Lynx
E2821
Lynx is a high-speed serial computer bus interface standard, better known as IEEE 1394 or FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lynx canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12859 — 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: Lynx Context triple: [IEEE 1394, alsoKnownAs, Lynx]
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A.
Beaver
Beaver was one of the British ships in Boston Harbor whose tea cargo was destroyed during the Boston Tea Party protest in 1773.
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B.
Beavers
The Beavers are the athletic teams representing Oregon State University in NCAA Division I sports.
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C.
mule deer
The mule deer is a North American deer species known for its large, mule-like ears and adaptability to a wide range of habitats, from mountains and forests to deserts.
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D.
Blades the Bruin
Blades the Bruin is the official anthropomorphic bear mascot of the NHL’s Boston Bruins, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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E.
Lick
Lick is the nickname of Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, a pioneering American computer scientist whose ideas helped lay the foundations for interactive computing and the internet.
- 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: Lynx Target entity description: Lynx is a high-speed serial computer bus interface standard, better known as IEEE 1394 or FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices.
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A.
Beaver
Beaver was one of the British ships in Boston Harbor whose tea cargo was destroyed during the Boston Tea Party protest in 1773.
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B.
Beavers
The Beavers are the athletic teams representing Oregon State University in NCAA Division I sports.
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C.
mule deer
The mule deer is a North American deer species known for its large, mule-like ears and adaptability to a wide range of habitats, from mountains and forests to deserts.
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D.
Blades the Bruin
Blades the Bruin is the official anthropomorphic bear mascot of the NHL’s Boston Bruins, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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E.
Lick
Lick is the nickname of Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, a pioneering American computer scientist whose ideas helped lay the foundations for interactive computing and the internet.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer bus interface standard
ⓘ
high-speed serial bus ⓘ serial bus ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
DV port
ⓘ
IEEE 1394 ⓘ
surface form:
FireWire
IEEE 1394 ⓘ i.LINK ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Thunderbolt
ⓘ
USB ⓘ |
| dataTransferType | serial ⓘ |
| designedFor |
low-latency data transfer
ⓘ
real-time audio and video applications ⓘ |
| hasBusArbitration | distributed arbitration ⓘ |
| hasConnectorType |
4-pin FireWire connector
ⓘ
6-pin FireWire connector ⓘ 9-pin FireWire 800 connector ⓘ |
| hasIEEEStandardNumber | 1394 ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
IEEE 1394
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 1394-1995
IEEE 1394 ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 1394a-2000
IEEE 1394 ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 1394b-2002
|
| maximumDataRate |
100 Mbit/s (S100, original spec)
ⓘ
1600 Mbit/s (S1600, 1394b extension) ⓘ 200 Mbit/s (S200, original spec) ⓘ 3200 Mbit/s (S3200, 1394b extension) ⓘ 400 Mbit/s (S400, original spec) ⓘ 800 Mbit/s (S800, 1394b) ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE
|
| supports | real-time data transfer ⓘ |
| supportsBusReset | yes ⓘ |
| supportsCableLength | up to 4.5 meters per segment ⓘ |
| supportsDeviceCount | up to 63 devices ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
asynchronous data transfer
ⓘ
hot swapping ⓘ isochronous data transfer ⓘ peer-to-peer communication ⓘ plug and play ⓘ |
| supportsPowerDelivery |
up to about 45 watts (implementation-dependent)
ⓘ
yes ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
IEEE 1394
ⓘ
surface form:
AV/C (Audio/Video Control)
IP over 1394 ⓘ IEEE 1394 ⓘ
surface form:
SBP-2 (Serial Bus Protocol 2)
|
| topology |
daisy-chain
ⓘ
tree topology ⓘ |
| usedFor |
audio interfaces
ⓘ
connecting digital devices ⓘ digital camcorders ⓘ external storage devices ⓘ multimedia data transfer ⓘ professional audio equipment ⓘ video capture devices ⓘ |
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: Lynx Description of subject: Lynx is a high-speed serial computer bus interface standard, better known as IEEE 1394 or FireWire, used for real-time data transfer between digital devices.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.