Tridgell
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Tridgell is the surname of Andrew Tridgell, an Australian computer programmer best known for creating the Samba software suite and co-developing the rsync algorithm.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tridgell canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2647712 — 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.
Target entity: Tridgell Context triple: [Andrew Tridgell, familyName, Tridgell]
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Steve the Stag
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Birdofredum Sawin
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Blagg
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Fergus
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Garth
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Tridgell Target entity description: Tridgell is the surname of Andrew Tridgell, an Australian computer programmer best known for creating the Samba software suite and co-developing the rsync algorithm.
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A.
Steve the Stag
Steve the Stag is the official stag mascot of the University of Surrey, symbolizing the university’s identity and spirit at events and sporting occasions.
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B.
Birdofredum Sawin
Birdofredum Sawin is a satirical Yankee soldier character in James Russell Lowell’s anti-war verse collection "The Biglow Papers," used to critique American politics and militarism.
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C.
Blagg
Blagg is a variant form of the surname "Black," typically arising as an alternative spelling in English-speaking regions.
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D.
Fergus
Fergus is a fictional character from the game "Wild Target," likely serving as a notable figure within its story or gameplay.
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E.
Garth
Garth is a fictional character from the American prime-time television soap opera "Falcon Crest."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer programmer
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data transfer algorithm ⓘ family name ⓘ file synchronization algorithm ⓘ free software ⓘ human ⓘ network software ⓘ software engineer ⓘ surname ⓘ |
| coDeveloper | Andrew Tridgell ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| developer | Andrew Tridgell ⓘ |
| familyName | Tridgell self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
computer science
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software development ⓘ |
| givenName | Andrew ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer | Andrew Tridgell ⓘ |
| implements | SMB/CIFS protocol ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Samba
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surface form:
Samba software suite
rsync algorithm ⓘ |
| occupation |
programmer
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software developer ⓘ |
| useCase |
backup and mirroring
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incremental file transfer ⓘ |
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.
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.
Subject: Tridgell Description of subject: Tridgell is the surname of Andrew Tridgell, an Australian computer programmer best known for creating the Samba software suite and co-developing the rsync algorithm.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.