Action API
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Action API is a web-based interface provided by MediaWiki that allows developers to programmatically read, modify, and manage wiki content and configuration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Action API canonical | 1 |
| Action API (MediaWiki API) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4832065 — 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: Action API Context triple: [MediaWiki, supportsAPIs, Action API]
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A.
Action View
Action View is the Ruby on Rails component responsible for rendering views and templates, handling the presentation layer of web applications.
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B.
Act
Act was a short-lived late-1980s synth-pop duo featuring Thomas Leer and Claudia Brücken, known for their sophisticated, theatrical electronic sound and association with the ZTT label.
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C.
Directions API
Directions API is a Google Maps web service that provides route planning, turn-by-turn directions, and travel time estimates between locations for various modes of transportation.
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D.
Apis
Apis is a genus of honey-producing bees best known for the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera), a key pollinator and major species in global apiculture.
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E.
Exec
Exec is the multitasking operating system kernel at the core of the Amiga computer platform, managing tasks, memory, and hardware resources.
- 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: Action API Target entity description: Action API is a web-based interface provided by MediaWiki that allows developers to programmatically read, modify, and manage wiki content and configuration.
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A.
Action View
Action View is the Ruby on Rails component responsible for rendering views and templates, handling the presentation layer of web applications.
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B.
Act
Act was a short-lived late-1980s synth-pop duo featuring Thomas Leer and Claudia Brücken, known for their sophisticated, theatrical electronic sound and association with the ZTT label.
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C.
Directions API
Directions API is a Google Maps web service that provides route planning, turn-by-turn directions, and travel time estimates between locations for various modes of transportation.
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D.
Apis
Apis is a genus of honey-producing bees best known for the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera), a key pollinator and major species in global apiculture.
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E.
Exec
Exec is the multitasking operating system kernel at the core of the Amiga computer platform, managing tasks, memory, and hardware resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
MediaWiki API module
ⓘ
web API ⓘ |
| accessProtocol |
HTTP
ⓘ
HTTPS ⓘ |
| authenticationMethod |
OAuth
ⓘ
bot passwords ⓘ login token ⓘ session cookies ⓘ |
| documentedAt | https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Main_page ⓘ |
| endpointPath | /w/api.php ⓘ |
| hasModuleType |
action modules
ⓘ
format modules ⓘ meta modules ⓘ query modules ⓘ |
| license | GPL-compatible via MediaWiki core license ⓘ |
| parameter |
action
ⓘ
continue ⓘ format ⓘ list ⓘ meta ⓘ pageids ⓘ prop ⓘ revids ⓘ titles ⓘ |
| partOf |
MediaWiki core
ⓘ
linked to:
MediaWiki
|
| providedBy | MediaWiki ⓘ |
| rateLimited | true ⓘ |
| requiresAuthenticationFor |
private data access
ⓘ
write operations ⓘ |
| returnsFormat |
JSON
ⓘ
PHP serialized ⓘ XML ⓘ YAML (in some configurations) ⓘ |
| supportsCrossSiteRequests |
via CORS (when enabled)
ⓘ
via JSONP (deprecated in many setups) ⓘ |
| supportsExtensionModules | true ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
delete
ⓘ
move ⓘ patrol ⓘ querying backlinks ⓘ querying categories ⓘ querying file information ⓘ querying logs ⓘ querying page metadata ⓘ querying recent changes ⓘ querying revision history ⓘ querying user information ⓘ read ⓘ rollback ⓘ upload ⓘ user management ⓘ watchlist management ⓘ write ⓘ |
| supportsVersion | multiple MediaWiki versions ⓘ |
| usedBy |
bots
ⓘ
external tools ⓘ gadgets ⓘ mobile apps ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automating maintenance tasks
ⓘ
editing wiki pages ⓘ managing wiki configuration ⓘ programmatic access to wiki content ⓘ reading wiki pages ⓘ |
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: Action API Description of subject: Action API is a web-based interface provided by MediaWiki that allows developers to programmatically read, modify, and manage wiki content and configuration.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Action API