mintBackup
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mintBackup is a backup and restore utility for Linux Mint that helps users save and migrate their personal data and software selections.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| mintBackup canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1907626 — 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: mintBackup Context triple: [Linux Mint, includes, mintBackup]
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A.
Merkle
Merkle is a surname most prominently associated with Ralph Merkle, a pioneering computer scientist and cryptographer known for his foundational work in public-key cryptography and Merkle trees.
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B.
MTD
MTD is the public bus transit agency serving the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area in Illinois.
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C.
MFA
The MFA (Movimento das Forças Armadas) was the Portuguese military organization that led the 1974 Carnation Revolution, overthrowing the Estado Novo dictatorship and initiating the country’s transition to democracy.
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D.
MFA
MFA is a graduate-level Master of Fine Arts degree focused on advanced study and practice in creative disciplines such as writing, visual arts, and performing arts.
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E.
mojombo
mojombo is the online pseudonym of Tom Preston-Werner, a software developer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of GitHub.
- 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: mintBackup Target entity description: mintBackup is a backup and restore utility for Linux Mint that helps users save and migrate their personal data and software selections.
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A.
Merkle
Merkle is a surname most prominently associated with Ralph Merkle, a pioneering computer scientist and cryptographer known for his foundational work in public-key cryptography and Merkle trees.
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B.
MTD
MTD is the public bus transit agency serving the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area in Illinois.
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C.
MFA
MFA is a graduate-level Master of Fine Arts degree focused on advanced study and practice in creative disciplines such as writing, visual arts, and performing arts.
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D.
MFA
The MFA (Movimento das Forças Armadas) was the Portuguese military organization that led the 1974 Carnation Revolution, overthrowing the Estado Novo dictatorship and initiating the country’s transition to democracy.
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E.
mojombo
mojombo is the online pseudonym of Tom Preston-Werner, a software developer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of GitHub.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Linux Mint application
ⓘ
backup software ⓘ |
| backupFormat | compressed archive ⓘ |
| category |
backup utility
ⓘ
system utility ⓘ |
| dataScope |
personal files
ⓘ
user configuration files ⓘ |
| designedFor |
desktop computers
ⓘ
laptop computers ⓘ |
| developer |
Linux Mint team
ⓘ
linked to:
Linux Mint
|
| distributionChannel | Linux Mint repositories ⓘ |
| excludesByDefault |
operating system files
ⓘ
system files ⓘ |
| includedIn | Linux Mint default installation ⓘ |
| integratesWith | Linux Mint update and system tools ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
system migration
ⓘ
system reinstallation preparation ⓘ |
| license | free software ⓘ |
| maintainer |
Linux Mint project
ⓘ
linked to:
Linux Mint
|
| operatingSystem | Linux Mint ⓘ |
| platform |
x86
ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
backup software selections
ⓘ
backup user data ⓘ migrate software selections ⓘ migrate user data ⓘ restore software selections ⓘ restore user data ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Python ⓘ |
| provides | backup scheduling via desktop tools ⓘ |
| requires |
Linux operating system
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU/Linux
|
| softwareType | backup and restore utility ⓘ |
| supports |
Linux Mint Cinnamon edition
ⓘ
linked to:
Linux Mint
Linux Mint MATE edition ⓘ
linked to:
Linux Mint
Linux Mint Xfce edition ⓘ
linked to:
Linux Mint
|
| supportsFeature |
backup of personal data
ⓘ
backup to external storage ⓘ home directory backup ⓘ list of installed packages backup ⓘ restore from external storage ⓘ restore list of installed packages ⓘ |
| targetUser | Linux Mint users ⓘ |
| userInterface | graphical user 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: mintBackup Description of subject: mintBackup is a backup and restore utility for Linux Mint that helps users save and migrate their personal data and software selections.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.