Simple Machines Forum
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Simple Machines Forum is an open-source, PHP-based message board software widely used to power online discussion forums.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simple Machines Forum canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7899147 — 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: Simple Machines Forum Context triple: [bitcointalk.org, software, Simple Machines Forum]
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A.
Mechanica
Mechanica is a thrill ride at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden, known for its intense spinning and swinging motions.
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B.
Lever
Lever is a surname most notably associated with Asbury Francis Lever, an influential early 20th-century American politician and advocate for agricultural reform.
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C.
The Mechanism
The Mechanism is a Brazilian political thriller television series that dramatizes large-scale corruption investigations inspired by real events in Brazil.
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D.
Archimedean screw
The Archimedean screw is an ancient mechanical device, traditionally attributed to Archimedes, used to lift water or other granular materials by rotating a helical surface inside a cylinder or open trough.
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E.
Sprocket
Sprocket is the costumed raccoon mascot of the Rocket City Trash Pandas minor league baseball team, known for his playful, space-themed antics at games and events.
- 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: Simple Machines Forum Target entity description: Simple Machines Forum is an open-source, PHP-based message board software widely used to power online discussion forums.
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A.
Mechanica
Mechanica is a thrill ride at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden, known for its intense spinning and swinging motions.
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B.
Lever
Lever is a surname most notably associated with Asbury Francis Lever, an influential early 20th-century American politician and advocate for agricultural reform.
-
C.
The Mechanism
The Mechanism is a Brazilian political thriller television series that dramatizes large-scale corruption investigations inspired by real events in Brazil.
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D.
Archimedean screw
The Archimedean screw is an ancient mechanical device, traditionally attributed to Archimedes, used to lift water or other granular materials by rotating a helical surface inside a cylinder or open trough.
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E.
Sprocket
Sprocket is the costumed raccoon mascot of the Rocket City Trash Pandas minor league baseball team, known for his playful, space-themed antics at games and events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Internet forum software
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ |
| developer | Simple Machines LLC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developmentStatus | active ⓘ |
| hasAdminControlPanel | true ⓘ |
| hasCachingSupport | true ⓘ |
| hasErrorLogging | true ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| isFreeSoftware | true ⓘ |
| isOpenSource | true ⓘ |
| license |
BSD-style license
ⓘ
Simple Machines License NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | cross-platform ⓘ |
| originalAuthor | Unknown W. Brackets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | web ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | PHP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serverRequirement |
MySQL database
ⓘ
PHP-enabled web server ⓘ |
| shortName | SMF NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
discussion forum software
ⓘ
message board software ⓘ |
| softwareName | Simple Machines Forum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceCodeRepository | https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1 ⓘ |
| supportsAttachments | true ⓘ |
| supportsBBCode | true ⓘ |
| supportsDatabase |
MariaDB
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MySQL NERFINISHED ⓘ PostgreSQL NERFINISHED ⓘ SQLite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsDatabaseAbstraction | true ⓘ |
| supportsModerationTools | true ⓘ |
| supportsMultipleLanguages | true ⓘ |
| supportsPackageManager | true ⓘ |
| supportsPermissionsSystem | true ⓘ |
| supportsPlugins | true ⓘ |
| supportsPolls | true ⓘ |
| supportsPrivateMessaging | true ⓘ |
| supportsRSS | true ⓘ |
| supportsSearch | true ⓘ |
| supportsSEOFeatures | true ⓘ |
| supportsSSI | true ⓘ |
| supportsTemplateSystem | true ⓘ |
| supportsThemes | true ⓘ |
| supportsUserRegistration | true ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
online communities
ⓘ
webmasters ⓘ |
| usesMarkup | BBCode ⓘ |
| website | https://www.simplemachines.org/ ⓘ |
| writtenIn | PHP ⓘ |
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: Simple Machines Forum Description of subject: Simple Machines Forum is an open-source, PHP-based message board software widely used to power online discussion forums.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.