Pirates of Silicon Valley
E451109
Pirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 docudrama film that dramatizes the early rivalry and rise of Apple’s Steve Jobs and Microsoft’s Bill Gates during the personal computer revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pirates of Silicon Valley canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4549618 — 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: Pirates of Silicon Valley Context triple: [Noah Wyle, notableWork, Pirates of Silicon Valley]
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A.
The Accidental Billionaires
The Accidental Billionaires is a nonfiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the controversial founding of Facebook and the personal and legal conflicts among its early creators.
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B.
Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft
"Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft" is a business and technology memoir chronicling the rise of Netscape and its battle with Microsoft during the early days of the commercial internet.
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C.
The Wizard of Menlo Park
The Wizard of Menlo Park is the famous nickname of American inventor Thomas Edison, highlighting his prolific and groundbreaking work at his Menlo Park laboratory.
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D.
iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon
"iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon" is the autobiography of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, chronicling his life, technical innovations, and role in the personal computer revolution.
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E.
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley is a documentary film that investigates the rise and fall of Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes, exposing fraud and deception in the Silicon Valley biotech world.
- 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: Pirates of Silicon Valley Target entity description: Pirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 docudrama film that dramatizes the early rivalry and rise of Apple’s Steve Jobs and Microsoft’s Bill Gates during the personal computer revolution.
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A.
The Accidental Billionaires
The Accidental Billionaires is a nonfiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the controversial founding of Facebook and the personal and legal conflicts among its early creators.
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B.
Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft
"Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft" is a business and technology memoir chronicling the rise of Netscape and its battle with Microsoft during the early days of the commercial internet.
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C.
The Wizard of Menlo Park
The Wizard of Menlo Park is the famous nickname of American inventor Thomas Edison, highlighting his prolific and groundbreaking work at his Menlo Park laboratory.
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D.
iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon
"iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon" is the autobiography of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, chronicling his life, technical innovations, and role in the personal computer revolution.
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E.
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley is a documentary film that investigates the rise and fall of Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes, exposing fraud and deception in the Silicon Valley biotech world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (73)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biographical film
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docudrama film ⓘ television film ⓘ |
| author |
Michael Swaine
NERFINISHED
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Paul Freiberger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Frank Tidy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| depictsEvent |
IBM PC introduction
ⓘ
Ridley Scott’s 1984 Macintosh commercial ⓘ Windows development ⓘ development of the Apple II ⓘ development of the Macintosh ⓘ founding of Apple Computer ⓘ founding of Microsoft ⓘ |
| director | Martyn Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | David Handman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Bill Gates
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ed Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Gil Amelio NERFINISHED ⓘ John Sculley NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Markkula NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Ridley Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Ballmer NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Jobs NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Wozniak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical drama
ⓘ
docudrama ⓘ historical drama ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| musicBy | Frank Fitzpatrick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatizing the rivalry between Apple and Microsoft
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portrayal of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates during the personal computer revolution ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | TNT NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Bill Gates – Anthony Michael Hall
NERFINISHED
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Ed Roberts – J. G. Hertzler NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Markkula – Allan Royal NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Allen – Josh Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Ballmer – John DiMaggio NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Jobs – Noah Wyle NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Wozniak – Joey Slotnick ⓘ |
| portrays |
Bill Gates
NERFINISHED
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Ed Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Gil Amelio NERFINISHED ⓘ John Sculley NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Markkula NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ Ridley Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Ballmer NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Jobs NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Wozniak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Turner Network Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 95 ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ |
| stars |
Allan Royal
NERFINISHED
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Anthony Michael Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Gema Zamprogna NERFINISHED ⓘ J. G. Hertzler NERFINISHED ⓘ Joey Slotnick NERFINISHED ⓘ John DiMaggio NERFINISHED ⓘ Josh Hopkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Noah Wyle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
Apple Inc.
NERFINISHED
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Bill Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ Microsoft NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Jobs NERFINISHED ⓘ personal computer revolution ⓘ |
| writer | Martyn Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pirates of Silicon Valley Description of subject: Pirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 docudrama film that dramatizes the early rivalry and rise of Apple’s Steve Jobs and Microsoft’s Bill Gates during the personal computer revolution.
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