The Home Computer Revolution
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The Home Computer Revolution is a 1970s-era book by hypertext pioneer Ted Nelson that explores the social and cultural implications of emerging personal computer technology.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Home Computer Revolution canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T549 — 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: The Home Computer Revolution Context triple: [Ted Nelson, authored, The Home Computer Revolution]
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A.
Computer Lib / Dream Machines
Computer Lib / Dream Machines is a pioneering 1974 book by Ted Nelson that passionately advocates for personal computing, hypertext, and user empowerment in the digital age.
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B.
1968 Mother of All Demos
The 1968 Mother of All Demos was a groundbreaking computer demonstration by Douglas Engelbart that introduced revolutionary concepts such as the computer mouse, hypertext, video conferencing, and collaborative real-time editing.
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C.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
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D.
Man-Computer Symbiosis
Man-Computer Symbiosis is a seminal 1960 essay by J. C. R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, cooperative partnerships between humans and computers, laying conceptual foundations for modern interactive computing and the internet.
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E.
Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias
"Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias" is a section of Vannevar Bush’s essay "As We May Think" that envisions future, highly interconnected and dynamically organized knowledge systems beyond traditional printed encyclopedias.
- 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: The Home Computer Revolution Target entity description: The Home Computer Revolution is a 1970s-era book by hypertext pioneer Ted Nelson that explores the social and cultural implications of emerging personal computer technology.
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A.
Computer Lib / Dream Machines
Computer Lib / Dream Machines is a pioneering 1974 book by Ted Nelson that passionately advocates for personal computing, hypertext, and user empowerment in the digital age.
-
B.
1968 Mother of All Demos
The 1968 Mother of All Demos was a groundbreaking computer demonstration by Douglas Engelbart that introduced revolutionary concepts such as the computer mouse, hypertext, video conferencing, and collaborative real-time editing.
-
C.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
-
D.
Man-Computer Symbiosis
Man-Computer Symbiosis is a seminal 1960 essay by J. C. R. Licklider that envisioned interactive, cooperative partnerships between humans and computers, laying conceptual foundations for modern interactive computing and the internet.
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E.
Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias
"Wholly New Forms of Encyclopedias" is a section of Vannevar Bush’s essay "As We May Think" that envisions future, highly interconnected and dynamically organized knowledge systems beyond traditional printed encyclopedias.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| associatedWith | hypertext ⓘ |
| author | Ted Nelson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| describes | emerging personal computer technology ⓘ |
| era | early personal computing era ⓘ |
| explores |
future of personal computing
ⓘ
potential democratization of computing ⓘ relationship between people and computers ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
cultural implications of personal computers
ⓘ
social implications of personal computers ⓘ |
| format | print ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
ⓘ
technology ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation | hypertext pioneer ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
computer enthusiasts
ⓘ
general readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
cultural impact of computing
ⓘ
home computers ⓘ personal computers ⓘ social impact of computing ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | 1970s ⓘ |
| workOf | Ted Nelson ⓘ |
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: The Home Computer Revolution Description of subject: The Home Computer Revolution is a 1970s-era book by hypertext pioneer Ted Nelson that explores the social and cultural implications of emerging personal computer technology.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.