Apple Desktop Bus Mouse
E82499
The Apple Desktop Bus Mouse is a compact, single-button computer mouse designed by Apple for use with classic Macintosh systems that featured the Apple Desktop Bus interface.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apple Desktop Bus peripherals | 2 |
| Apple Desktop Bus | 1 |
| Apple Desktop Bus Mouse canonical | 1 |
| Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II | 1 |
| Apple Desktop Bus mouse | 1 |
| Apple USB mouse | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T658127 — 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: Apple Desktop Bus Mouse Context triple: [Macintosh SE, inputDevice, Apple Desktop Bus Mouse]
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A.
Apple Magic Mouse
The Apple Magic Mouse is a sleek, multi-touch wireless mouse designed by Apple for Mac computers, featuring gesture-based controls and a rechargeable battery.
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B.
Apple Magic Keyboard
The Apple Magic Keyboard is a sleek, low-profile wireless keyboard designed by Apple, featuring a rechargeable battery and seamless integration with Mac computers.
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C.
Multi-Touch trackpad
A Multi-Touch trackpad is a touch-sensitive pointing device that recognizes multiple simultaneous finger gestures for precise cursor control and intuitive navigation.
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D.
PowerBook
PowerBook is a line of Apple Macintosh laptop computers introduced in the early 1990s that helped define modern notebook design.
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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: Apple Desktop Bus Mouse Target entity description: The Apple Desktop Bus Mouse is a compact, single-button computer mouse designed by Apple for use with classic Macintosh systems that featured the Apple Desktop Bus interface.
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A.
Apple Magic Mouse
The Apple Magic Mouse is a sleek, multi-touch wireless mouse designed by Apple for Mac computers, featuring gesture-based controls and a rechargeable battery.
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B.
Apple Magic Keyboard
The Apple Magic Keyboard is a sleek, low-profile wireless keyboard designed by Apple, featuring a rechargeable battery and seamless integration with Mac computers.
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C.
Multi-Touch trackpad
A Multi-Touch trackpad is a touch-sensitive pointing device that recognizes multiple simultaneous finger gestures for precise cursor control and intuitive navigation.
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D.
PowerBook
PowerBook is a line of Apple Macintosh laptop computers introduced in the early 1990s that helped define modern notebook design.
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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 (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple hardware product
ⓘ
computer mouse ⓘ |
| buttonType | single primary button ⓘ |
| color | platinum ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Apple II
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple IIgs
classic Macintosh computers ⓘ |
| connectorType | mini-DIN-4 ⓘ |
| designedFor | right-handed use ⓘ |
| designer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| hasButtonCount | 1 ⓘ |
| hasFeature | daisy-chainable ADB port ⓘ |
| interfaceType | serial bus ⓘ |
| introduced | 1986 ⓘ |
| introducedWith |
Apple Desktop Bus port
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Desktop Bus interface
Apple II ⓘ
surface form:
Apple IIGS
|
| manufacturer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| marketedAs | compact mouse ⓘ |
| partOfProductLine |
Apple Desktop Bus port
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Desktop Bus peripherals
Apple hardware ⓘ
surface form:
Macintosh peripherals
|
| primaryUse | pointing device for Macintosh systems ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| soldAs |
boxed retail peripheral
ⓘ
in-box accessory with Macintosh systems ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor |
Apple Desktop Bus Mouse
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II
|
| trackingTechnology | mechanical ball ⓘ |
| usedInEra |
early 1990s
ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ |
| usedWithOperatingSystem |
Classic Mac OS
ⓘ
GS/OS ⓘ ProDOS ⓘ |
| usesInterface |
Apple Desktop Bus port
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Desktop Bus
|
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: Apple Desktop Bus Mouse Description of subject: The Apple Desktop Bus Mouse is a compact, single-button computer mouse designed by Apple for use with classic Macintosh systems that featured the Apple Desktop Bus interface.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Apple Desktop Bus
this entity surface form:
Apple USB mouse
this entity surface form:
Apple Desktop Bus Mouse II
this entity surface form:
Apple Desktop Bus peripherals
this entity surface form:
Apple Desktop Bus peripherals
this entity surface form:
Apple Desktop Bus mouse