Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2012
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Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2012 was Apple’s annual developer conference where it introduced major software updates including iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion, and unveiled the redesigned MacBook Pro with Retina display.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2012 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5028987 — 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 Worldwide Developers Conference 2012 Context triple: [Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011, followedBy, Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2012]
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A.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 was Apple's annual developer conference where it unveiled major software and cloud initiatives, including the introduction of iOS 5, OS X Lion, and the iCloud service.
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B.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2010
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 was Apple's annual developer conference where it introduced major software and hardware updates, including the debut of the iPhone 4 and new developer technologies.
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C.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2013
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2013 was Apple Inc.’s annual developer conference held in June 2013, where the company introduced major software updates including iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks.
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D.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2014
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2014 was Apple's annual developer event where it introduced major software updates and unveiled the Swift programming language.
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E.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015 was Apple’s annual developer conference held in 2015, notable for major software announcements including the debut of its streaming service Apple Music.
- 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 Worldwide Developers Conference 2012 Target entity description: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2012 was Apple’s annual developer conference where it introduced major software updates including iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion, and unveiled the redesigned MacBook Pro with Retina display.
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A.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 was Apple's annual developer conference where it unveiled major software and cloud initiatives, including the introduction of iOS 5, OS X Lion, and the iCloud service.
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B.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2010
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 was Apple's annual developer conference where it introduced major software and hardware updates, including the debut of the iPhone 4 and new developer technologies.
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C.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2013
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2013 was Apple Inc.’s annual developer conference held in June 2013, where the company introduced major software updates including iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks.
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D.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2014
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2014 was Apple's annual developer event where it introduced major software updates and unveiled the Swift programming language.
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E.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2015 was Apple’s annual developer conference held in 2015, notable for major software announcements including the debut of its streaming service Apple Music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple event
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developer conference ⓘ technology conference ⓘ |
| announced |
MacBook Pro with Retina display
NERFINISHED
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OS X Mountain Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ iOS 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ updated MacBook Air models ⓘ updated standard MacBook Pro models ⓘ |
| announcedAvailability |
OS X Mountain Lion July 2012
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iOS 6 fall 2012 ⓘ |
| category |
2012 conferences
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Apple Inc. events NERFINISHED ⓘ Software development conferences ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| endDate | 2012-06-15 ⓘ |
| features |
Apple engineer consultations
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hands-on labs ⓘ technical sessions ⓘ |
| focus |
Apple platforms
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software development ⓘ |
| followedBy | Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2013 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHashtag | #WWDC12 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | WWDC 2012 keynote address ⓘ |
| introducedFeature |
Apple Maps in iOS 6
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Facebook integration in iOS 6 ⓘ Gatekeeper in OS X Mountain Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ Notification Center in OS X Mountain Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ Passbook in iOS 6 ⓘ Power Nap in OS X Mountain Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ Siri enhancements in iOS 6 ⓘ iCloud integration improvements ⓘ |
| introducedHardwareFeature |
Retina display on MacBook Pro
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flash storage in MacBook Pro with Retina display ⓘ thinner MacBook Pro design ⓘ |
| introducedVersion | OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Moscone Center NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizer | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Apple Worldwide Developers Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryAudience |
OS X developers
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iOS developers ⓘ software developers ⓘ |
| shortName | WWDC 2012 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 2012-06-11 ⓘ |
| ticketSales | sold out quickly ⓘ |
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 Worldwide Developers Conference 2012 Description of subject: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2012 was Apple’s annual developer conference where it introduced major software updates including iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion, and unveiled the redesigned MacBook Pro with Retina display.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2011
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followedBy
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Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2012
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