Apple Inc.
E3002
Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apple Inc. canonical | 1,150 |
| Apple Computer, Inc. | 166 |
| Apple | 103 |
| Apple Computer | 35 |
| Apple Computer Company | 5 |
| AAPL | 3 |
| Apple.com | 3 |
| Apple (Jordan) | 1 |
| Apple (PRODUCT)RED | 1 |
| Apple (R&D center) | 1 |
| Apple (historically) | 1 |
| Apple Computer (via Forrest) | 1 |
| Apple Fellow | 1 |
| Apple Inc. (after Beats acquisition) | 1 |
| Apple Industrial Design Group | 1 |
| Apple services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22245 — 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 Inc. Context triple: [Silicon Valley, hasCompany, Apple Inc.]
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A.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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B.
Microsoft
Microsoft is a multinational technology company best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform.
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C.
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.
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D.
Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
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E.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was an American entrepreneur and visionary co-founder of Apple Inc., widely recognized for revolutionizing personal computing, smartphones, digital music, and animated films.
- 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 Inc. Target entity description: Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
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A.
IBM
IBM is a multinational technology and consulting company known for its pioneering work in computer hardware, software, and enterprise services.
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B.
Microsoft
Microsoft is a multinational technology company best known for its Windows operating system, Office productivity suite, and Azure cloud computing platform.
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C.
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.
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D.
Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
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E.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was an American entrepreneur and visionary co-founder of Apple Inc., widely recognized for revolutionizing personal computing, smartphones, digital music, and animated films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multinational corporation
ⓘ
public company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| brand |
Apple Inc.
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Apple
|
| businessModel |
designs, manufactures, and sells consumer electronics
ⓘ
develops and sells software ⓘ offers subscription-based digital services ⓘ |
| CEO | Tim Cook ⓘ |
| CEOStartDate | 2011-08-24 ⓘ |
| chairperson | Arthur D. Levinson ⓘ |
| coFounderRole |
Ronald Wayne
ⓘ
surface form:
Ronald Wayne was a co-founder
Steve Jobs was a co-founder ⓘ Steve Wozniak was a co-founder ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy |
Ronald Wayne
ⓘ
Steve Jobs ⓘ Steve Wozniak ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1976-04-01 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
Cupertino
ⓘ
surface form:
Cupertino, California, United States
|
| headquartersBuilding | Apple Park ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Cupertino
ⓘ
surface form:
Cupertino, California, United States
|
| industry |
computer software
ⓘ
consumer electronics ⓘ digital services ⓘ online services ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| logo | bitten apple logo ⓘ |
| marketPosition | one of the world’s largest technology companies by market capitalization ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
introduced Apple Watch in 2015
ⓘ
introduced iPad in 2010 ⓘ introduced iPhone in 2007 ⓘ launched original Macintosh in 1984 ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ watchOS ⓘ |
| predecessorCEO | Steve Jobs ⓘ |
| products |
AirPods
ⓘ
Apple TV ⓘ Apple Watch ⓘ HomePod ⓘ Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
surface form:
Mac
iPad ⓘ iPhone ⓘ |
| service |
App Store
ⓘ
Apple Arcade ⓘ Apple Fitness+ ⓘ Apple Music ⓘ Apple News+ ⓘ Apple Pay ⓘ Apple TV+ ⓘ iCloud ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol |
Apple Inc.
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
AAPL
|
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 Inc. Description of subject: Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company best known for designing and selling consumer electronics like the iPhone, Mac, and iPad, along with software and digital services.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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