ESR
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ESR is the commonly used abbreviation for Eric S. Raymond, an influential American software developer and open-source advocate.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ESR canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1887717 — 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: ESR Context triple: [How To Become A Hacker, authorAbbreviation, ESR]
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ERS
ERS is the principal economic and social science research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, providing data and analysis on agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development.
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ERI
ERI is the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo, a leading Japanese center for seismology and earthquake-related research.
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C.
ESM
ESM is the abbreviation for NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal, an honor awarded to individuals for significant, sustained contributions to the agency’s mission.
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ESM
ESM is an intergovernmental financial institution of the eurozone that provides financial assistance to member states in economic distress to safeguard financial stability.
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E.
ESD
ESD is the primary economic development agency of New York State, responsible for promoting business growth, job creation, and investment.
- 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: ESR Target entity description: ESR is the commonly used abbreviation for Eric S. Raymond, an influential American software developer and open-source advocate.
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A.
ERS
ERS is the principal economic and social science research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, providing data and analysis on agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development.
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B.
ERI
ERI is the Earthquake Research Institute of the University of Tokyo, a leading Japanese center for seismology and earthquake-related research.
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C.
ESM
ESM is the abbreviation for NASA’s Exceptional Service Medal, an honor awarded to individuals for significant, sustained contributions to the agency’s mission.
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D.
ESM
ESM is an intergovernmental financial institution of the eurozone that provides financial assistance to member states in economic distress to safeguard financial stability.
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E.
ESD
ESD is the primary economic development agency of New York State, responsible for promoting business growth, job creation, and investment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
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author ⓘ essayist ⓘ human ⓘ open-source advocate ⓘ software developer ⓘ |
| activeIn |
1990s
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2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ |
| alternateName | ESR ⓘ |
| authorOf |
Homesteading the Noosphere
ⓘ
How To Become A Hacker ⓘ The Art of Unix Programming ⓘ The Cathedral and the Bazaar ⓘ The New Hacker's Dictionary ⓘ |
| birthName |
Eric Steven Raymond
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linked to:
Eric Raymond
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| citizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dateOfBirth | 1957-12-04 ⓘ |
| familyName | Raymond ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
hacker culture
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open-source software ⓘ software development ⓘ software engineering ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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technology writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Eric ⓘ |
| influenced |
open-source development practices
ⓘ
software engineering methodologies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy of open-source software
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coining and popularizing the term "bazaar" development model ⓘ influential essays on open-source development models ⓘ maintaining The Jargon File ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
free software movement
ⓘ
open-source movement ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| notableIdea |
cathedral vs. bazaar development models
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noosphere as a metaphor for the open-source community ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Homesteading the Noosphere
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How To Become A Hacker ⓘ The Art of Unix Programming ⓘ The Cathedral and the Bazaar ⓘ The New Hacker's Dictionary ⓘ |
| occupation |
open-source advocate
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software developer ⓘ speaker ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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linked to:
Boston, Massachusetts
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| residence |
Pennsylvania, United States
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linked to:
Pennsylvania
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| website | http://www.catb.org/~esr/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: ESR Description of subject: ESR is the commonly used abbreviation for Eric S. Raymond, an influential American software developer and open-source advocate.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
ESR