Alias|Wavefront
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Alias|Wavefront was a pioneering computer graphics and animation software company best known for developing the original Maya 3D software before its acquisition by Autodesk.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alias|Wavefront canonical | 3 |
| Alias|wavefront | 1 |
| SGI Alias|Wavefront | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8822952 — 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: Alias|Wavefront Context triple: [Autodesk Maya, formerDeveloper, Alias|Wavefront]
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A.
Anytos
Anytos is a figure from Greek mythology known primarily as a Titan or divine guardian associated with the Arcadian goddess Despoina.
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B.
Marcel Wave
Marcel Wave is a flamboyant, camp hairdresser character created and performed by British comedian and DJ Kenny Everett on his television shows.
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C.
Modo
Modo is a Swedish professional ice hockey club known for developing numerous NHL players and competing in the country’s top leagues.
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D.
Arc
Arc is a minimalist dialect of the Lisp programming language designed by Paul Graham and Robert Morris to explore new ideas in language design and rapid prototyping.
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E.
Arc
"Arc" is a song by the English rock band Blur, featured on their 1999 album "13."
- 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: Alias|Wavefront Target entity description: Alias|Wavefront was a pioneering computer graphics and animation software company best known for developing the original Maya 3D software before its acquisition by Autodesk.
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A.
Anytos
Anytos is a figure from Greek mythology known primarily as a Titan or divine guardian associated with the Arcadian goddess Despoina.
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B.
Marcel Wave
Marcel Wave is a flamboyant, camp hairdresser character created and performed by British comedian and DJ Kenny Everett on his television shows.
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C.
Modo
Modo is a Swedish professional ice hockey club known for developing numerous NHL players and competing in the country’s top leagues.
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D.
Arc
Arc is a minimalist dialect of the Lisp programming language designed by Paul Graham and Robert Morris to explore new ideas in language design and rapid prototyping.
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E.
Arc
Arc is the main protagonist of the role-playing game Arc the Lad, a young hero who embarks on a quest to save his world from impending destruction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
animation software developer
ⓘ
computer graphics company ⓘ software company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Autodesk ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2006 ⓘ |
| brandRetiredBy | Autodesk ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
Alias Research
ⓘ
Wavefront Technologies ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Canada
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Ontario ⓘ Toronto ⓘ |
| industry |
3D animation software
ⓘ
computer graphics ⓘ visual effects software ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing Maya 3D software
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high-end 3D animation tools ⓘ visual effects production software ⓘ |
| notableContribution |
advancement of NURBS modeling tools
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integration of modeling, animation, and rendering in a single package ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Maya 1.0
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linked to:
Autodesk Maya
|
| parentCompany |
Silicon Graphics
ⓘ
linked to:
SGI
|
| predecessor |
Alias Research
ⓘ
Wavefront Technologies ⓘ |
| product |
Alias SketchBook
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Alias Studio ⓘ Maya ⓘ PowerAnimator ⓘ StudioTools ⓘ |
| softwarePlatform |
IRIX
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linked to:
IRIX operating system
Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| softwareTypeDeveloped |
3D animation software
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3D modeling software ⓘ industrial design software ⓘ rendering software ⓘ |
| successor | Autodesk Maya ⓘ |
| targetUsers |
animation studios
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game developers ⓘ industrial designers ⓘ visual effects studios ⓘ |
| usedInIndustry |
automotive design
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film visual effects ⓘ industrial design ⓘ television production ⓘ video game development ⓘ |
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: Alias|Wavefront Description of subject: Alias|Wavefront was a pioneering computer graphics and animation software company best known for developing the original Maya 3D software before its acquisition by Autodesk.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Alias|Wavefront