Charm: Start
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Charm: Start is the Start charm in the Windows Charms bar that opens the Start screen or menu for accessing apps and system features.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charm: Start canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9667306 — 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: Charm: Start Context triple: [Charms bar, containsElement, Charm: Start]
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A.
Charmer
Charmer is a 2012 studio album by American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, noted for its melodic pop-rock sound and incisive, character-driven lyrics.
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B.
Charms
Charms is a core magical subject at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that teaches students how to cast spells to alter objects and the environment without transforming their inherent nature.
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C.
Charmes
Charmes is a 1922 poetry collection by French symbolist writer Paul Valéry, noted for its intricate, musical verse and philosophical depth.
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D.
Charmentray
Charmentray is a small French commune located in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
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E.
Begin Here
"Begin Here" is the 1965 debut studio album by English rock band The Zombies, showcasing their distinctive blend of baroque pop, jazz-influenced harmonies, and British Invasion rock.
- 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: Charm: Start Target entity description: Charm: Start is the Start charm in the Windows Charms bar that opens the Start screen or menu for accessing apps and system features.
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A.
Charmer
Charmer is a 2012 studio album by American singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, noted for its melodic pop-rock sound and incisive, character-driven lyrics.
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B.
Charms
Charms is a core magical subject at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that teaches students how to cast spells to alter objects and the environment without transforming their inherent nature.
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C.
Charmes
Charmes is a 1922 poetry collection by French symbolist writer Paul Valéry, noted for its intricate, musical verse and philosophical depth.
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D.
Charmentray
Charmentray is a small French commune located in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
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E.
Begin Here
"Begin Here" is the 1965 debut studio album by English rock band The Zombies, showcasing their distinctive blend of baroque pop, jazz-influenced harmonies, and British Invasion rock.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Windows user interface element
ⓘ
graphical user interface component ⓘ |
| accessibilityRole | launcher control ⓘ |
| appearsOn |
Start screen
ⓘ
desktop environment ⓘ |
| category |
navigation control
ⓘ
system launcher ⓘ |
| deprecatedInVersion | Windows 10 ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| function |
opens the Start menu
ⓘ
opens the Start screen ⓘ provides access to installed apps ⓘ provides access to system features ⓘ |
| iconShape | Windows logo ⓘ |
| introducedInVersion | Windows 8 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Charms bar right edge UI ⓘ |
| partOf | Windows Charms bar ⓘ |
| platform |
Windows 8
ⓘ
Windows 8.1 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Start menu
ⓘ
Start screen ⓘ |
| replaced | traditional Start button behavior in Windows 8 ⓘ |
| status | deprecated ⓘ |
| triggeredBy |
Windows key + C keyboard shortcut then selecting Start
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moving pointer to lower-right corner ⓘ moving pointer to upper-right corner ⓘ swiping from right edge of touch screen ⓘ |
| UIParadigm | Metro-style interface ⓘ |
| userInteraction | clickable charm button ⓘ |
| visualPosition | center icon in Charms bar ⓘ |
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: Charm: Start Description of subject: Charm: Start is the Start charm in the Windows Charms bar that opens the Start screen or menu for accessing apps and system features.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.