pkg
E427670
pkg is FreeBSD’s modern binary package management tool used to install, upgrade, and manage software on the system.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| pkg canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4279122 — 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: pkg Context triple: [FreeBSD, packageManagementSystem, pkg]
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A.
QPACK
QPACK is a header compression mechanism designed for HTTP/3 over QUIC, improving upon HPACK to better handle multiplexed streams without head-of-line blocking.
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B.
PK
PK is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code that uniquely identifies Pakistan in international standards and systems.
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C.
PKT
PKT is the time zone used throughout Pakistan, corresponding to UTC+5 hours.
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D.
P
P is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the Czech city of Plzeň.
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E.
P
P is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the Lithuanian city of Panevėžys.
- 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: pkg Target entity description: pkg is FreeBSD’s modern binary package management tool used to install, upgrade, and manage software on the system.
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A.
QPACK
QPACK is a header compression mechanism designed for HTTP/3 over QUIC, improving upon HPACK to better handle multiplexed streams without head-of-line blocking.
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B.
PK
PK is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code that uniquely identifies Pakistan in international standards and systems.
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C.
PKT
PKT is the time zone used throughout Pakistan, corresponding to UTC+5 hours.
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D.
P
P is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the Lithuanian city of Panevėžys.
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E.
P
P is the vehicle registration code used on license plates for the Czech city of Plzeň.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FreeBSD component
ⓘ
package management tool ⓘ software ⓘ |
| commandLineInterface | pkg ⓘ |
| configurationDirectory | /usr/local/etc/pkg ⓘ |
| configurationFile | /usr/local/etc/pkg.conf ⓘ |
| databaseLocation | /var/db/pkg ⓘ |
| defaultRepository | FreeBSD official binary package repository ⓘ |
| distributionModel | open source ⓘ |
| introducedAs | replacement for legacy pkg_* tools on FreeBSD ⓘ |
| invocationExample |
pkg delete packagename
ⓘ
pkg install packagename ⓘ pkg upgrade ⓘ |
| license | BSD-style license ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | FreeBSD ⓘ |
| platform |
FreeBSD base system (when enabled)
ⓘ
linked to:
FreeBSD
FreeBSD ports-based installations ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
binary package management
ⓘ
package dependency management ⓘ software installation ⓘ software removal ⓘ software upgrade ⓘ |
| replaces |
pkg_add
ⓘ
pkg_delete ⓘ pkg_info ⓘ pkg_version ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
automatic dependency handling
ⓘ
digital signature verification ⓘ local repositories ⓘ multiple repositories ⓘ package integrity checking ⓘ package locking ⓘ package scripting hooks ⓘ remote repositories ⓘ repository priorities ⓘ vulnerabilities audit via VuXML ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
audit
ⓘ
autoremove ⓘ check ⓘ clean ⓘ fetch ⓘ install ⓘ lock ⓘ query ⓘ remove ⓘ search ⓘ unlock ⓘ update ⓘ upgrade ⓘ upgrade -f ⓘ |
| supportsRepositoryType | binary package repositories ⓘ |
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: pkg Description of subject: pkg is FreeBSD’s modern binary package management tool used to install, upgrade, and manage software on the system.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.