GNU Wget
E61973
GNU Wget is a free, command-line utility for non-interactive downloading of files from the web, supporting HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GNU Wget canonical | 1 |
| GNU Wget maintainers team | 1 |
| wget | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T497683 — 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: GNU Wget Context triple: [GNU Project, hasPart, GNU Wget]
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A.
PuTTY
PuTTY is a widely used free and open-source terminal emulator and network client for Windows and other platforms, supporting protocols like SSH, Telnet, and serial connections.
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B.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library that preserves and provides free access to vast collections of websites, books, audio, video, and other cultural artifacts online.
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C.
Cygwin
Cygwin is a compatibility layer that provides a Unix-like environment and command-line tools for Microsoft Windows, enabling users to run and build POSIX-compliant software on the Windows platform.
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D.
LWP
LWP is the abbreviation for the Polish People’s Army, the communist-era armed forces of Poland that existed from the end of World War II until 1989.
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E.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a global system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet, enabling users worldwide to browse, share, and interact with information through web browsers.
- 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: GNU Wget Target entity description: GNU Wget is a free, command-line utility for non-interactive downloading of files from the web, supporting HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.
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A.
PuTTY
PuTTY is a widely used free and open-source terminal emulator and network client for Windows and other platforms, supporting protocols like SSH, Telnet, and serial connections.
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B.
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library that preserves and provides free access to vast collections of websites, books, audio, video, and other cultural artifacts online.
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C.
Cygwin
Cygwin is a compatibility layer that provides a Unix-like environment and command-line tools for Microsoft Windows, enabling users to run and build POSIX-compliant software on the Windows platform.
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D.
LWP
LWP is the abbreviation for the Polish People’s Army, the communist-era armed forces of Poland that existed from the end of World War II until 1989.
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E.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a global system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet, enabling users worldwide to browse, share, and interact with information through web browsers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNU Project software
ⓘ
command-line utility ⓘ download manager ⓘ free software ⓘ network utility ⓘ |
| commandName |
wget
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Wget
|
| developer |
Free Software Foundation
ⓘ
GNU Project ⓘ |
| distribution | included in many GNU/Linux distributions ⓘ |
| genre | download manager software ⓘ |
| interface | command-line interface ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| maintainer |
GNU Wget maintainers team
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Wget
|
| operatingSystem |
GNU/Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| partOf | GNU Project ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| softwareVersion | 1.x series ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
FTP authentication
ⓘ
HTTP authentication ⓘ HTTP cookies ⓘ HTTPS certificate verification ⓘ IPv6 ⓘ background downloading ⓘ content filtering by file type ⓘ download resuming ⓘ input file with URLs ⓘ logging to file ⓘ mirroring of websites ⓘ non-interactive downloading ⓘ proxy support ⓘ quiet mode ⓘ rate limiting ⓘ recursive conversion of links for local viewing ⓘ recursive download ⓘ recursive retrieval depth control ⓘ timestamping of downloads ⓘ user agent customization ⓘ verbose mode ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
FTP
ⓘ
FTPS ⓘ HTTP ⓘ HTTPS ⓘ |
| useCase |
automated scripts for file retrieval
ⓘ
batch downloading of files ⓘ website mirroring ⓘ |
| website | https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/ ⓘ |
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: GNU Wget Description of subject: GNU Wget is a free, command-line utility for non-interactive downloading of files from the web, supporting HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP protocols.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: GNU Wget
linked to: GNU Wget