Apple WWDC 2018
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Apple WWDC 2018 was Apple’s annual developer conference held in June 2018, where the company unveiled major updates to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WWDC 2018 | 4 |
| Apple WWDC 2018 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5100819 — 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 WWDC 2018 Context triple: [Apple WWDC 2017, followedBy, Apple WWDC 2018]
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A.
Apple WWDC 2017
Apple WWDC 2017 was Apple’s annual developer conference held in June 2017, where the company unveiled major software updates across its platforms and introduced new hardware including the HomePod smart speaker.
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B.
WWDC 2019
WWDC 2019 was Apple’s annual developer conference in 2019, notable for major software announcements across its platforms and the unveiling of new developer technologies.
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C.
Apple WWDC 2022
Apple WWDC 2022 was Apple’s annual developer conference where the company unveiled major software updates across its platforms and introduced new hardware including the M2 chip.
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D.
WWDC 2016
WWDC 2016 was Apple’s annual developer conference where it unveiled major software updates across its platforms, including iOS 10, macOS Sierra, watchOS 3, and tvOS 10.
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E.
WWDC 2023
WWDC 2023 was Apple’s annual developer conference where it unveiled major software updates and new platforms, including the introduction of its mixed-reality ecosystem.
- 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 WWDC 2018 Target entity description: Apple WWDC 2018 was Apple’s annual developer conference held in June 2018, where the company unveiled major updates to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
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A.
Apple WWDC 2017
Apple WWDC 2017 was Apple’s annual developer conference held in June 2017, where the company unveiled major software updates across its platforms and introduced new hardware including the HomePod smart speaker.
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B.
WWDC 2019
WWDC 2019 was Apple’s annual developer conference in 2019, notable for major software announcements across its platforms and the unveiling of new developer technologies.
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C.
Apple WWDC 2022
Apple WWDC 2022 was Apple’s annual developer conference where the company unveiled major software updates across its platforms and introduced new hardware including the M2 chip.
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D.
WWDC 2016
WWDC 2016 was Apple’s annual developer conference where it unveiled major software updates across its platforms, including iOS 10, macOS Sierra, watchOS 3, and tvOS 10.
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E.
WWDC 2023
WWDC 2023 was Apple’s annual developer conference where it unveiled major software updates and new platforms, including the introduction of its mixed-reality ecosystem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
ⓘ
technology conference ⓘ |
| announced |
ARKit 2
ⓘ
linked to:
ARKit framework
Core ML 2 ⓘ
linked to:
Core ML
Create ML ⓘ Do Not Disturb enhancements in iOS 12 ⓘ Grouped FaceTime announcement (later delayed) ⓘ Grouped Notifications in iOS 12 ⓘ Measure app for iOS ⓘ Memoji ⓘ
linked to:
Animoji and Memoji
Metal 2 enhancements ⓘ Screen Time ⓘ Shared AR experiences via ARKit 2 ⓘ Siri Shortcuts ⓘ
linked to:
Shortcuts
Siri Suggestions in iOS 12 ⓘ USDZ AR file format ⓘ iOS 12 ⓘ macOS Mojave ⓘ macOS Mojave Dark Mode ⓘ
linked to:
macOS Mojave
macOS Mojave Desktop Stacks ⓘ macOS Mojave Dynamic Desktop ⓘ macOS Mojave redesigned Mac App Store ⓘ tvOS 12 ⓘ
linked to:
tvOS
tvOS 12 Dolby Atmos support ⓘ tvOS 12 Zero Sign-On ⓘ
linked to:
tvOS
watchOS 5 ⓘ
linked to:
watchOS
watchOS 5 Activity Competitions ⓘ
linked to:
watchOS
watchOS 5 Walkie-Talkie feature ⓘ watchOS 5 automatic workout detection ⓘ |
| approximateTicketPriceUSD | 1599 ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| endDate | 2018-06-08 ⓘ |
| focus |
augmented reality
ⓘ
digital wellbeing features ⓘ machine learning ⓘ performance improvements in iOS 12 ⓘ stability and reliability ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Apple WWDC 2019
ⓘ
linked to:
WWDC 2019
|
| follows | Apple WWDC 2017 ⓘ |
| hasKeynoteSpeaker |
Craig Federighi
ⓘ
Eddy Cue ⓘ Kevin Lynch ⓘ Tim Cook ⓘ |
| location |
San Jose, California
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose
|
| mainSubject |
Apple platforms
ⓘ
software development ⓘ |
| organizer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Apple WWDC ⓘ |
| startDate | 2018-06-04 ⓘ |
| ticketDistribution | lottery system ⓘ |
| venue | McEnery Convention Center ⓘ |
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 WWDC 2018 Description of subject: Apple WWDC 2018 was Apple’s annual developer conference held in June 2018, where the company unveiled major updates to iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Apple WWDC 2018
linked to: Apple WWDC 2018