HM
E240733
HM is a prefix used for classes and APIs in Apple's HomeKit framework, which enables communication and control of smart home accessories on iOS and other Apple platforms.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HM canonical | 1 |
| HMErrorDomain | 1 |
| HMTrigger | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2166210 — 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: HM Context triple: [HomeKit framework, primaryClassPrefix, HM]
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A.
HM
HM is an abbreviation commonly used as a formal title for a reigning queen or king, standing for "Her Majesty" or "His Majesty."
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B.
MH
MH is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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C.
MH
MH is the two-letter IATA airline designator used to identify Malaysia Airlines on tickets, timetables, and flight numbers.
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D.
MH
MH is the official vehicle registration code assigned to the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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E.
HN
HN is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Honduras.
- 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: HM Target entity description: HM is a prefix used for classes and APIs in Apple's HomeKit framework, which enables communication and control of smart home accessories on iOS and other Apple platforms.
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A.
HM
HM is an abbreviation commonly used as a formal title for a reigning queen or king, standing for "Her Majesty" or "His Majesty."
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B.
MH
MH is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
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C.
MH
MH is the two-letter IATA airline designator used to identify Malaysia Airlines on tickets, timetables, and flight numbers.
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D.
MH
MH is the official vehicle registration code assigned to the Indian state of Maharashtra.
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E.
HN
HN is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to Honduras.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
API prefix
ⓘ
class prefix ⓘ |
| associatedWith | HomeKit framework ⓘ |
| definedBy |
Apple Developer Documentation
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple developer documentation
|
| designConventionOf |
HomeKit framework
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple HomeKit SDK
|
| languageContext |
Objective-C
ⓘ
Swift ⓘ |
| namespaceFor |
HomeKit classes
ⓘ
HomeKit data types ⓘ |
| partOf | Apple smart home ecosystem ⓘ |
| prefixOf |
HomeKit framework
ⓘ
surface form:
HMAccessory
HomeKit framework ⓘ
surface form:
HMAccessoryBrowser
HMAction ⓘ HMActionSet ⓘ HMCharacteristic ⓘ HMCharacteristicEvent ⓘ HM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
HMErrorDomain
HMEventTrigger ⓘ HMHome ⓘ HMHomeManager ⓘ HMLocationEvent ⓘ HMRoom ⓘ HMService ⓘ HMTimeEvent ⓘ HM self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
HMTrigger
HMUser ⓘ HMZone ⓘ |
| relatedTo | HomeKit Accessory Protocol ⓘ |
| scope | home automation domain ⓘ |
| usedByCompany | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| usedFor |
home automation APIs
ⓘ
smart home accessories control ⓘ |
| usedInFramework |
HomeKit framework
ⓘ
surface form:
HomeKit
|
| usedOnPlatform |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
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: HM Description of subject: HM is a prefix used for classes and APIs in Apple's HomeKit framework, which enables communication and control of smart home accessories on iOS and other Apple platforms.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.