yarn
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Yarn is a fast, reliable JavaScript package manager that serves as an alternative to npm for managing project dependencies.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T192152 — 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: yarn Context triple: [JavaScript, ecosystem, yarn]
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A.
Project Y
Project Y was the secret codename for the Los Alamos Laboratory, the central research site of the Manhattan Project where the first atomic bombs were designed and built during World War II.
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B.
B Reactor
B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
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C.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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D.
Base Yelcho
Base Yelcho is a Chilean Antarctic research station used for scientific studies in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
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E.
Yell
Yell is one of the larger inhabited islands in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland, known for its rugged coastline, wildlife, and remote rural communities.
- 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: yarn Target entity description: Yarn is a fast, reliable JavaScript package manager that serves as an alternative to npm for managing project dependencies.
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A.
Project Y
Project Y was the secret codename for the Los Alamos Laboratory, the central research site of the Manhattan Project where the first atomic bombs were designed and built during World War II.
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B.
B Reactor
B Reactor is the world’s first full-scale plutonium production reactor, built during the Manhattan Project at the Hanford Site in Washington State.
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C.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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D.
Base Yelcho
Base Yelcho is a Chilean Antarctic research station used for scientific studies in the Antarctic Peninsula region.
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E.
Yell
Yell is one of the larger inhabited islands in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland, known for its rugged coastline, wildlife, and remote rural communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
JavaScript package manager
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ software tool ⓘ |
| alternativeTo | npm ⓘ |
| category |
Node.js development tool
ⓘ
dependency management software ⓘ |
| command |
yarn add
ⓘ
yarn init ⓘ yarn install ⓘ yarn remove ⓘ yarn run ⓘ yarn upgrade ⓘ yarn workspace ⓘ |
| designGoal |
better offline support
ⓘ
deterministic dependency resolution ⓘ improved speed over npm ⓘ reliable and repeatable installs ⓘ |
| developer |
Exponent
ⓘ
Facebook ⓘ Google ⓘ Meta Platforms ⓘ
linked to:
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Tilde ⓘ |
| feature |
integrity checks for installed packages
ⓘ
lockfile for deterministic installs ⓘ offline cache of packages ⓘ parallel package installation ⓘ plug-in architecture ⓘ script running ⓘ selective dependency resolutions ⓘ version constraints enforcement ⓘ workspaces for multi-package repositories ⓘ |
| fileFormat |
package.json
ⓘ
yarn.lock ⓘ |
| implements | Plug'n'Play (PnP) dependency resolution ⓘ |
| initialReleaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| license |
BSD-2-Clause License
ⓘ
linked to:
BSD license
|
| majorVersion |
Yarn 1 (Classic)
ⓘ
Yarn 2 ⓘ
linked to:
yarn
Yarn 3 ⓘ
linked to:
yarn
Yarn 4 ⓘ
linked to:
yarn
|
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | JavaScript ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | JavaScript ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/yarnpkg/berry ⓘ |
| supports |
JavaScript packages
ⓘ
Node.js packages ⓘ monorepos ⓘ npm registry ⓘ workspaces ⓘ |
| website | https://yarnpkg.com ⓘ |
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: yarn Description of subject: Yarn is a fast, reliable JavaScript package manager that serves as an alternative to npm for managing project dependencies.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: yarn
linked to: yarn
linked to: yarn
linked to: yarn
linked to: yarn