Notepad
E193790
Notepad is a simple text-editing program for Windows that allows users to create and edit plain text files without formatting.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1718661 — 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: Notepad Context triple: [Windows 95, includedComponent, Notepad]
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A.
OneNote
OneNote is Microsoft's digital note-taking application that lets users capture, organize, and sync notes, drawings, and multimedia content across devices.
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B.
Simplenote
Simplenote is a minimalist, cross-platform note-taking app focused on fast, distraction-free writing and seamless cloud syncing.
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C.
Evernote
Evernote is a cross-platform note-taking and organization application that lets users capture, sync, and manage text, images, and other content across devices.
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D.
Word
Word is Microsoft’s widely used word processing application for creating, editing, and formatting text documents.
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E.
TextEdit
TextEdit is a simple, built-in macOS application for creating and editing plain text and rich text documents.
- 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: Notepad Target entity description: Notepad is a simple text-editing program for Windows that allows users to create and edit plain text files without formatting.
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A.
OneNote
OneNote is Microsoft's digital note-taking application that lets users capture, organize, and sync notes, drawings, and multimedia content across devices.
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B.
Simplenote
Simplenote is a minimalist, cross-platform note-taking app focused on fast, distraction-free writing and seamless cloud syncing.
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C.
Evernote
Evernote is a cross-platform note-taking and organization application that lets users capture, sync, and manage text, images, and other content across devices.
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D.
Word
Word is Microsoft’s widely used word processing application for creating, editing, and formatting text documents.
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E.
TextEdit
TextEdit is a simple, built-in macOS application for creating and editing plain text and rich text documents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows component
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software application ⓘ text editor ⓘ |
| canEdit |
configuration files
ⓘ
source code files ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| distributionModel | bundled with Windows ⓘ |
| doesNotSupport |
images in documents
ⓘ
tables in documents ⓘ text formatting ⓘ |
| executableName | notepad.exe ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
CRLF and LF line ending support
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Unicode support ⓘ auto-detect encoding ⓘ basic find function ⓘ basic replace function ⓘ drag and drop text support ⓘ extended line length support ⓘ font selection ⓘ go to line function ⓘ line and column indicator ⓘ no rich text formatting ⓘ print support ⓘ status bar ⓘ word wrap option ⓘ wrap-around search ⓘ zoom in and zoom out ⓘ |
| includedWith |
Windows 10
ⓘ
Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 2000 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows 8.1 ⓘ Windows 95 ⓘ Windows 98 ⓘ Windows Vista ⓘ Windows XP ⓘ |
| license | proprietary software ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| primaryFunction |
create plain text files
ⓘ
edit plain text files ⓘ |
| supportsFileExtension |
.ini
ⓘ
.log ⓘ .txt ⓘ |
| supportsFileFormat | plain text ⓘ |
| targetUser |
developers
ⓘ
general Windows users ⓘ |
| userInterface |
graphical user interface
ⓘ
menu bar ⓘ simple toolbar-less window ⓘ |
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: Notepad Description of subject: Notepad is a simple text-editing program for Windows that allows users to create and edit plain text files without formatting.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Memo Pad