cmp
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cmp is a GNU Diffutils command-line utility that compares two files byte by byte and reports the first difference it finds.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| cmp canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2792802 — 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: cmp Context triple: [GNU Diffutils, includesUtility, cmp]
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A.
CMP
CMP is the ICAO airline designator used to identify Copa Airlines in international aviation operations and communications.
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B.
COMP
COMP is a scientific committee within the European Medicines Agency responsible for evaluating and advising on orphan medicinal products for rare diseases in the European Union.
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C.
COM
COM (Component Object Model) is a Microsoft-developed software architecture that enables interprocess communication and reusable binary components across different programming languages and applications on Windows.
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D.
COR
COR is the IATA airport code for Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport serving Córdoba, Argentina.
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E.
Cump
Cump is the childhood nickname of William Tecumseh Sherman, the prominent Union general in the American Civil War.
- 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: cmp Target entity description: cmp is a GNU Diffutils command-line utility that compares two files byte by byte and reports the first difference it finds.
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A.
CMP
CMP is the ICAO airline designator used to identify Copa Airlines in international aviation operations and communications.
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B.
COMP
COMP is a scientific committee within the European Medicines Agency responsible for evaluating and advising on orphan medicinal products for rare diseases in the European Union.
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C.
COM
COM (Component Object Model) is a Microsoft-developed software architecture that enables interprocess communication and reusable binary components across different programming languages and applications on Windows.
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D.
COR
COR is the IATA airport code for Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport serving Córdoba, Argentina.
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E.
Cump
Cump is the childhood nickname of William Tecumseh Sherman, the prominent Union general in the American Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNU Diffutils program
ⓘ
command-line utility ⓘ file comparison tool ⓘ |
| canCompare |
binary files
ⓘ
text files ⓘ |
| category | Unix file comparison command ⓘ |
| comparisonLevel | byte-level ⓘ |
| defaultBehavior | produce no output if files are identical ⓘ |
| developer | Free Software Foundation ⓘ |
| differsFrom | diff by stopping at first difference ⓘ |
| distribution | GNU core utilities collections on many systems ⓘ |
| exitStatus |
0 if files are identical
ⓘ
1 if files differ ⓘ 2 if there is an error ⓘ |
| includedIn | many Unix and Linux distributions by default ⓘ |
| inputType |
regular files
ⓘ
standard input ⓘ |
| manualPage | cmp(1) ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
GNU/Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| outputDetail |
byte offset of first difference
ⓘ
line number of first difference for text files ⓘ |
| partOf | GNU Diffutils ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | compare two files byte by byte ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| reports | first difference between two files ⓘ |
| similarTo | diff ⓘ |
| softwareLicense | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| supports | POSIX-style command-line options ⓘ |
| supportsOption |
--bytes
ⓘ
--ignore-initial ⓘ --print-bytes ⓘ --quiet ⓘ --silent ⓘ --verbose ⓘ -b ⓘ -i ⓘ -l ⓘ -n ⓘ -s ⓘ |
| typicalUsage | cmp [OPTION]... FILE1 FILE2 ⓘ |
| userInterface | command-line interface ⓘ |
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: cmp Description of subject: cmp is a GNU Diffutils command-line utility that compares two files byte by byte and reports the first difference it finds.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.