Simon Kelley
E845861
DHCP server software
DNS server software
computer programmer
network infrastructure software
software developer
Simon Kelley is a software developer best known as the original author and maintainer of the lightweight DNS and DHCP server software dnsmasq.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Simon Kelley canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10167792 — 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: Simon Kelley Context triple: [dnsmasq, hasAuthor, Simon Kelley]
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A.
Simon Gage
Simon Gage is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Gage.
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B.
Ben Weeks
Ben Weeks is a central character in Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart," portrayed as the brother of activist Ned Weeks and representing a more conservative, establishment perspective on the early AIDS crisis.
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C.
Alex Tarrant
Alex Tarrant is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in television dramas and action series, including a lead role on NCIS: Hawaiʻi.
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D.
Phil Weston
Phil Weston is the neurotic, well-meaning dad who becomes an overzealous youth soccer coach in the family sports comedy film "Kicking & Screaming."
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E.
Ed Guiney
Ed Guiney is an Irish film producer and co-founder of Element Pictures, known for collaborating on acclaimed films such as "The Favourite," "Room," and "Poor Things."
- 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: Simon Kelley Target entity description: Simon Kelley is a software developer best known as the original author and maintainer of the lightweight DNS and DHCP server software dnsmasq.
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A.
Simon Gage
Simon Gage is a notable individual recognized for achievements significant enough to be distinctly associated with the surname Gage.
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B.
Ben Weeks
Ben Weeks is a central character in Larry Kramer's play "The Normal Heart," portrayed as the brother of activist Ned Weeks and representing a more conservative, establishment perspective on the early AIDS crisis.
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C.
Alex Tarrant
Alex Tarrant is a New Zealand actor known for his roles in television dramas and action series, including a lead role on NCIS: Hawaiʻi.
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D.
Phil Weston
Phil Weston is the neurotic, well-meaning dad who becomes an overzealous youth soccer coach in the family sports comedy film "Kicking & Screaming."
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E.
Ed Guiney
Ed Guiney is an Irish film producer and co-founder of Element Pictures, known for collaborating on acclaimed films such as "The Favourite," "Room," and "Poor Things."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DHCP server software
ⓘ
DNS server software ⓘ computer programmer ⓘ network infrastructure software ⓘ software developer ⓘ |
| author | Simon Kelley ⓘ |
| contributedTo | free and open-source software ⓘ |
| designedFor |
embedded systems
ⓘ
home networks ⓘ small networks ⓘ |
| developed | dnsmasq ⓘ |
| developer | Simon Kelley ⓘ |
| field |
computer software
ⓘ
networking software ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
DHCP server
ⓘ
DNS forwarding ⓘ PXE boot support ⓘ TFTP server support ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
lightweight
ⓘ
small footprint ⓘ |
| knownFor | dnsmasq ⓘ |
| license | free and open-source software license ⓘ |
| maintainer | Simon Kelley ⓘ |
| notableWork | dnsmasq ⓘ |
| occupation |
computer programmer
ⓘ
software developer ⓘ |
| role |
maintainer of dnsmasq
ⓘ
original author of dnsmasq ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
DHCP
ⓘ
DNS ⓘ
linked to:
Domain Name System
TFTP ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Linux distributions
ⓘ
embedded Linux devices ⓘ home routers ⓘ network appliances ⓘ |
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: Simon Kelley Description of subject: Simon Kelley is a software developer best known as the original author and maintainer of the lightweight DNS and DHCP server software dnsmasq.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.