CDC
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CDC is a core Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) C++ class that encapsulates Windows device context drawing operations for graphics and text output.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CDC canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9899960 — 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: CDC Context triple: [Microsoft Foundation Classes, notableClass, CDC]
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A.
CDC
The U.S. Army Combat Developments Command was a major Army organization responsible for analyzing future warfare needs and developing concepts, doctrine, and requirements for new weapons and equipment during the Cold War era.
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B.
CDC
CDC is the French public financial institution Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, which manages long-term investments and supports public-interest projects.
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C.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading U.S. public health agency responsible for disease surveillance, prevention, and health promotion domestically and globally.
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D.
Bureau of Communicable Disease
The Bureau of Communicable Disease is a public health division in New York City responsible for monitoring, investigating, and helping control infectious disease outbreaks.
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E.
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is a major public health agency division focused on preventing and controlling chronic diseases and promoting healthy lifestyles across the United States.
- 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: CDC Target entity description: CDC is a core Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) C++ class that encapsulates Windows device context drawing operations for graphics and text output.
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A.
CDC
CDC is the French public financial institution Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, which manages long-term investments and supports public-interest projects.
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B.
CDC
The U.S. Army Combat Developments Command was a major Army organization responsible for analyzing future warfare needs and developing concepts, doctrine, and requirements for new weapons and equipment during the Cold War era.
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C.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading U.S. public health agency responsible for disease surveillance, prevention, and health promotion domestically and globally.
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D.
Bureau of Communicable Disease
The Bureau of Communicable Disease is a public health division in New York City responsible for monitoring, investigating, and helping control infectious disease outbreaks.
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E.
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion is a major public health agency division focused on preventing and controlling chronic diseases and promoting healthy lifestyles across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
C++ class
ⓘ
GDI wrapper ⓘ MFC class ⓘ |
| APIStyle | object-oriented wrapper over Win32 GDI ⓘ |
| category |
MFC GDI class
ⓘ
linked to:
Gdi32
MFC device context class ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| encapsulates |
HDC handle
ⓘ
Windows device context ⓘ |
| headerFile | afxwin.h ⓘ |
| inheritsFrom |
CCmdTarget
ⓘ
linked to:
CWnd
|
| lifecycle |
attached to existing HDC
ⓘ
created from client area ⓘ created from printer DC ⓘ created from window ⓘ |
| partOf |
MFC
ⓘ
Microsoft Foundation Class Library ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft Foundation Classes
|
| platform |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| programmingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
| provides |
member functions for device context management
ⓘ
member functions for drawing ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
CBitmap
ⓘ
CBrush ⓘ
linked to:
CWnd
CClientDC ⓘ CFont ⓘ CPaintDC ⓘ CPalette ⓘ CPen ⓘ
linked to:
Gdi32
CWindowDC ⓘ |
| supports |
BitBlt
ⓘ
linked to:
Gdi32
DrawText ⓘ StretchBlt ⓘ
linked to:
Gdi32
TextOut ⓘ bit-block transfers ⓘ brush selection ⓘ clipping regions ⓘ coordinate transformations ⓘ ellipse drawing ⓘ font selection ⓘ line drawing ⓘ mapping modes ⓘ palette selection ⓘ pen selection ⓘ polygon drawing ⓘ rectangle drawing ⓘ text drawing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
GDI drawing operations
ⓘ
graphics output ⓘ text output ⓘ |
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: CDC Description of subject: CDC is a core Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC) C++ class that encapsulates Windows device context drawing operations for graphics and text output.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.