Cold Fusion
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Cold Fusion was the internal codename used by Apple for the Power Macintosh 6100 personal computer during its development.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Cold Fusion canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10942653 — 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: Cold Fusion Context triple: [Power Macintosh 6100, codename, Cold Fusion]
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A.
Fission
"Fission" is a prominent track from Ludwig Göransson’s score for the film *Oppenheimer*, known for its tense, evolving soundscape that underscores the movie’s central themes of scientific breakthrough and moral conflict.
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B.
Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor
Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor is the compact, futuristic household fusion device from the Back to the Future films that powers Doc Brown’s time-traveling DeLorean using ordinary garbage as fuel.
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C.
The Big Electron
The Big Electron is a philosophical, science-themed closing monologue by comedian George Carlin that reflects on humanity’s place in the universe.
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D.
Los Alamos Primer
Los Alamos Primer is a series of introductory lectures delivered in 1943 that outlined the fundamental physics and design concepts behind the first atomic bombs for scientists at the Los Alamos Laboratory.
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E.
Atomico
Atomico is a London-based venture capital firm known for investing in innovative technology startups, founded by Skype co-creator Niklas Zennström.
- 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: Cold Fusion Target entity description: Cold Fusion was the internal codename used by Apple for the Power Macintosh 6100 personal computer during its development.
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A.
Fission
"Fission" is a prominent track from Ludwig Göransson’s score for the film *Oppenheimer*, known for its tense, evolving soundscape that underscores the movie’s central themes of scientific breakthrough and moral conflict.
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B.
Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor
Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor is the compact, futuristic household fusion device from the Back to the Future films that powers Doc Brown’s time-traveling DeLorean using ordinary garbage as fuel.
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C.
The Big Electron
The Big Electron is a philosophical, science-themed closing monologue by comedian George Carlin that reflects on humanity’s place in the universe.
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D.
Los Alamos Primer
Los Alamos Primer is a series of introductory lectures delivered in 1943 that outlined the fundamental physics and design concepts behind the first atomic bombs for scientists at the Los Alamos Laboratory.
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E.
Atomico
Atomico is a London-based venture capital firm known for investing in innovative technology startups, founded by Skype co-creator Niklas Zennström.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Apple internal codename
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computer hardware codename ⓘ |
| architecture | PowerPC 601 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithBrand | Macintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithProductLine | Power Macintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codenameFor | Power Macintosh 6100 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cpuModelOfProduct | PowerPC 601 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developmentPhase | pre-release ⓘ |
| formFactor | desktop computer ⓘ |
| hardwareCategoryOfProduct | consumer desktop computer ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Apple Computer, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Apple Inc.
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surface form:
Apple Computer, Inc.
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| marketRegion | worldwide ⓘ |
| notToBeConfusedWith |
Adobe ColdFusion
NERFINISHED
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cold fusion (hypothetical nuclear reaction) ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Mac OS
NERFINISHED
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System 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | PowerPC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productFamily | first-generation Power Macintosh ⓘ |
| productType | personal computer ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Power Macintosh 7100
NERFINISHED
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Power Macintosh 8100 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYearOfProduct | 1994 ⓘ |
| successorTo | 68k-based Macintosh line ⓘ |
| usedBy | Apple Computer, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Cold Fusion Description of subject: Cold Fusion was the internal codename used by Apple for the Power Macintosh 6100 personal computer during its development.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.