Bonjour
E200281
Bonjour is Apple’s zero-configuration networking technology that enables automatic discovery of devices and services on local IP networks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bonjour canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1774006 — 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: Bonjour Context triple: [AppleTalk, successorProtocol, Bonjour]
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A.
Honi soit qui mal y pense
"Honi soit qui mal y pense" is a medieval French phrase meaning "Shame on him who thinks evil of it," best known as the chivalric motto of England’s Order of the Garter.
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B.
Clémentine
Clémentine is a feminine given name of French origin, commonly used in Francophone countries and beyond.
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C.
Répons
Répons is a groundbreaking 1981–84 composition by Pierre Boulez for chamber ensemble, soloists, and live electronics, renowned for its spatialized sound and innovative use of real-time electronic transformation.
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D.
Allons
Allons is the official motto of the U.S. Army’s 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, reflecting its spirit of readiness and forward movement.
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E.
Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur is a philosophical poetry collection by French poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that meditates on the nature and pursuit of human happiness.
- 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: Bonjour Target entity description: Bonjour is Apple’s zero-configuration networking technology that enables automatic discovery of devices and services on local IP networks.
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A.
Honi soit qui mal y pense
"Honi soit qui mal y pense" is a medieval French phrase meaning "Shame on him who thinks evil of it," best known as the chivalric motto of England’s Order of the Garter.
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B.
Clémentine
Clémentine is a feminine given name of French origin, commonly used in Francophone countries and beyond.
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C.
Répons
Répons is a groundbreaking 1981–84 composition by Pierre Boulez for chamber ensemble, soloists, and live electronics, renowned for its spatialized sound and innovative use of real-time electronic transformation.
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D.
Allons
Allons is the official motto of the U.S. Army’s 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, reflecting its spirit of readiness and forward movement.
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E.
Le Bonheur
Le Bonheur is a philosophical poetry collection by French poet and Nobel laureate Sully Prudhomme that meditates on the nature and pursuit of human happiness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
service discovery protocol
ⓘ
zero-configuration networking technology ⓘ |
| alternativeName | mDNSResponder ⓘ |
| basedOn |
DNS Service Discovery
ⓘ
multicast DNS ⓘ |
| communicationModel | peer-to-peer on local link ⓘ |
| componentOf | Apple networking stack ⓘ |
| developer | Apple Inc. ⓘ |
| discovers |
file servers
ⓘ
media servers ⓘ network-attached storage devices ⓘ printers ⓘ remote desktop services ⓘ shared music libraries ⓘ |
| enables |
service discovery by domain
ⓘ
service discovery by name ⓘ service discovery by type ⓘ |
| feature |
no DNS server configuration required
ⓘ
no manual IP configuration required ⓘ no manual service configuration required ⓘ |
| implementsStandard |
RFC 6762
ⓘ
RFC 6763 ⓘ |
| license |
Apple Public Source License (for mDNSResponder)
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Public Source License
|
| networkLayer | IP ⓘ |
| operatesOn | local IP networks ⓘ |
| requires | multicast support on local network ⓘ |
| scope | link-local network ⓘ |
| supports |
automatic discovery of devices
ⓘ
automatic discovery of services ⓘ service browsing ⓘ service registration ⓘ service resolution ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Windows
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ iPadOS ⓘ macOS ⓘ tvOS ⓘ |
| usedIn |
AirPlay
ⓘ
AirPrint ⓘ Home Sharing ⓘ file sharing on local networks ⓘ media streaming device discovery ⓘ printer discovery ⓘ |
| usesMulticastAddress |
224.0.0.251
ⓘ
ff02::fb ⓘ |
| usesNamingScheme | .local domain ⓘ |
| usesPort | UDP port 5353 ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | UDP ⓘ |
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: Bonjour Description of subject: Bonjour is Apple’s zero-configuration networking technology that enables automatic discovery of devices and services on local IP networks.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.