Apple Computer (telecast presenting sponsor)
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Apple Computer (telecast presenting sponsor) is the technology company that served as the presenting sponsor of the television broadcast of Super Bowl XIX.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apple Computer (telecast presenting sponsor) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2404128 — 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 Computer (telecast presenting sponsor) Context triple: [Super Bowl XIX, sponsor, Apple Computer (telecast presenting sponsor)]
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A.
Apple "1984" commercial
The Apple "1984" commercial is a landmark 1984 Super Bowl television ad directed by Ridley Scott that dramatically introduced the Macintosh computer and is widely regarded as one of the most influential advertisements in history.
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B.
Apple Macintosh launch campaign
The Apple Macintosh launch campaign was a groundbreaking 1984 advertising effort, best known for its iconic “1984” Super Bowl commercial that introduced the Macintosh as a revolutionary alternative to conformity in personal computing.
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C.
Apple I
The Apple I was Apple Computer's first commercially sold personal computer, a pioneering single-board machine introduced in 1976 that helped launch the modern home computing era.
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D.
Apple October 2016 Mac event
The Apple October 2016 Mac event was a company keynote focused on unveiling updated MacBook Pro models and related Mac hardware and software advancements.
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E.
Applefest
Applefest is an annual autumn festival in Warwick, New York, celebrating the local apple harvest with food, crafts, entertainment, and community activities.
- 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 Computer (telecast presenting sponsor) Target entity description: Apple Computer (telecast presenting sponsor) is the technology company that served as the presenting sponsor of the television broadcast of Super Bowl XIX.
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A.
Apple "1984" commercial
The Apple "1984" commercial is a landmark 1984 Super Bowl television ad directed by Ridley Scott that dramatically introduced the Macintosh computer and is widely regarded as one of the most influential advertisements in history.
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B.
Apple Macintosh launch campaign
The Apple Macintosh launch campaign was a groundbreaking 1984 advertising effort, best known for its iconic “1984” Super Bowl commercial that introduced the Macintosh as a revolutionary alternative to conformity in personal computing.
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C.
Apple I
The Apple I was Apple Computer's first commercially sold personal computer, a pioneering single-board machine introduced in 1976 that helped launch the modern home computing era.
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D.
Apple October 2016 Mac event
The Apple October 2016 Mac event was a company keynote focused on unveiling updated MacBook Pro models and related Mac hardware and software advancements.
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E.
Applefest
Applefest is an annual autumn festival in Warwick, New York, celebrating the local apple harvest with food, crafts, entertainment, and community activities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (15)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
corporate sponsorship role
ⓘ
television broadcast presenting sponsor ⓘ |
| appliesToEvent | Super Bowl XIX ⓘ |
| appliesToMedium | television broadcast ⓘ |
| associatedLeague | National Football League ⓘ |
| associatedSport | American football ⓘ |
| broadcastRegion | United States television ⓘ |
| hasNotableAspect |
sponsorship of Super Bowl XIX telecast
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technology company as Super Bowl telecast presenting sponsor ⓘ |
| industryOfSponsor | technology industry ⓘ |
| roleHeldBy |
Apple Inc.
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surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
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| sponsorBrand |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple
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| sponsorCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| sponsorLegalNameAtTime |
Apple Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
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| sponsorshipType | presenting sponsor ⓘ |
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 Computer (telecast presenting sponsor) Description of subject: Apple Computer (telecast presenting sponsor) is the technology company that served as the presenting sponsor of the television broadcast of Super Bowl XIX.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.