Performa
E8196
Performa was a line of consumer-oriented Macintosh personal computers produced by Apple in the 1990s, marketed as affordable, all-in-one home and small-office systems.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Performa canonical | 2 |
| Performa 475 | 1 |
| Performa series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T72835 — 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: Performa Context triple: [Apple Macintosh computers, hasPart, Performa]
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A.
Encore
Encore is a luxury casino and resort brand operated by Wynn Resorts, known for its upscale accommodations, gaming, dining, and entertainment offerings.
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B.
Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire is a vast horseshoe-shaped zone of frequent earthquakes and intense volcanic activity encircling much of the Pacific Ocean basin.
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C.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
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D.
Son of Man
The "Son of Man" is a biblical title most prominently used by Jesus Christ to refer to himself, emphasizing both his humanity and his role in divine salvation and judgment.
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E.
Savior
Savior is a Christian title for Jesus Christ, emphasizing his role as the divine redeemer who delivers humanity from sin and spiritual death.
- 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: Performa Target entity description: Performa was a line of consumer-oriented Macintosh personal computers produced by Apple in the 1990s, marketed as affordable, all-in-one home and small-office systems.
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A.
Encore
Encore is a luxury casino and resort brand operated by Wynn Resorts, known for its upscale accommodations, gaming, dining, and entertainment offerings.
-
B.
Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire is a vast horseshoe-shaped zone of frequent earthquakes and intense volcanic activity encircling much of the Pacific Ocean basin.
-
C.
Audion
Audion is an early triode vacuum tube invented by Lee de Forest that enabled the amplification of electrical signals and was crucial to the development of radio and electronics.
-
D.
Son of Man
The "Son of Man" is a biblical title most prominently used by Jesus Christ to refer to himself, emphasizing both his humanity and his role in divine salvation and judgment.
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E.
Savior
Savior is a Christian title for Jesus Christ, emphasizing his role as the divine redeemer who delivers humanity from sin and spiritual death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Macintosh line
ⓘ
computer product line ⓘ |
| basedOn |
existing Macintosh LC models
ⓘ
existing Macintosh Quadra models ⓘ |
| bundledWith |
CD-ROM titles
ⓘ
pre-installed software suites ⓘ |
| cpuFamily |
Motorola 68000 family
ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68030
Motorola 68000 family ⓘ
surface form:
Motorola 68040
PowerPC ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 601
PowerPC ⓘ
surface form:
PowerPC 603
|
| designGoal | low-cost Macintosh for mass market ⓘ |
| discontinuationReason |
brand simplification of Macintosh product lines
ⓘ
shift to clearer product naming at Apple in late 1990s ⓘ |
| discontinuedInYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| distributionChannel |
consumer electronics retailers
ⓘ
department stores ⓘ mass-market retail chains ⓘ |
| formFactor |
all-in-one systems
ⓘ
desktop computers ⓘ |
| includedFeature |
built-in CD-ROM drive on many models
ⓘ
built-in display on many models ⓘ pre-configured hard drive and software ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1990s ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple
Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
|
| marketedAs | affordable Macintosh line ⓘ |
| marketingStrategy |
heavy use of bundled software for differentiation
ⓘ
model variants customized for specific retailers ⓘ |
| namingScheme |
model numbers in the 52xx series
ⓘ
model numbers in the 54xx series ⓘ model numbers in the 62xx series ⓘ model numbers in the 63xx series ⓘ model numbers in the 64xx series ⓘ |
| notableModel |
Performa
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Performa 475
Performa 5200CD ⓘ Performa 5200CD ⓘ
surface form:
Performa 6200CD
Apple Macintosh Performa series ⓘ
surface form:
Performa 6400
|
| operatingSystem |
Mac OS 7
ⓘ
Mac OS 8 ⓘ Classic Mac OS ⓘ
surface form:
System 7
|
| productType | consumer-oriented Macintosh personal computer ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
Power Macintosh series
ⓘ
surface form:
Power Macintosh G3 consumer configurations
iMac line ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
education market
ⓘ
home users ⓘ small offices ⓘ |
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: Performa Description of subject: Performa was a line of consumer-oriented Macintosh personal computers produced by Apple in the 1990s, marketed as affordable, all-in-one home and small-office systems.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Macintosh LC series
this entity surface form:
Performa series
this entity surface form:
Performa 475