LILO
E195191
LILO is a classic Linux bootloader that was widely used on early Linux distributions to load operating systems at startup.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1724443 — 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: LILO Context triple: [Slackware, supportsBootloader, LILO]
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A.
Liddy
Liddy is a surname most notably associated with G. Gordon Liddy, the former FBI agent and key figure in the Watergate scandal.
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B.
The Linc
The Linc is the popular nickname for Lincoln Financial Field, the home stadium of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
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C.
Simbo
Simbo is an Oceanic language of the Meso-Melanesian subgroup spoken on Simbo Island in the Solomon Islands.
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D.
Hopper
Hopper is a surname most famously associated with Edward Hopper, the American realist painter known for his evocative depictions of modern urban life and isolation.
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E.
Lloyd
Lloyd is the middle name of William Lloyd Garrison, the prominent 19th-century American abolitionist and social reformer.
- 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: LILO Target entity description: LILO is a classic Linux bootloader that was widely used on early Linux distributions to load operating systems at startup.
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A.
Liddy
Liddy is a surname most notably associated with G. Gordon Liddy, the former FBI agent and key figure in the Watergate scandal.
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B.
The Linc
The Linc is the popular nickname for Lincoln Financial Field, the home stadium of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.
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C.
Simbo
Simbo is an Oceanic language of the Meso-Melanesian subgroup spoken on Simbo Island in the Solomon Islands.
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D.
Hopper
Hopper is a surname most famously associated with Edward Hopper, the American realist painter known for his evocative depictions of modern urban life and isolation.
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E.
Lloyd
Lloyd is the middle name of William Lloyd Garrison, the prominent 19th-century American abolitionist and social reformer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
boot loader
ⓘ
free software ⓘ system software ⓘ |
| architecture | x86 ⓘ |
| bootMethod |
chain loading
ⓘ
direct kernel loading ⓘ |
| commandLineTool |
lilo
ⓘ
linked to:
LILO
|
| configurationFile | /etc/lilo.conf ⓘ |
| developer |
John Coffman
ⓘ
Werner Almesberger NERFINISHED ⓘ other community contributors ⓘ |
| feature |
boot sector backup
ⓘ
boot-time kernel parameter passing ⓘ compact boot sector code ⓘ password protection ⓘ support for multiple kernels ⓘ support for multiple root file systems ⓘ text-based boot menu ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | LInux LOader ⓘ |
| operatesAt | system boot time ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Linux ⓘ |
| originalAuthor | Werner Almesberger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platform | IBM PC compatible ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
chainload other boot loaders
ⓘ
load operating systems at startup ⓘ provide boot menu ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
assembly language ⓘ |
| releaseStatus | mature ⓘ |
| requires | rewriting boot loader map after configuration changes ⓘ |
| status | largely superseded ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
GRUB
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU GRUB
GRUB 2 ⓘ
linked to:
GNU GRUB
|
| supportsBootDevice |
CD-ROM
ⓘ
floppy disk ⓘ hard disk ⓘ network boot via chainloading ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ |
| supportsPartitionType | MBR partition table ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Debian GNU/Linux (early versions)
ⓘ
linked to:
Debian
Red Hat Linux (early versions) ⓘ
linked to:
Fedora Linux
Slackware Linux ⓘ
linked to:
Slackware
early Linux distributions ⓘ |
| userInterface |
command-line interface
ⓘ
text menu interface ⓘ |
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: LILO Description of subject: LILO is a classic Linux bootloader that was widely used on early Linux distributions to load operating systems at startup.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.