GDK
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GDK is the low-level drawing and windowing system library that underpins GTK, providing an abstraction layer over the underlying graphical system.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8608690 — 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: GDK Context triple: [GTK, component, GDK]
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A.
CGDK
CGDK refers to the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea, an exiled anti-Vietnamese Cambodian political alliance formed in the 1980s that claimed to be the legitimate government of Cambodia.
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B.
GDI
GDI is a composite index used by the United Nations to measure gender-based disparities in human development outcomes such as health, education, and income.
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C.
GKS
GKS is a Polish vehicle registration code assigned to the Słupsk area in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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D.
GCK
GCK is the three-letter IATA airport code for Garden City Regional Airport in Garden City, Kansas, United States.
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E.
GDX
GDX is the IATA airport code for Magadan Airport, which serves the city of Magadan in Russia’s Far East.
- 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: GDK Target entity description: GDK is the low-level drawing and windowing system library that underpins GTK, providing an abstraction layer over the underlying graphical system.
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A.
CGDK
CGDK refers to the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea, an exiled anti-Vietnamese Cambodian political alliance formed in the 1980s that claimed to be the legitimate government of Cambodia.
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B.
GDI
GDI is a composite index used by the United Nations to measure gender-based disparities in human development outcomes such as health, education, and income.
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C.
GKS
GKS is a Polish vehicle registration code assigned to the Słupsk area in the Pomeranian Voivodeship.
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D.
GCK
GCK is the three-letter IATA airport code for Garden City Regional Airport in Garden City, Kansas, United States.
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E.
GDX
GDX is the IATA airport code for Magadan Airport, which serves the city of Magadan in Russia’s Far East.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
graphics library
ⓘ
software library ⓘ |
| abstractionOver |
Quartz
ⓘ
Wayland ⓘ Win32 ⓘ
linked to:
Win32 API
X11 ⓘ underlying graphical system ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
GNOME platform
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME development platform
|
| documentationURL | https://docs.gtk.org/gdk4/ ⓘ |
| handles |
frame clock and timing
ⓘ
monitor and screen information ⓘ window creation ⓘ window resizing ⓘ window state changes ⓘ |
| integratesWith | Cairo ⓘ |
| license |
LGPL
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Lesser General Public License
|
| maintainedBy |
GNOME Project
ⓘ
linked to:
GNOME Foundation
|
| partOf | GTK ⓘ |
| previouslyUsedWith |
GTK 2
ⓘ
linked to:
GTK (for graphical interface)
GTK 3 ⓘ
linked to:
GTK (for graphical interface)
|
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| provides |
clipboard handling
ⓘ
cursor management ⓘ drag-and-drop support ⓘ event handling API ⓘ input device handling ⓘ low-level drawing API ⓘ offscreen rendering ⓘ surface and window management ⓘ windowing system abstraction ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Cairo graphics library ⓘ |
| stableReleaseBranchOf |
GTK 4
ⓘ
linked to:
GTK
|
| supports |
RGBA visuals
ⓘ
double buffering ⓘ input methods ⓘ keyboard events ⓘ multiple backends ⓘ pointer events ⓘ scroll events ⓘ touch events ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| usedBy |
GTK applications
ⓘ
linked to:
GTK (for graphical interface)
GTK widgets ⓘ
linked to:
GTK (for graphical 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: GDK Description of subject: GDK is the low-level drawing and windowing system library that underpins GTK, providing an abstraction layer over the underlying graphical system.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: GDK