System.IO.Directory
E697503
System.IO.Directory is a .NET class that provides static methods for creating, deleting, moving, and enumerating directories and subdirectories on disk.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| System.IO.Directory canonical | 2 |
| GetFileSystemEntries(string) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7897388 — 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: System.IO.Directory Context triple: [System.IO, containsType, System.IO.Directory]
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A.
System.IO
System.IO is a .NET namespace that provides types for reading and writing data to streams, files, and directories.
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B.
System.Collections
System.Collections is a .NET namespace that provides fundamental interfaces and classes for working with non-generic collections such as lists, queues, arrays, and dictionaries.
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C.
System.Net
System.Net is a .NET namespace that provides classes for network programming, including HTTP communication, sockets, and other internet protocol support.
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D.
Filesystem
Filesystem is a Symfony component that provides convenient, object-oriented utilities for interacting with and manipulating the file system in PHP applications.
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E.
System.Threading
System.Threading is a .NET namespace that provides types and APIs for working with threads, tasks, synchronization, and concurrent programming.
- 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: System.IO.Directory Target entity description: System.IO.Directory is a .NET class that provides static methods for creating, deleting, moving, and enumerating directories and subdirectories on disk.
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A.
System.IO
System.IO is a .NET namespace that provides types for reading and writing data to streams, files, and directories.
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B.
System.Collections
System.Collections is a .NET namespace that provides fundamental interfaces and classes for working with non-generic collections such as lists, queues, arrays, and dictionaries.
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C.
System.Net
System.Net is a .NET namespace that provides classes for network programming, including HTTP communication, sockets, and other internet protocol support.
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D.
Filesystem
Filesystem is a Symfony component that provides convenient, object-oriented utilities for interacting with and manipulating the file system in PHP applications.
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E.
System.Threading
System.Threading is a .NET namespace that provides types and APIs for working with threads, tasks, synchronization, and concurrent programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
.NET class
ⓘ
class ⓘ |
| assembly |
System.IO.FileSystem.dll
ⓘ
System.Runtime.dll ⓘ mscorlib.dll ⓘ |
| category | file system API ⓘ |
| isStatic | true ⓘ |
| namespace | System.IO ⓘ |
| platform |
.NET 5+
ⓘ
.NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ |
| providesMethod |
CreateDirectory
ⓘ
CreateDirectory(string) ⓘ Delete ⓘ Delete(string) ⓘ Delete(string, bool) ⓘ EnumerateDirectories ⓘ EnumerateDirectories(string) ⓘ EnumerateDirectories(string, string) ⓘ EnumerateDirectories(string, string, SearchOption) ⓘ EnumerateFileSystemEntries ⓘ EnumerateFileSystemEntries(string) ⓘ EnumerateFileSystemEntries(string, string) ⓘ EnumerateFiles ⓘ EnumerateFiles(string) ⓘ EnumerateFiles(string, string) ⓘ EnumerateFiles(string, string, SearchOption) ⓘ Exists ⓘ Exists(string) ⓘ GetCurrentDirectory ⓘ GetCurrentDirectory() ⓘ GetDirectories ⓘ GetDirectories(string) ⓘ GetDirectories(string, string) ⓘ GetDirectories(string, string, SearchOption) ⓘ GetDirectoryRoot ⓘ GetDirectoryRoot(string) ⓘ GetFileSystemEntries ⓘ GetFileSystemEntries(string) ⓘ
linked to:
System.IO.Directory
GetFileSystemEntries(string, string) ⓘ GetFiles ⓘ GetFiles(string) ⓘ GetFiles(string, string) ⓘ GetFiles(string, string, SearchOption) ⓘ GetLogicalDrives ⓘ GetLogicalDrives() ⓘ GetParent ⓘ GetParent(string) ⓘ Move ⓘ Move(string, string) ⓘ SetCurrentDirectory ⓘ SetCurrentDirectory(string) ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
check directory existence
ⓘ
create directory ⓘ delete directory ⓘ enumerate directories ⓘ enumerate files ⓘ get current directory ⓘ move directory ⓘ set current directory ⓘ |
| threadSafety | static members are thread-safe for read operations ⓘ |
| throwsException |
ArgumentException
ⓘ
ArgumentNullException ⓘ DirectoryNotFoundException ⓘ IOException ⓘ
linked to:
System.IO.IOException
PathTooLongException ⓘ
linked to:
System.IO.PathTooLongException
SecurityException ⓘ UnauthorizedAccessException ⓘ |
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: System.IO.Directory Description of subject: System.IO.Directory is a .NET class that provides static methods for creating, deleting, moving, and enumerating directories and subdirectories on disk.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: System.IO.Directory