npm, Inc.
E131766
npm, Inc. is the company behind the npm package manager and registry, a central infrastructure provider for JavaScript and Node.js developers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| npm, Inc. canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1160471 — 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: npm, Inc. Context triple: [npm, previousParentOrganization, npm, Inc.]
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A.
Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies is an American software company specializing in big data analytics platforms used by governments and large enterprises for intelligence, security, and operational decision-making.
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B.
Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies is a U.S.-based telecommunications and technology company that provides internet, networking, cloud, and security services to businesses and consumers.
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C.
Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit organization best known for promoting an open and accessible internet and stewarding projects like the Firefox web browser and the JavaScript language’s early development.
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D.
Open Source Development Labs
Open Source Development Labs was a non-profit organization that supported and promoted Linux and open-source software development, notably serving as a home base for Linus Torvalds before it merged into The Linux Foundation.
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E.
Brave Software
Brave Software is a technology company best known for developing the privacy-focused Brave web browser that blocks ads and trackers by default and integrates cryptocurrency-based rewards.
- 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: npm, Inc. Target entity description: npm, Inc. is the company behind the npm package manager and registry, a central infrastructure provider for JavaScript and Node.js developers.
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A.
Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies is an American software company specializing in big data analytics platforms used by governments and large enterprises for intelligence, security, and operational decision-making.
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B.
Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies is a U.S.-based telecommunications and technology company that provides internet, networking, cloud, and security services to businesses and consumers.
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C.
Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit organization best known for promoting an open and accessible internet and stewarding projects like the Firefox web browser and the JavaScript language’s early development.
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D.
Open Source Development Labs
Open Source Development Labs was a non-profit organization that supported and promoted Linux and open-source software development, notably serving as a home base for Linus Torvalds before it merged into The Linux Foundation.
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E.
Brave Software
Brave Software is a technology company best known for developing the privacy-focused Brave web browser that blocks ads and trackers by default and integrates cryptocurrency-based rewards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
software company
ⓘ
technology company ⓘ |
| coreTechnology |
JavaScript
ⓘ
Node.js ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| focusesOn |
JavaScript ecosystem
ⓘ
Node.js ecosystem ⓘ open-source ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
authentication and access control system
ⓘ
npm CLI ⓘ
linked to:
npm
npm registry API ⓘ
linked to:
npm
npm web interface ⓘ package metadata storage ⓘ package tarball storage ⓘ |
| industry |
developer tools
ⓘ
package management ⓘ software ⓘ |
| operates |
npm command-line client development
ⓘ
npm private package services ⓘ npm public registry ⓘ
linked to:
npm
npm website ⓘ |
| product |
npm package manager
ⓘ
npm registry ⓘ
linked to:
npm
npmjs.com ⓘ
linked to:
npm
|
| provides |
JavaScript package registry
ⓘ
Node.js package registry ⓘ command-line package manager ⓘ dependency management tools ⓘ organization and team management for npm packages ⓘ package discovery service ⓘ package publishing infrastructure ⓘ security advisories for npm packages ⓘ |
| role |
central infrastructure provider for JavaScript packages
ⓘ
central infrastructure provider for Node.js packages ⓘ maintainer of npm CLI ⓘ maintainer of npm registry ⓘ |
| serves |
JavaScript developers
ⓘ
Node.js developers ⓘ |
| usedBy |
back-end Node.js developers
ⓘ
commercial software projects ⓘ front-end developers ⓘ open-source projects ⓘ |
| usedFor |
installing JavaScript packages
ⓘ
managing project dependencies ⓘ publishing JavaScript packages ⓘ sharing open-source libraries ⓘ |
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: npm, Inc. Description of subject: npm, Inc. is the company behind the npm package manager and registry, a central infrastructure provider for JavaScript and Node.js developers.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.