VT78
E810931
VT78 is a later DEC minicomputer model that followed and built upon the design and capabilities of the PDP-8.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| VT78 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9611713 — 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: VT78 Context triple: [PDP-8, successor, VT78]
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A.
VT52
VT52 is an early DEC video terminal introduced in the mid-1970s, known for its compact design and influential control codes that shaped later terminal standards.
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B.
VTST
VTST is the station code for the Vermont/Sunset station on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.
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C.
HV71
HV71 is a professional ice hockey club from Jönköping, Sweden, competing in the country’s top leagues and known as one of the prominent teams in Swedish hockey.
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D.
UP-78
UP-78 is the vehicle registration code assigned to motor vehicles registered in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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E.
VETZ
VETZ is the ICAO airport code assigned to Tezpur Airport in Assam, India.
- 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: VT78 Target entity description: VT78 is a later DEC minicomputer model that followed and built upon the design and capabilities of the PDP-8.
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A.
VT52
VT52 is an early DEC video terminal introduced in the mid-1970s, known for its compact design and influential control codes that shaped later terminal standards.
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B.
VTST
VTST is the station code for the Vermont/Sunset station on the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.
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C.
HV71
HV71 is a professional ice hockey club from Jönköping, Sweden, competing in the country’s top leagues and known as one of the prominent teams in Swedish hockey.
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D.
UP-78
UP-78 is the vehicle registration code assigned to motor vehicles registered in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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E.
VETZ
VETZ is the ICAO airport code assigned to Tezpur Airport in Assam, India.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DEC computer system
ⓘ
minicomputer ⓘ |
| architectureGeneration | later than original PDP-8 ⓘ |
| basedOn |
PDP-8 architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
PDP-8
|
| belongsToSeries | DEC VT series ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
PDP-8 peripherals
ⓘ
PDP-8 software ⓘ |
| computerType | character-oriented system ⓘ |
| cpuFamily | PDP-8 compatible ⓘ |
| designedFor |
interactive computing
ⓘ
multi-user environments ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
PDP-8 compatible processor
ⓘ
keyboard ⓘ video display terminal ⓘ |
| hasDisplayType | CRT text display ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
alphanumeric keyboard input
ⓘ
full-screen text display ⓘ integrated video display ⓘ mass storage support ⓘ serial interfaces ⓘ |
| hasFormFactor | integrated terminal and computer ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
data entry
ⓘ
office computing ⓘ time-sharing access ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Digital Equipment Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
|
| marketedAs | video terminal computer ⓘ |
| operatingSystemSupport | PDP-8 operating systems ⓘ |
| predecessor | PDP-8 ⓘ |
| successorTo | earlier PDP-8 based terminals ⓘ |
| technologyEra | 1970s computers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
business applications
ⓘ
educational institutions ⓘ scientific and engineering environments ⓘ |
| vendor | DEC ⓘ |
| wordLength | 12-bit ⓘ |
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: VT78 Description of subject: VT78 is a later DEC minicomputer model that followed and built upon the design and capabilities of the PDP-8.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.