CLI
E183347
CLI is a standardized runtime and execution environment developed by Microsoft and standardized by ECMA and ISO for running and managing code written in multiple high-level languages, most notably used by the .NET framework.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CLI canonical | 5 |
| CLI assemblies | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1612501 — 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: CLI Context triple: [Common Language Infrastructure, abbreviation, CLI]
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A.
Shell
Shell is a major global oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, known for its extensive energy production, refining, and retail operations.
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B.
Terminal
Terminal is the built-in command-line interface application for macOS that allows users to interact with the operating system using text-based commands.
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C.
CLIC
CLIC is a proposed high-energy electron–positron linear collider at CERN designed to explore physics beyond the Standard Model with multi-TeV collisions.
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D.
Home Command
Home Command was a major British Army formation responsible for the administration, training, and home defence of forces within the United Kingdom.
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E.
Terminal C
Terminal C is one of the main passenger terminals at Boston Logan International Airport, serving numerous domestic and some international flights with a variety of airlines and amenities.
- 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: CLI Target entity description: CLI is a standardized runtime and execution environment developed by Microsoft and standardized by ECMA and ISO for running and managing code written in multiple high-level languages, most notably used by the .NET framework.
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A.
Shell
Shell is a major global oil and gas company headquartered in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, known for its extensive energy production, refining, and retail operations.
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B.
Terminal
Terminal is the built-in command-line interface application for macOS that allows users to interact with the operating system using text-based commands.
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C.
CLIC
CLIC is a proposed high-energy electron–positron linear collider at CERN designed to explore physics beyond the Standard Model with multi-TeV collisions.
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D.
Home Command
Home Command was a major British Army formation responsible for the administration, training, and home defence of forces within the United Kingdom.
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E.
Terminal C
Terminal C is a major passenger terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport, primarily serving United Airlines and offering extensive domestic and international flight operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computing platform specification
ⓘ
runtime environment ⓘ |
| abbreviation | CLI self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
CLI
ⓘ
ECMA-335 ⓘ
surface form:
ECMA-335 CLI
|
| category |
.NET technology
ⓘ
runtime system ⓘ software standard ⓘ |
| componentOf |
.NET ecosystem
ⓘ
surface form:
.NET platform architecture
|
| defines |
Common Language Specification
ⓘ
Common Type System ⓘ Virtual Execution System ⓘ intermediate language instruction set ⓘ metadata format for assemblies ⓘ |
| definesIntermediateLanguage |
Microsoft Intermediate Language
ⓘ
surface form:
Common Intermediate Language
|
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| executionModel | managed code execution ⓘ |
| feature |
automatic memory management
ⓘ
exception handling ⓘ interoperability with unmanaged code ⓘ security model ⓘ type safety ⓘ |
| governingBody |
TC39
ⓘ
surface form:
ECMA TC39/TG3 (historically associated technical group)
|
| includes | class libraries specification ⓘ |
| influenced |
.NET implementations on multiple platforms
ⓘ
Mono runtime ⓘ |
| license | open standard specification ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
.NET 5
ⓘ
surface form:
.NET (modern .NET platform)
.NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ |
| purpose |
to enable cross-language integration
ⓘ
to provide a language-independent runtime environment ⓘ to provide a managed execution environment ⓘ |
| region | international standard ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Common Language Runtime
ⓘ
surface form:
.NET Common Language Runtime
|
| relationship |
Common Language Runtime
ⓘ
surface form:
The Common Language Runtime is a concrete implementation of the CLI specification
|
| scope | execution of code written in multiple high-level languages ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
ECMA International
ⓘ
International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| standardNumber |
ECMA-335
ⓘ
ISO/IEC 23271 ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
language interoperability
ⓘ
platform independence via intermediate language ⓘ |
| supportsProgrammingLanguage |
C# programming language
ⓘ
surface form:
C#
C++/CLI ⓘ F# ⓘ Visual Basic .NET ⓘ many other CLI-compliant languages ⓘ |
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: CLI Description of subject: CLI is a standardized runtime and execution environment developed by Microsoft and standardized by ECMA and ISO for running and managing code written in multiple high-level languages, most notably used by the .NET framework.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
IBM Db2
subject surface form:
Common Language Infrastructure
subject surface form:
Common Language Infrastructure