
West Chester, Pennsylvania
|
| inception | 1954 ⓘ |
| industry |
computers
ⓘ
consumer electronics ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Irving Gould
ⓘ
Jack Tramiel ⓘ Mehdi Ali ⓘ Thomas Rattigan ⓘ |
| market |
education market
ⓘ
home computer market ⓘ small business computing market ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
introduction of the Amiga 1000 in 1985
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introduction of the Commodore 64 in 1982 ⓘ introduction of the Commodore PET in 1977 ⓘ introduction of the VIC-20 in 1980 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing the Amiga line of multimedia computers
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popularizing home computers in the 1980s ⓘ producing the best-selling Commodore 64 home computer ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Commodore Amiga 1000
ⓘ
surface form:
Amiga 1000
Commodore Amiga 1200 ⓘ
surface form:
Amiga 1200
Commodore Amiga 2000 ⓘ
surface form:
Amiga 2000
Commodore Amiga 4000 ⓘ
surface form:
Amiga 4000
Commodore Amiga 500 ⓘ
surface form:
Amiga 500
Amiga CD32 ⓘ Commodore 64 ⓘ Commodore PET ⓘ Commodore VIC-20 ⓘ |
| originalName |
Commodore International
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Commodore Portable Typewriter Company
|
| ownedBrand |
Amiga
ⓘ
Commodore ⓘ |
| parentCompanyOf |
Commodore International
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Commodore Business Machines
|
| productType |
calculators
ⓘ
disk drives ⓘ home computers ⓘ monitors ⓘ personal computers ⓘ printers ⓘ typewriters ⓘ video game consoles ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
Amiga Corporation (originally)
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surface form:
Amiga, Inc. (original Amiga Corporation after acquisition)
|
| tickerSymbol | CBU ⓘ |
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: Commodore International Description of subject: Commodore International was a pioneering computer and electronics company best known for creating popular home computers like the Commodore 64 and the Amiga line.
Referenced by (35)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Commodore Business Machines
this entity surface form:
Commodore Portable Typewriter Company
this entity surface form:
Commodore Business Machines
subject surface form:
Original Amiga chipset
subject surface form:
Original Amiga chipset
subject surface form:
Amiga Corporation
subject surface form:
Commodore International
this entity surface form:
Commodore Portable Typewriter Company
subject surface form:
Commodore International
this entity surface form:
Commodore Business Machines