diff
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diff is a command-line utility that compares files line by line and reports their differences, commonly used in Unix-like systems for source code and text file comparison.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| diff canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2792801 — 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: diff Context triple: [GNU Diffutils, includesUtility, diff]
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A.
Difference Engine
The Difference Engine is an early mechanical calculator designed by Charles Babbage to automatically compute and tabulate polynomial functions, often regarded as a precursor to modern computers.
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B.
DIF
DIF is the acronym for the Deposit Insurance Fund, a financial reserve used to protect depositors by covering insured deposits when banks fail.
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C.
Changes
"Changes" is a track featured on the hip hop album *Universal Mind Control* by Common.
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D.
Changes
"Changes" is a socially conscious hip-hop song by Tupac Shakur that reflects on racism, poverty, and systemic injustice in America.
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E.
De
De is the given name of Zhu De, a prominent Chinese Communist military leader and one of the founders of the People’s Liberation Army.
- 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: diff Target entity description: diff is a command-line utility that compares files line by line and reports their differences, commonly used in Unix-like systems for source code and text file comparison.
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A.
Difference Engine
The Difference Engine is an early mechanical calculator designed by Charles Babbage to automatically compute and tabulate polynomial functions, often regarded as a precursor to modern computers.
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B.
DIF
DIF is the acronym for the Deposit Insurance Fund, a financial reserve used to protect depositors by covering insured deposits when banks fail.
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C.
Changes
"Changes" is a track featured on the hip hop album *Universal Mind Control* by Common.
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D.
Changes
"Changes" is a socially conscious hip-hop song by Tupac Shakur that reflects on racism, poverty, and systemic injustice in America.
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E.
De
De is the given name of Zhu De, a prominent Chinese Communist military leader and one of the founders of the People’s Liberation Army.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unix command
ⓘ
command-line utility ⓘ file comparison tool ⓘ |
| availableIn |
GNU Diffutils
ⓘ
surface form:
GNU diffutils
core Unix utilities ⓘ |
| category |
software development tool
ⓘ
text processing tool ⓘ |
| input |
directories
ⓘ
two files ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
surface form:
GNU General Public License (GNU implementation)
|
| maintainer |
Free Software Foundation
ⓘ
surface form:
Free Software Foundation (GNU implementation)
|
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| output |
edit script to transform one file into another
ⓘ
textual representation of differences ⓘ |
| platform | command-line interface ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
compare files line by line
ⓘ
report differences between files ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
cmp
ⓘ
git diff ⓘ patch ⓘ sdiff ⓘ |
| standard | POSIX ⓘ |
| supportsOption |
--brief
ⓘ
--new-file ⓘ --recursive ⓘ --strip-trailing-cr ⓘ -B ⓘ -b ⓘ -c ⓘ -i ⓘ -q ⓘ -r ⓘ -u ⓘ -w ⓘ |
| supportsOutputFormat |
RCS format
ⓘ
context format ⓘ ed script format ⓘ normal format ⓘ side-by-side format ⓘ unified format ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
source code comparison
ⓘ
text file comparison ⓘ |
| usedFor |
code review
ⓘ
debugging changes in files ⓘ generating patches ⓘ version control ⓘ |
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: diff Description of subject: diff is a command-line utility that compares files line by line and reports their differences, commonly used in Unix-like systems for source code and text file comparison.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.