NeXT Inc.
E7928
NeXT Inc. was a computer company founded by Steve Jobs that developed advanced workstations and the NeXTSTEP operating system, which later formed the technological foundation for macOS and iOS.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NeXT Inc. canonical | 20 |
| NeXT | 19 |
| NeXT Computer | 3 |
| NeXT computers | 3 |
| NeXT Computer in 1988 | 1 |
| NeXT Computer, Inc. | 1 |
| NeXT computer | 1 |
| NeXT computer company | 1 |
| NeXT computer products | 1 |
| NeXT computer project | 1 |
| NeXT software team | 1 |
| NeXT workstation | 1 |
| NeXTSTEP operating system | 1 |
| NeXTcube in 1990 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T93255 — 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: NeXT Inc. Context triple: [Steve Jobs, employer, NeXT Inc.]
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A.
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
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B.
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
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C.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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D.
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems is a multinational technology conglomerate best known for designing and selling networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment used worldwide.
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E.
Apple Macintosh computers
Apple Macintosh computers are a line of personal computers designed and sold by Apple Inc., known for their distinctive macOS operating system, integrated hardware–software ecosystem, and strong presence in creative and professional markets.
- 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: NeXT Inc. Target entity description: NeXT Inc. was a computer company founded by Steve Jobs that developed advanced workstations and the NeXTSTEP operating system, which later formed the technological foundation for macOS and iOS.
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A.
Apple Inc.
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
-
B.
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
-
C.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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D.
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems is a multinational technology conglomerate best known for designing and selling networking hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment used worldwide.
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E.
Apple Macintosh computers
Apple Macintosh computers are a line of personal computers designed and sold by Apple Inc., known for their distinctive macOS operating system, integrated hardware–software ecosystem, and strong presence in creative and professional markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer company
ⓘ
technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| acquisitionValue | 429000000 USD ⓘ |
| broughtExecutiveToApple |
Avie Tevanian
ⓘ
Jon Rubinstein ⓘ Steve Jobs ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designerOfLogo | Paul Rand ⓘ |
| developed |
Digital Librarian
ⓘ
Xcode ⓘ
surface form:
Interface Builder
NeXT Mail ⓘ NeXTSTEP ⓘ
surface form:
NeXTSTEP operating system
Objective-C development environment ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1997 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Avie Tevanian
ⓘ
Bud Tribble ⓘ George Crow ⓘ Joanna Hoffman ⓘ Rich Page ⓘ Steve Jobs ⓘ |
| hardwareUsedBy | Tim Berners-Lee for WorldWideWeb ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Redwood City, California ⓘ |
| inception | 1985 ⓘ |
| inceptionPlace | Redwood City, California ⓘ |
| industry |
computer hardware
ⓘ
computer software ⓘ workstations ⓘ |
| introducedProduct |
NeXT Inc.
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
NeXT Computer in 1988
NeXT Inc. self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
NeXTcube in 1990
NeXTstation in 1990 ⓘ |
| keySoftwareTechnology |
PostScript
ⓘ
surface form:
Display PostScript
Mach-based kernel ⓘ OPENSTEP ⓘ
surface form:
NeXTSTEP AppKit
NeXTSTEP Foundation Kit ⓘ |
| logoDescription | black cube with NeXT wordmark designed by Paul Rand ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early web development platform WebObjects
ⓘ
influencing modern Apple operating systems ⓘ object-oriented operating system design ⓘ |
| notableHardwareFeature |
Display PostScript-based graphics
ⓘ
built-in Ethernet networking ⓘ magneto-optical drive ⓘ |
| operatingSystemBasisFor |
iOS
ⓘ
macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| product |
NeXT Inc.
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
NeXT Computer
NeXTSTEP ⓘ NeXTcube ⓘ NeXTstation ⓘ OPENSTEP ⓘ WebObjects ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | NEXT ⓘ |
| usedIn | development of the first World Wide Web browser ⓘ |
| usedProcessorArchitecture |
Motorola 68000 family
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68030
Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68040
|
| usedProgrammingLanguage | Objective-C ⓘ |
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: NeXT Inc. Description of subject: NeXT Inc. was a computer company founded by Steve Jobs that developed advanced workstations and the NeXTSTEP operating system, which later formed the technological foundation for macOS and iOS.
Referenced by (55)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NeXTSTEP operating system
subject surface form:
WorldWideWeb
this entity surface form:
NeXT Computer
subject surface form:
WorldWideWeb
this entity surface form:
NeXT workstation
this entity surface form:
NeXT Computer in 1988
this entity surface form:
NeXTcube in 1990
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT computer
subject surface form:
NeXTstation
subject surface form:
NeXTstation
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT computers
this entity surface form:
NeXT computer products
this entity surface form:
NeXT computer project
this entity surface form:
NeXT computers
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT computers
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT software team
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT computer company
this entity surface form:
NeXT Computer, Inc.
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT
subject surface form:
Sun Microsystems
this entity surface form:
NeXT
subject surface form:
OPENSTEP
this entity surface form:
NeXT
subject surface form:
NeXTSTEP
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT
this entity surface form:
NeXT