Cairo
E746214
Cairo is a 2D graphics library that provides high-quality vector-based drawing capabilities for multiple output devices and backends.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cairo canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8608692 — 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: Cairo Context triple: [GTK, component, Cairo]
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A.
Cairo
Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt, a historic metropolis on the Nile renowned for its rich Islamic heritage and proximity to the ancient pyramids.
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B.
Alexandria, Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt is a historic Mediterranean port city founded by Alexander the Great, renowned for its ancient library, lighthouse, and enduring cultural significance in Egypt.
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C.
Ain Shams
Ain Shams is a district in northeastern Cairo, Egypt, known as a densely populated residential area with historical roots dating back to ancient Heliopolis.
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D.
Zagazig
Zagazig is a city in Egypt’s Nile Delta that serves as an important regional center for agriculture, education, and transportation.
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E.
Ismailia
Ismailia is a city in northeastern Egypt on the west bank of the Suez Canal, known for its strategic location, colonial-era architecture, and role as an administrative center for the canal zone.
- 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: Cairo Target entity description: Cairo is a 2D graphics library that provides high-quality vector-based drawing capabilities for multiple output devices and backends.
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A.
Cairo
Cairo is the capital and largest city of Egypt, a historic metropolis on the Nile renowned for its rich Islamic heritage and proximity to the ancient pyramids.
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B.
Alexandria, Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt is a historic Mediterranean port city founded by Alexander the Great, renowned for its ancient library, lighthouse, and enduring cultural significance in Egypt.
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C.
Ain Shams
Ain Shams is a district in northeastern Cairo, Egypt, known as a densely populated residential area with historical roots dating back to ancient Heliopolis.
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D.
Zagazig
Zagazig is a city in Egypt’s Nile Delta that serves as an important regional center for agriculture, education, and transportation.
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E.
Ismailia
Ismailia is a city in northeastern Egypt on the west bank of the Suez Canal, known for its strategic location, colonial-era architecture, and role as an administrative center for the canal zone.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (67)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
graphics library
ⓘ
vector graphics library ⓘ |
| designedFor |
device-independent output
ⓘ
high-quality 2D graphics ⓘ |
| hasAPIConcept |
context
ⓘ
matrix transform ⓘ path ⓘ pattern ⓘ surface ⓘ |
| license |
LGPL
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Lesser General Public License
MPL ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| supportsColorModel |
RGBA
ⓘ
grayscale ⓘ |
| supportsCoordinateSystem | floating-point coordinates ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
Bezier curves
ⓘ
alpha compositing ⓘ anti-aliased rendering ⓘ clipping ⓘ gradients ⓘ image compositing ⓘ path-based drawing ⓘ patterns ⓘ text rendering ⓘ transforms ⓘ vector-based drawing ⓘ |
| supportsOutputBackend |
DirectFB
ⓘ
EGL ⓘ OpenGL ⓘ PDF ⓘ PostScript ⓘ Quartz ⓘ SVG ⓘ Wayland ⓘ Win32 ⓘ
linked to:
Win32 API
X Window System ⓘ
linked to:
X11
XCB ⓘ framebuffer ⓘ image surfaces ⓘ recording surfaces ⓘ script surfaces ⓘ |
| supportsOutputType |
on-screen rendering
ⓘ
print output ⓘ raster images ⓘ vector graphics files ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| supportsProgrammingLanguageBinding |
.NET
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ Go ⓘ Haskell ⓘ Java ⓘ Lua ⓘ PHP ⓘ Perl ⓘ Python ⓘ Ruby ⓘ Rust ⓘ |
| supportsTextRenderingBackend |
FreeType
ⓘ
Quartz font APIs ⓘ Win32 font APIs ⓘ |
| usedBy |
GTK+
ⓘ
linked to:
GTK
Mozilla Firefox ⓘ Pango ⓘ WebKit-based projects ⓘ |
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: Cairo Description of subject: Cairo is a 2D graphics library that provides high-quality vector-based drawing capabilities for multiple output devices and backends.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.