Result
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Result is a Swift standard library enum used to represent either a successful value or an error, enabling clearer error handling and propagation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Result canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4275682 — 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: Result Context triple: [Swift Standard Library, includesType, Result]
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A.
Results
Results is a 1989 pop and dance-oriented studio album by Liza Minnelli, produced by the Pet Shop Boys and known for its contemporary electronic sound.
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B.
Resuk
Resuk is an indigenous local language spoken by the community on Atauro Island in Timor-Leste.
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C.
Results and Prospects
"Results and Prospects" is a seminal work by Leon Trotsky analyzing the 1905 Russian Revolution and formulating his theory of permanent revolution.
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D.
RE
RE is the common abbreviation for the British Army’s Corps of Royal Engineers, responsible for military engineering and technical support.
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E.
RE
RE is the abbreviation for RegioExpress, a category of regional express trains commonly used in European rail transport.
- 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: Result Target entity description: Result is a Swift standard library enum used to represent either a successful value or an error, enabling clearer error handling and propagation.
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A.
Results
Results is a 1989 pop and dance-oriented studio album by Liza Minnelli, produced by the Pet Shop Boys and known for its contemporary electronic sound.
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B.
Resuk
Resuk is an indigenous local language spoken by the community on Atauro Island in Timor-Leste.
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C.
Results and Prospects
"Results and Prospects" is a seminal work by Leon Trotsky analyzing the 1905 Russian Revolution and formulating his theory of permanent revolution.
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D.
RE
RE is the common abbreviation for the British Army’s Corps of Royal Engineers, responsible for military engineering and technical support.
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E.
RE
RE is the abbreviation for RegioExpress, a category of regional express trains commonly used in European rail transport.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Swift standard library enum ⓘ |
| alternativeTo |
optional return types for error-prone operations
ⓘ
tuple-based error returns ⓘ |
| benefit |
improves readability of asynchronous code
ⓘ
makes error paths explicit in type signatures ⓘ reduces reliance on throwing functions in some designs ⓘ |
| conformsTo |
Codable (when Success and Failure are Codable)
ⓘ
Equatable (when Success and Failure are Equatable) ⓘ Hashable (when Success and Failure are Hashable) ⓘ Sendable (when Success and Failure are Sendable) ⓘ |
| constrainsGeneric | Failure : Error ⓘ |
| definedIn | Swift Standard Library ⓘ |
| documentedAt |
Apple Developer Documentation for Swift Standard Library
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Developer Documentation
|
| enables |
chaining operations with error handling
ⓘ
explicit modeling of failures ⓘ returning errors as values ⓘ |
| errorCaseRepresents | an error conforming to Error protocol ⓘ |
| genericOver |
Failure
ⓘ
Success ⓘ |
| hasCase |
failure
ⓘ
success ⓘ |
| hasCasePayload |
failure(Failure)
ⓘ
success(Success) ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
flatMap(_:)
ⓘ
flatMapError(_:) ⓘ fold(onSuccess:onFailure:) ⓘ get() ⓘ map(_:) ⓘ mapError(_:) ⓘ |
| introducedInVersion | Swift 5.0 ⓘ |
| language | Swift ⓘ |
| namespace | global Swift namespace ⓘ |
| oftenUsedWith |
completion handlers in networking APIs
ⓘ
throwing functions converted to Result ⓘ |
| patternMatchedWith | switch statements ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | represent success or failure of an operation ⓘ |
| successCaseRepresents | a successfully produced value ⓘ |
| supports |
composing multiple fallible operations
ⓘ
transforming failure values ⓘ transforming success values ⓘ |
| typicalUsagePattern |
handle success and failure via switch on Result value
ⓘ
return Result<Success, Failure> from functions instead of throwing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
asynchronous completion handlers
ⓘ
error handling ⓘ error propagation ⓘ functional-style error handling ⓘ |
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: Result Description of subject: Result is a Swift standard library enum used to represent either a successful value or an error, enabling clearer error handling and propagation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.