Deskstar
E260671
Deskstar is a line of hard disk drives originally produced under the Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) brand, known for desktop data storage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Deskstar canonical | 2 |
| Deskstar 5K series | 1 |
| Deskstar 7K series | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2377415 — 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: Deskstar Context triple: [HGST, hasBrand, Deskstar]
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A.
Turbostar
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B.
GoldStar
GoldStar was the original brand name of the South Korean electronics company now known as LG Electronics, under which it produced a wide range of consumer electronics and home appliances.
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C.
Unisphere
The Unisphere is a giant stainless-steel globe sculpture in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, best known as an enduring landmark celebrating global interdependence and space-age optimism.
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D.
Sceptre
Sceptre is a literary imprint known for publishing high-quality contemporary fiction and non-fiction, often with a focus on distinctive, award-winning voices.
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E.
Starro
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- 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: Deskstar Target entity description: Deskstar is a line of hard disk drives originally produced under the Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) brand, known for desktop data storage.
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A.
Turbostar
Turbostar is a family of modern British diesel multiple-unit trains widely used for regional and commuter services across the UK rail network.
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B.
GoldStar
GoldStar was the original brand name of the South Korean electronics company now known as LG Electronics, under which it produced a wide range of consumer electronics and home appliances.
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C.
Unisphere
The Unisphere is a giant stainless-steel globe sculpture in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, best known as an enduring landmark celebrating global interdependence and space-age optimism.
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D.
Sceptre
Sceptre is a literary imprint known for publishing high-quality contemporary fiction and non-fiction, often with a focus on distinctive, award-winning voices.
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E.
Starro
Starro is a giant, telepathic alien starfish supervillain from DC Comics known for controlling minds and serving as a major threat to superhero teams like the Justice League.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer hardware product
ⓘ
hard disk drive line ⓘ |
| associatedCompany |
Hitachi
ⓘ
IBM ⓘ Western Digital ⓘ |
| brandOf | hard disk drives ⓘ |
| brandOwner |
HGST
ⓘ
HGST ⓘ
surface form:
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
|
| brandStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| capacityRange | from tens of gigabytes to multiple terabytes ⓘ |
| category |
HGST products
ⓘ
computer storage devices ⓘ |
| connectionStandard |
ATA
ⓘ
Serial ATA ⓘ
surface form:
SATA
|
| designedFor | internal installation in desktop PCs ⓘ |
| formFactor | 3.5-inch hard disk drive ⓘ |
| intendedUse | desktop data storage ⓘ |
| interface |
Parallel ATA
ⓘ
Serial ATA ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
HGST
ⓘ
HGST ⓘ
surface form:
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
|
| marketSegment |
consumer storage
ⓘ
entry-level enterprise storage ⓘ |
| mediaType | HDD ⓘ |
| nonPortable | true ⓘ |
| notableModelFamily |
Deskstar
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Deskstar 5K series
Deskstar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Deskstar 7K series
|
| predecessorBrand |
HGST
ⓘ
surface form:
IBM Deskstar
|
| productType | internal hard disk drive ⓘ |
| spindleSpeed |
5400 rpm
ⓘ
7200 rpm ⓘ |
| storageMedium | magnetic disk ⓘ |
| successorLine |
HGST
ⓘ
surface form:
HGST Deskstar NAS
HGST ⓘ
surface form:
HGST Ultrastar
|
| supports |
Linux operating systems
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Windows operating systems
macOS ⓘ |
| targetMarket |
desktop computers
ⓘ
workstations ⓘ |
| technology | rotating magnetic platters ⓘ |
| useCase |
consumer desktop PCs
ⓘ
small office computers ⓘ |
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: Deskstar Description of subject: Deskstar is a line of hard disk drives originally produced under the Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST) brand, known for desktop data storage.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Deskstar 7K series
this entity surface form:
Deskstar 5K series