Python Software Foundation
E9272
The Python Software Foundation is a non-profit organization that manages the development, licensing, and community support of the Python programming language.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T94545 — 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: Python Software Foundation Context triple: [Guido van Rossum, memberOf, Python Software Foundation]
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A.
Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation is a global nonprofit organization that promotes open data and open knowledge to foster transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
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B.
Python
Python is a high-level, versatile programming language widely used for data analysis, machine learning, web development, and automation.
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C.
Open Data Institute
The Open Data Institute is a UK-based non-profit organization that advocates for and supports the use of open data to drive innovation, improve governance, and benefit society.
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D.
World Wide Web Foundation
The World Wide Web Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing an open, accessible, and rights-based web for everyone worldwide.
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E.
Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit organization that hosts and supports Wikipedia and other free-knowledge projects worldwide.
- 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: Python Software Foundation Target entity description: The Python Software Foundation is a non-profit organization that manages the development, licensing, and community support of the Python programming language.
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A.
Open Knowledge Foundation
Open Knowledge Foundation is a global nonprofit organization that promotes open data and open knowledge to foster transparency, innovation, and civic engagement.
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B.
Python
Python is a high-level, versatile programming language widely used for data analysis, machine learning, web development, and automation.
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C.
Open Data Institute
The Open Data Institute is a UK-based non-profit organization that advocates for and supports the use of open data to drive innovation, improve governance, and benefit society.
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D.
World Wide Web Foundation
The World Wide Web Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing an open, accessible, and rights-based web for everyone worldwide.
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E.
Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is a nonprofit organization that hosts and supports Wikipedia and other free-knowledge projects worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
501(c)(3) organization
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non-profit organization ⓘ software foundation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | PSF ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
free and open-source software
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programming languages ⓘ software development ⓘ |
| focus |
community diversity and inclusion in Python
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open-source licensing for Python ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Guido van Rossum
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Python community members ⓘ |
| foundedFor | supporting the Python programming language ⓘ |
| hasBoardOfDirectors |
Python Software Foundation
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Python Software Foundation Board of Directors
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| hasMembershipType |
basic member
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contributing member ⓘ fellow member ⓘ managing member ⓘ supporting member ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Province of Delaware
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surface form:
Delaware
|
| inception | 2001 ⓘ |
| languageOfFocus | Python ⓘ |
| legalForm | non-profit corporation ⓘ |
| licenses |
Python
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surface form:
Python programming language
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| manages |
Python logos
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Python programming language intellectual property ⓘ Python wordmark ⓘ |
| missionStatement | to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers ⓘ |
| name | Python Software Foundation self-link ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | charitable organization ⓘ |
| officialWebsite | https://www.python.org/psf/ ⓘ |
| organizes | PyCon US ⓘ |
| oversees | Python core development infrastructure ⓘ |
| provides |
financial support for Python development and outreach
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grants to Python-related events ⓘ |
| purpose |
manage intellectual property rights for Python
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manage the development and licensing of the Python programming language ⓘ promote the Python programming language ⓘ support and facilitate the growth of a diverse Python community ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| replaced | Python Consortium ⓘ |
| supports |
PyCon US
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Python community ⓘ Python conferences ⓘ Python user groups ⓘ |
| supportsProject |
Python reference implementation (CPython)
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surface form:
CPython
Python Package Index ⓘ
surface form:
PyPI
Python packaging ecosystem ⓘ |
| taxStatus | 501(c)(3) public charity ⓘ |
| website | https://www.python.org/psf/ ⓘ |
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: Python Software Foundation Description of subject: The Python Software Foundation is a non-profit organization that manages the development, licensing, and community support of the Python programming language.
Referenced by (39)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
CPython
Python Software Foundation
→
hasBoardOfDirectors
→
Python Software Foundation
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Python Software Foundation Board of Directors
this entity surface form:
Python Software Foundation Board of Directors
this entity surface form:
python.org
this entity surface form:
Python Software Foundation assets repository
this entity surface form:
Python programming language project
this entity surface form:
Python Software Foundation trademark policy