IRIS GL
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IRIS GL is an early proprietary 3D graphics application programming interface developed by Silicon Graphics that served as a precursor to OpenGL.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IRIS GL canonical | 4 |
| IRIS GL (historically) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8602969 — 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: IRIS GL Context triple: [Silicon Graphics workstations, graphicsAPI, IRIS GL]
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A.
Iris
Iris is a 2001 British biographical drama film about the life and relationships of novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch.
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B.
Iris
"Iris" is a hit power ballad by the Goo Goo Dolls, best known for its prominent feature on the soundtrack of the film "City of Angels."
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C.
Iris
Iris is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with the Greek goddess of the rainbow and the iris flower.
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D.
Iris
Iris is a powerful, genetically engineered kaiju and one of Gamera’s most formidable adversaries in the Heisei-era Gamera film series.
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E.
Iris
Iris is a recurring character on the satirical sketch comedy series "Portlandia," known for embodying the show's quirky, offbeat humor.
- 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: IRIS GL Target entity description: IRIS GL is an early proprietary 3D graphics application programming interface developed by Silicon Graphics that served as a precursor to OpenGL.
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A.
Iris
"Iris" is a hit power ballad by the Goo Goo Dolls, best known for its prominent feature on the soundtrack of the film "City of Angels."
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B.
Iris
Iris is a 2001 British biographical drama film about the life and relationships of novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch.
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C.
Iris
Iris is a recurring character on the satirical sketch comedy series "Portlandia," known for embodying the show's quirky, offbeat humor.
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D.
Iris
Iris is a feminine given name used in various cultures, often associated with the Greek goddess of the rainbow and the iris flower.
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E.
Iris
Iris is a powerful, genetically engineered kaiju and one of Gamera’s most formidable adversaries in the Heisei-era Gamera film series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
3D graphics library
ⓘ
application programming interface ⓘ graphics API ⓘ |
| abstractionLevel | low-level graphics API ⓘ |
| APIStyle | procedural ⓘ |
| designedFor |
IRIS workstations
ⓘ
linked to:
Silicon Graphics workstations
Silicon Graphics workstations ⓘ |
| developer |
SGI
ⓘ
Silicon Graphics ⓘ
linked to:
SGI
|
| era |
1980s
ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ |
| graphicsPipelineLevel | immediate-mode API ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
clipping
ⓘ
color indexing ⓘ double buffering ⓘ event handling integration ⓘ hidden surface removal ⓘ immediate mode rendering ⓘ lighting model support ⓘ line and point primitives ⓘ matrix stack operations ⓘ polygon rendering ⓘ state machine API design ⓘ viewport control ⓘ |
| influenced | OpenGL ⓘ |
| isOpenStandard | false ⓘ |
| isProprietary | true ⓘ |
| languageBinding | C ⓘ |
| platform |
IRIX
ⓘ
linked to:
IRIX operating system
UNIX ⓘ
linked to:
Unix
|
| precursorTo | OpenGL ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
IRIS workstation
ⓘ
linked to:
Indigo workstations
IRIX operating system ⓘ |
| replacedBy | OpenGL ⓘ |
| standardizationOutcome |
led to creation of OpenGL
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenGL
|
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| supportsDimension |
2D
ⓘ
3D ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
CAD developers
ⓘ
graphics programmers ⓘ scientific computing developers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
3D rendering
ⓘ
CAD applications ⓘ interactive computer graphics ⓘ scientific visualization ⓘ simulation graphics ⓘ |
| vendorLockIn | high ⓘ |
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: IRIS GL Description of subject: IRIS GL is an early proprietary 3D graphics application programming interface developed by Silicon Graphics that served as a precursor to OpenGL.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: IRIS GL