Zile
E1008113
Zile is a lightweight, Emacs-compatible text editor designed as a small, fast alternative to the full GNU Emacs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zile canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12900305 — 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: Zile Context triple: [Emacs family of editors, hasMember, Zile]
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A.
Joure
Joure is a town in the Dutch province of Friesland known for its historic role in the coffee and clock-making industries and its location amid canals and lakes.
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B.
Daag
Daag is a 1973 Hindi romantic drama film, directed by Yash Chopra and starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore, known for its music and emotionally charged storyline.
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C.
Rano
Rano is a historic town and traditional emirate in northern Nigeria, located within Kano State.
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D.
Rano
Rano is a dialect of the Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin language cluster spoken in Vanuatu.
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E.
Dias
Dias is a Portuguese-language surname shared by numerous individuals, including notable figures in arts, sports, and public life.
- 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: Zile Target entity description: Zile is a lightweight, Emacs-compatible text editor designed as a small, fast alternative to the full GNU Emacs.
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A.
Joure
Joure is a town in the Dutch province of Friesland known for its historic role in the coffee and clock-making industries and its location amid canals and lakes.
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B.
Daag
Daag is a 1973 Hindi romantic drama film, directed by Yash Chopra and starring Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore, known for its music and emotionally charged storyline.
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C.
Rano
Rano is a historic town and traditional emirate in northern Nigeria, located within Kano State.
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D.
Rano
Rano is a dialect of the Uripiv-Wala-Rano-Atchin language cluster spoken in Vanuatu.
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E.
Dias
Dias is a Portuguese-language surname shared by numerous individuals, including notable figures in arts, sports, and public life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Emacs-compatible editor
ⓘ
text editor ⓘ |
| aimsFor |
fast startup time
ⓘ
low resource usage ⓘ small binary size ⓘ |
| category |
GNU Project software
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Project
free text editors ⓘ terminal text editors ⓘ |
| compatibilityWith | GNU Emacs ⓘ |
| designedAs |
fast alternative to GNU Emacs
ⓘ
lightweight alternative to GNU Emacs ⓘ small alternative to GNU Emacs ⓘ |
| distribution |
BSD ports and packages
ⓘ
GNU/Linux distributions ⓘ
linked to:
Linux distributions
source code tarballs ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Emacs-like behavior
ⓘ
Emacs-like keybindings ⓘ buffer-based editing ⓘ command-line interface ⓘ configuration via startup files ⓘ customizable keybindings ⓘ multiple buffers support ⓘ search and replace ⓘ syntax highlighting (in some builds) ⓘ undo and redo ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | GNU Emacs ⓘ |
| isFreeSoftware | true ⓘ |
| isOpenSource | true ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| licenseAbbreviation |
GPL
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
|
| maintainer |
GNU Project (historically)
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Project
|
| operatingSystem |
BSD variants
ⓘ
GNU/Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS (via ports) ⓘ
linked to:
macOS
|
| partOf | GNU Project ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| softwareGenre | text editor ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
Emacs-style minibuffer
ⓘ
Emacs-style modes ⓘ file visiting and saving ⓘ help commands ⓘ kill ring-like behavior ⓘ mark and region operations ⓘ |
| supportsInterface |
console
ⓘ
terminal ⓘ |
| targetUser |
users on resource-constrained systems
ⓘ
users who want Emacs-like editor without full GNU Emacs ⓘ |
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: Zile Description of subject: Zile is a lightweight, Emacs-compatible text editor designed as a small, fast alternative to the full GNU Emacs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.