Jim Harris
E122815
Jim Harris is a technology executive best known as one of the founders of the computer company Compaq.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jim Harris canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T941626 — 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: Jim Harris Context triple: [Compaq, foundedBy, Jim Harris]
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A.
John Anglin
John Anglin was a real-life American bank robber best known as one of the three inmates who carried out the infamous 1962 escape from Alcatraz prison.
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B.
Jeff Sharp
Jeff Sharp is a film producer known for his work on independent and literary adaptation projects in American cinema.
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C.
Ted Cheesman
Ted Cheesman was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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D.
Murray Costello
Murray Costello is a Canadian former ice hockey executive and physician best known for his influential leadership in Hockey Canada and international hockey development.
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E.
Tim McClelland
Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
- 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: Jim Harris Target entity description: Jim Harris is a technology executive best known as one of the founders of the computer company Compaq.
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A.
John Anglin
John Anglin was a real-life American bank robber best known as one of the three inmates who carried out the infamous 1962 escape from Alcatraz prison.
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B.
Jeff Sharp
Jeff Sharp is a film producer known for his work on independent and literary adaptation projects in American cinema.
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C.
Ted Cheesman
Ted Cheesman was a film editor best known for his work on classic Hollywood productions, including the 1933 monster film "King Kong."
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D.
Murray Costello
Murray Costello is a Canadian former ice hockey executive and physician best known for his influential leadership in Hockey Canada and international hockey development.
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E.
Tim McClelland
Tim McClelland is a former Major League Baseball umpire known for his long tenure, distinctive strike zone, and involvement in several high-profile postseason games.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
businessperson
ⓘ
person ⓘ technology executive ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
early 21st century
ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Compaq founders
ⓘ
Houston ⓘ
surface form:
Houston, Texas
|
| coFounded | Compaq ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employer | Compaq ⓘ |
| field |
computer industry
ⓘ
technology industry ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasBusinessRole |
corporate leadership
ⓘ
technology management ⓘ |
| hasNotableAchievement | helped establish Compaq as a leading PC manufacturer ⓘ |
| industry |
information technology
ⓘ
personal computers ⓘ |
| knownFor | co-founding Compaq ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Jim Harris ⓘ |
| notableWork | building Compaq into a major PC company ⓘ |
| occupation |
business executive
ⓘ
technology executive ⓘ |
| roleAtCompaq |
executive
ⓘ
founder ⓘ |
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: Jim Harris Description of subject: Jim Harris is a technology executive best known as one of the founders of the computer company Compaq.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.