CVS
E184314
CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is an early, widely used open-source version control system that manages changes to source code in collaborative software development.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CVS canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1636101 — 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: CVS Context triple: [Eclipse, supportsVersionControlSystem, CVS]
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A.
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance is a major global pharmacy-led health and retail company that operates the Walgreens and Boots drugstore chains, among other health and beauty brands.
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B.
CLVS
CLVS is the UN/LOCODE identifier for the port city of Valparaíso in Chile’s Valparaíso Region.
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C.
Kroger
Kroger is one of the largest supermarket and retail grocery chains in the United States, operating thousands of stores under various banners nationwide.
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D.
Target Corporation
Target Corporation is a major American big-box retail chain known for its broad selection of affordable, stylish merchandise and nationwide presence.
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E.
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
- 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: CVS Target entity description: CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is an early, widely used open-source version control system that manages changes to source code in collaborative software development.
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A.
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance is a major global pharmacy-led health and retail company that operates the Walgreens and Boots drugstore chains, among other health and beauty brands.
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B.
CLVS
CLVS is the UN/LOCODE identifier for the port city of Valparaíso in Chile’s Valparaíso Region.
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C.
Kroger
Kroger is one of the largest supermarket and retail grocery chains in the United States, operating thousands of stores under various banners nationwide.
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D.
Target Corporation
Target Corporation is a major American big-box retail chain known for its broad selection of affordable, stylish merchandise and nationwide presence.
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E.
Costco Wholesale Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation is a multinational membership-based warehouse club retailer known for selling bulk goods at discounted prices through large-scale warehouse stores.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
client–server application
ⓘ
free software ⓘ revision control system ⓘ version control system ⓘ |
| category |
free version control software
ⓘ
software configuration management tool ⓘ |
| developmentStatus | largely superseded ⓘ |
| feature |
access control
ⓘ
binary file support ⓘ branching ⓘ file-based versioning ⓘ keyword substitution ⓘ merge support ⓘ tagging ⓘ watch and edit locks ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | CVS self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bazaar
ⓘ
Git ⓘ Mercurial ⓘ Monotone ⓘ Subversion ⓘ |
| isOpenSource | true ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| predecessor | RCS ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
collaborative software development
ⓘ
source code management ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
Git
ⓘ
Mercurial ⓘ Subversion ⓘ |
| supportsAtomicCommits | no ⓘ |
| supportsAuthentication |
SSH-based
ⓘ
password-based ⓘ |
| supportsConcurrentEditing | yes ⓘ |
| supportsMergeTracking | limited ⓘ |
| supportsNetworkProtocol |
pserver
ⓘ
rsh ⓘ ssh ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
Unix-like ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| supportsRepositoryModel | centralized ⓘ |
| supportsTextFileMerging | yes ⓘ |
| supportsTransport |
local filesystem
ⓘ
remote network access ⓘ |
| typicalRepositoryStorage | RCS files ⓘ |
| typicalWorkflow | centralized commit to shared repository ⓘ |
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: CVS Description of subject: CVS (Concurrent Versions System) is an early, widely used open-source version control system that manages changes to source code in collaborative software development.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Concurrent Versions System