Steve
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Steve is the familiar given name of Stephen Gary Wozniak, the pioneering American computer engineer and co-founder of Apple Inc.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Steve canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6015424 — 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: Steve Context triple: [Stephen Gary Wozniak, hasGivenName, Steve]
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A.
Steve
Steve is a central white homeowner character in the play "Clybourne Park," often embodying the tensions and awkward defenses of privilege in the story’s exploration of race and gentrification.
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B.
Steven
Steven is the given first name of American film producer and New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch.
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C.
Steven
Steven is the given first name of Steve Albini, the influential American musician, recording engineer, and producer known for his work with numerous alternative rock bands.
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D.
Steven
Steven is the birth name of Steve Jobs, the influential co-founder and longtime leader of Apple Inc.
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E.
Steven
Steven is the given name of renowned American filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
- 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: Steve Target entity description: Steve is the familiar given name of Stephen Gary Wozniak, the pioneering American computer engineer and co-founder of Apple Inc.
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A.
Steve
Steve is a central white homeowner character in the play "Clybourne Park," often embodying the tensions and awkward defenses of privilege in the story’s exploration of race and gentrification.
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B.
Steven
Steven is a masculine given name of English origin, often used as a variant of Stephen.
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C.
Steven
Steven is the given first name of American film producer and New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch.
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D.
Steven
Steven is the given name of renowned American filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
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E.
Steven
Steven is the birth name of Steve Jobs, the influential co-founder and longtime leader of Apple Inc.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer engineer
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entrepreneur ⓘ human ⓘ |
| authorOf | iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award
NERFINISHED
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National Medal of Technology and Innovation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Stephen Gary Wozniak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounded | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderWith |
Ronald Wayne
NERFINISHED
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Steve Jobs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1950-08-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
De Anza College
NERFINISHED
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Homestead High School NERFINISHED ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Polish American (paternal descent) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Wozniak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
consumer electronics
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microcomputers ⓘ personal computers ⓘ |
| founded |
CL 9
NERFINISHED
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Wheels of Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | technology memoir ⓘ |
| givenName | Steve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNickname | Woz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | personal computer industry ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding Apple Inc.
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designing early Apple computers ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Apple Computer founding team ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
designed the Apple I single-board computer
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pioneered affordable personal computing ⓘ principal designer of the Apple II computer ⓘ |
| notableRole | early designer of Apple Computer hardware and firmware ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Apple Computer hardware design
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Apple I NERFINISHED ⓘ Apple II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer engineer
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electronics engineer ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ inventor ⓘ programmer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Homebrew Computer Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | San Jose, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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: Steve Description of subject: Steve is the familiar given name of Stephen Gary Wozniak, the pioneering American computer engineer and co-founder of Apple Inc.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Stephen Gary Wozniak