EDIT
E279415
EDIT is a simple text editor included with the FreeDOS operating system, modeled after the classic MS-DOS Editor for creating and modifying plain text files.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EDIT canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2567945 — 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: EDIT Context triple: [FreeDOS, includes, EDIT]
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A.
TextEdit
TextEdit is a simple, built-in macOS application for creating and editing plain text and rich text documents.
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B.
Close (to the Edit)
"Close (to the Edit)" is an experimental 1984 synth-pop single by the British avant-garde group Art of Noise, known for its innovative use of sampling and production techniques.
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C.
GraphEdit
GraphEdit is a Windows utility for building, visualizing, and testing DirectShow filter graphs through a graphical interface.
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D.
Editor’s Drafts
Editor’s Drafts are the continually updated, work-in-progress versions of CSS specifications maintained by the W3C CSS Working Group before they advance to more formal publication stages.
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E.
Changes
"Changes" is a track featured on the hip hop album *Universal Mind Control* by Common.
- 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: EDIT Target entity description: EDIT is a simple text editor included with the FreeDOS operating system, modeled after the classic MS-DOS Editor for creating and modifying plain text files.
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A.
TextEdit
TextEdit is a simple, built-in macOS application for creating and editing plain text and rich text documents.
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B.
Close (to the Edit)
"Close (to the Edit)" is an experimental 1984 synth-pop single by the British avant-garde group Art of Noise, known for its innovative use of sampling and production techniques.
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C.
GraphEdit
GraphEdit is a Windows utility for building, visualizing, and testing DirectShow filter graphs through a graphical interface.
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D.
Editor’s Drafts
Editor’s Drafts are the continually updated, work-in-progress versions of CSS specifications maintained by the W3C CSS Working Group before they advance to more formal publication stages.
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E.
Changes
"Changes" is a socially conscious hip-hop song by Tupac Shakur that reflects on racism, poverty, and systemic injustice in America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FreeDOS component
ⓘ
text editor ⓘ |
| category |
FreeDOS
ⓘ
surface form:
FreeDOS utilities
|
| designedFor |
lightweight editing
ⓘ
low-resource systems ⓘ |
| developerCommunity |
FreeDOS
ⓘ
surface form:
FreeDOS project
|
| distribution | included with FreeDOS ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .TXT ⓘ |
| inputMethod | keyboard ⓘ |
| interactionStyle | full-screen text mode ⓘ |
| license | open-source software license ⓘ |
| modeledAfter |
MS-DOS Executive
ⓘ
surface form:
MS-DOS Editor
|
| operatingSystem | FreeDOS ⓘ |
| platform |
MS-DOS
ⓘ
surface form:
DOS
|
| primaryFunction |
create text files
ⓘ
modify text files ⓘ view text files ⓘ |
| runsOn |
IBM PC compatible
ⓘ
x86 ⓘ
surface form:
x86 architecture
|
| similarTo |
MS-DOS Executive
ⓘ
surface form:
MS-DOS Editor
|
| softwareGenre | plain text editor ⓘ |
| supports |
basic text editing
ⓘ
copy and paste ⓘ multiple lines of text ⓘ search within text ⓘ |
| supportsFileType | plain text file ⓘ |
| targetEnvironment |
DOS
ⓘ
FreeDOS command line ⓘ |
| textEncoding | ASCII ⓘ |
| userInterface | text user interface ⓘ |
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: EDIT Description of subject: EDIT is a simple text editor included with the FreeDOS operating system, modeled after the classic MS-DOS Editor for creating and modifying plain text files.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.