Perforce
E183366
Perforce is a centralized version control system widely used in game development and large-scale software projects for its performance and robust asset management.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Perforce canonical | 7 |
| P4Merge tool | 1 |
| P4V visual client | 1 |
| Perforce Software Inc. | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1612974 — 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: Perforce Context triple: [Unity, supportsVersionControlIntegration, Perforce]
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A.
TFS
TFS is the IATA airport code for Tenerife South Airport, a major international gateway to Spain’s Canary Islands.
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B.
SVN
SVN is the IATA airport code for Hunter Army Airfield, a U.S. military airfield located near Savannah, Georgia.
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C.
SVN
SVN is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Slovenia.
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D.
Jenkins
Jenkins is a common English-language surname borne by numerous notable individuals across sports, politics, arts, and other fields.
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E.
Jenkins
Jenkins is the enigmatic, scholarly caretaker of the Library in the fantasy-adventure TV series "The Librarians," known for his vast knowledge of magic and history.
- 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: Perforce Target entity description: Perforce is a centralized version control system widely used in game development and large-scale software projects for its performance and robust asset management.
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A.
TFS
TFS is the IATA airport code for Tenerife South Airport, a major international gateway to Spain’s Canary Islands.
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B.
SVN
SVN is the IATA airport code for Hunter Army Airfield, a U.S. military airfield located near Savannah, Georgia.
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C.
SVN
SVN is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Slovenia.
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D.
GitLab
GitLab is a web-based DevOps platform that provides Git repository hosting along with integrated tools for source code management, CI/CD, and project collaboration.
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E.
Jenkins
Jenkins is the enigmatic, scholarly caretaker of the Library in the fantasy-adventure TV series "The Librarians," known for his vast knowledge of magic and history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
centralized version control system
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software product ⓘ version control system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Helix Core ⓘ |
| component |
Helix Swarm code review tool
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Perforce self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
P4Merge tool
Perforce self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
P4V visual client
p4 command-line client ⓘ p4d server ⓘ |
| developer |
Perforce
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Perforce Software Inc.
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| feature |
change lists
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fine-grained permissions ⓘ high performance for large codebases ⓘ integrated workspace management ⓘ labeling of file sets ⓘ scalability to thousands of users ⓘ shelving of changes ⓘ stream-based branching model ⓘ time-lapse view of file history ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryUseCase |
collaborative software development
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management of large digital assets ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Jenkins
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TeamCity ⓘ Unity game engine ⓘ
surface form:
Unity
Unreal Engine ⓘ Visual Studio ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| stores |
file revisions
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metadata about changes ⓘ |
| supports |
access control lists
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atomic commits ⓘ branching ⓘ centralized repository model ⓘ code review workflows ⓘ continuous integration workflows ⓘ file locking ⓘ large binary assets ⓘ merging ⓘ triggers ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Linux
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Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol | TCP/IP ⓘ |
| usedBy |
AAA game studios
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enterprise software companies ⓘ |
| usedIn |
chip design workflows
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embedded software development ⓘ game development ⓘ large-scale software development ⓘ |
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: Perforce Description of subject: Perforce is a centralized version control system widely used in game development and large-scale software projects for its performance and robust asset management.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Unity
this entity surface form:
Perforce Software Inc.
this entity surface form:
P4V visual client