GitHub
E5697
GitHub is a widely used web-based platform for version control and collaborative software development, built around the Git system and popular among open-source and enterprise projects.
All labels observed (19)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T82119 — 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: GitHub Context triple: [Microsoft, product, GitHub]
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A.
Geeks Bearing Gifts
Geeks Bearing Gifts is a book by computing pioneer Ted Nelson that reflects on the history, philosophy, and future of digital media and information technology.
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B.
Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
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C.
World Wide Web Foundation
The World Wide Web Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing an open, accessible, and rights-based web for everyone worldwide.
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D.
OpenAI
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research organization best known for developing advanced AI models such as ChatGPT and GPT series.
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E.
Tumblr
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking platform known for its highly customizable blogs, fandom communities, and viral multimedia content.
- 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: GitHub Target entity description: GitHub is a widely used web-based platform for version control and collaborative software development, built around the Git system and popular among open-source and enterprise projects.
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A.
Geeks Bearing Gifts
Geeks Bearing Gifts is a book by computing pioneer Ted Nelson that reflects on the history, philosophy, and future of digital media and information technology.
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B.
Google
Google is a multinational technology company best known for its search engine and wide range of internet-related products and services, including Android, YouTube, and cloud computing.
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C.
World Wide Web Foundation
The World Wide Web Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing an open, accessible, and rights-based web for everyone worldwide.
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D.
OpenAI
OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research organization best known for developing advanced AI models such as ChatGPT and GPT series.
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E.
Tumblr
Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking platform known for its highly customizable blogs, fandom communities, and viral multimedia content.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
software development platform
ⓘ
version control hosting platform ⓘ web-based hosting service ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2018 ⓘ |
| acquisitionValue | 7500000000 USD ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
collaborative software development
ⓘ
enterprise software projects ⓘ open-source software projects ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Chris Wanstrath
ⓘ
PJ Hyett ⓘ Scott Chacon ⓘ Tom Preston-Werner ⓘ |
| hasService |
Gist
ⓘ
GitHub self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
GitHub Actions
GitHub Copilot ⓘ GitHub self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
GitHub Enterprise Cloud
GitHub self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
GitHub Enterprise Server
GitHub Packages ⓘ GitHub Pages ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
San Francisco ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| inception | 2008 ⓘ |
| offersFeature |
Gists
ⓘ
GitHub self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
GitHub Pages
actions automation ⓘ code review ⓘ code scanning ⓘ continuous integration ⓘ dependabot alerts ⓘ enterprise accounts ⓘ issue tracking ⓘ organizations ⓘ package registry ⓘ project management boards ⓘ project wikis ⓘ pull requests ⓘ release management ⓘ security advisories ⓘ source code hosting ⓘ teams ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Microsoft ⓘ |
| providesAPI |
GraphQL API
ⓘ
REST API ⓘ |
| supportsAuthenticationMethod |
HTTPS
ⓘ
SSH keys ⓘ personal access tokens ⓘ |
| supportsCollaborationModel |
distributed version control
ⓘ
fork and pull request workflow ⓘ |
| supportsLicenseModel |
enterprise licensing
ⓘ
free tier ⓘ paid plans ⓘ |
| supportsProgrammingLanguages | multiple programming languages ⓘ |
| supportsVersionControlSystem | Git ⓘ |
| usedBy |
enterprises
ⓘ
open-source communities ⓘ software developers ⓘ |
| usesVersionControlSystem | Git ⓘ |
| website | https://github.com ⓘ |
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: GitHub Description of subject: GitHub is a widely used web-based platform for version control and collaborative software development, built around the Git system and popular among open-source and enterprise projects.
Referenced by (251)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
GitHub (via links and services)
subject surface form:
Kees Cook
this entity surface form:
GitHub Enterprise
subject surface form:
Eclipse Adoptium
this entity surface form:
GitHub Issues
this entity surface form:
GitHub (via links and plugins)