The Old Reader
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The Old Reader is a web-based RSS feed reader created as a community-driven alternative to Google Reader, offering a familiar interface and social sharing features.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Old Reader canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8108767 — 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 Old Reader Context triple: [Google Reader, successorByCommunity, The Old Reader]
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A.
The Old Lady
The Old Lady is a recurring comic character from Fontaine Fox’s early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for embodying the quaint, humorous charm of small-town life.
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B.
Casa del Lector
Casa del Lector is a cultural center in Madrid dedicated to reading, literature, and the promotion of literary arts through exhibitions, workshops, and educational activities.
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C.
The Old People
"The Old People" is a short story by William Faulkner that forms part of his collection *Go Down, Moses*, exploring themes of heritage, race, and the Southern wilderness through a young boy’s hunting experiences.
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D.
The Old Man
The Old Man is the underworld nickname of Russell Bufalino, a powerful mid-20th-century American mob boss associated with the Bufalino crime family and alleged ties to major organized crime events.
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E.
The Old Fox
The Old Fox was the nickname of Clark Griffith, a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher, manager, and longtime owner of the Washington Senators known for his shrewd leadership and strategic acumen.
- 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 Old Reader Target entity description: The Old Reader is a web-based RSS feed reader created as a community-driven alternative to Google Reader, offering a familiar interface and social sharing features.
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A.
The Old Lady
The Old Lady is a recurring comic character from Fontaine Fox’s early 20th-century newspaper strip "Toonerville Folks," known for embodying the quaint, humorous charm of small-town life.
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B.
Casa del Lector
Casa del Lector is a cultural center in Madrid dedicated to reading, literature, and the promotion of literary arts through exhibitions, workshops, and educational activities.
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C.
The Old People
"The Old People" is a short story by William Faulkner that forms part of his collection *Go Down, Moses*, exploring themes of heritage, race, and the Southern wilderness through a young boy’s hunting experiences.
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D.
The Old Man
The Old Man is the underworld nickname of Russell Bufalino, a powerful mid-20th-century American mob boss associated with the Bufalino crime family and alleged ties to major organized crime events.
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E.
The Old Fox
The Old Fox was the nickname of Clark Griffith, a Hall of Fame Major League Baseball pitcher, manager, and longtime owner of the Washington Senators known for his shrewd leadership and strategic acumen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
web application
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web-based RSS feed reader ⓘ |
| accessibleVia | web browser ⓘ |
| contentType |
blog posts
ⓘ
news feeds ⓘ podcast feeds ⓘ |
| createdAs | community-driven alternative to Google Reader ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
TOR
NERFINISHED
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TheOldReader.com NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBusinessModel | freemium ⓘ |
| hasDesignGoal |
emphasis on social reading and sharing
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familiar interface similar to Google Reader ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
basic analytics on unread counts
ⓘ
export of subscriptions via OPML ⓘ feed filtering by folder or tag ⓘ feed organization into folders ⓘ following other users ⓘ import of subscriptions via OPML ⓘ integration with external sharing services ⓘ keyboard shortcuts ⓘ mark all as read ⓘ mobile-friendly web interface ⓘ public shared feed pages ⓘ search within feeds ⓘ sharing items with comments ⓘ social sharing ⓘ sort by newest or oldest ⓘ starred or favorited items ⓘ subscription management ⓘ unread items tracking ⓘ viewing full content where feeds provide it ⓘ |
| hasUserInterfaceType | web interface ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://theoldreader.com ⓘ |
| offersServiceTier |
free plan
ⓘ
paid premium plan ⓘ |
| operatesAs | software as a service ⓘ |
| premiumPlanIncludes |
additional features compared to free tier
ⓘ
faster feed updates ⓘ higher subscription limits ⓘ |
| requires | user account registration ⓘ |
| supportsAuthenticationMethod | email and password login ⓘ |
| supportsDataExportFormat | OPML NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsDataFormat | XML-based feeds ⓘ |
| supportsDataImportFormat | OPML NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
Atom
ⓘ
RSS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetUserGroup |
former Google Reader users
ⓘ
users of RSS and Atom feeds ⓘ |
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 Old Reader Description of subject: The Old Reader is a web-based RSS feed reader created as a community-driven alternative to Google Reader, offering a familiar interface and social sharing features.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.