Control Data Corporation
E317210
Control Data Corporation was a pioneering American computer company best known for its powerful mainframe and supercomputer systems during the 1960s and 1970s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Control Data Corporation canonical | 2 |
| Control Data Corporation (CDC) | 1 |
| Control Data Systems | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2978862 — 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: Control Data Corporation Context triple: [Burroughs Corporation, competitor, Control Data Corporation]
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A.
Massachusetts Computer Associates
Massachusetts Computer Associates was a pioneering computer science research and software development company active in the 1960s–1970s, known for employing influential computer scientists such as Leslie Lamport.
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B.
Interactive Data Corporation
Interactive Data Corporation was a leading provider of financial market data, analytics, and related services to financial institutions and investors.
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C.
Electronic Data Systems
Electronic Data Systems was a major American information technology services company known for providing outsourcing, consulting, and systems integration solutions to large enterprises and governments worldwide.
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D.
Perot Systems
Perot Systems was an American information technology services and consulting company founded by Ross Perot that provided outsourcing, systems integration, and technology solutions to businesses and governments worldwide.
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E.
NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
- 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: Control Data Corporation Target entity description: Control Data Corporation was a pioneering American computer company best known for its powerful mainframe and supercomputer systems during the 1960s and 1970s.
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A.
Massachusetts Computer Associates
Massachusetts Computer Associates was a pioneering computer science research and software development company active in the 1960s–1970s, known for employing influential computer scientists such as Leslie Lamport.
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B.
Interactive Data Corporation
Interactive Data Corporation was a leading provider of financial market data, analytics, and related services to financial institutions and investors.
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C.
Electronic Data Systems
Electronic Data Systems was a major American information technology services company known for providing outsourcing, consulting, and systems integration solutions to large enterprises and governments worldwide.
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D.
Perot Systems
Perot Systems was an American information technology services and consulting company founded by Ross Perot that provided outsourcing, systems integration, and technology solutions to businesses and governments worldwide.
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E.
NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation is a global technology company best known for its point-of-sale systems, ATMs, and other financial and retail transaction solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer company
ⓘ
defunct company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| competedWith |
Burroughs Corporation
ⓘ
Honeywell ⓘ IBM ⓘ UNIVAC I ⓘ
surface form:
UNIVAC
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developed |
data processing systems
ⓘ
magnetic disk drives ⓘ magnetic tape drives ⓘ peripheral storage devices ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1990s ⓘ |
| employed |
James E. Thornton
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leslie L. Johnson ⓘ Seymour Cray ⓘ |
| era |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ |
| fate | restructured and spun off businesses ⓘ |
| foundedAs |
Control Data Corporation
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Control Data Corporation (CDC)
|
| foundedBy |
Engineering Research Associates alumni
ⓘ
Seymour Cray ⓘ William Norris ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Bloomington, Minnesota
ⓘ
Minneapolis ⓘ
surface form:
Minneapolis, Minnesota
|
| inception | 1957 ⓘ |
| industry |
computer hardware
ⓘ
mainframe computers ⓘ supercomputing ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Seymour Cray
ⓘ
William Norris ⓘ |
| knownFor |
competing with IBM in mainframe market
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high-performance mainframe computers ⓘ supercomputers in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
CDC 6600 considered one of the first successful supercomputers
ⓘ
CDC 6600 was fastest computer in the world in mid-1960s ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
CDC 1604
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CDC 6600 ⓘ CDC 7600 ⓘ CDC Cyber series ⓘ CDC STAR-100 ⓘ |
| operated |
computer time-sharing services
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service bureaus ⓘ training and education services ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Cold War computing race ⓘ |
| successor |
Nielsen Company
ⓘ
surface form:
Arbitron
Ceridian Corporation ⓘ Control Data Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Control Data Systems
|
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: Control Data Corporation Description of subject: Control Data Corporation was a pioneering American computer company best known for its powerful mainframe and supercomputer systems during the 1960s and 1970s.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Control Data Systems
this entity surface form:
Control Data Corporation (CDC)