ReaderWriterLock
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ReaderWriterLock is a .NET synchronization primitive that allows concurrent read access while ensuring exclusive access for write operations to shared resources.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ReaderWriterLockSlim | 2 |
| DowngradeFromWriterLock | 1 |
| ReaderWriterLock canonical | 1 |
| ReaderWriterLockSlim.EnterReadLock | 1 |
| ReaderWriterLockSlim.EnterWriteLock | 1 |
| ReleaseReaderLock | 1 |
| ReleaseWriterLock | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7897519 — 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: ReaderWriterLock Context triple: [System.Threading, containsType, ReaderWriterLock]
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A.
Cascade Locks
Cascade Locks is a small city in northern Oregon along the Columbia River Gorge, known as a gateway to outdoor recreation and scenic waterfalls.
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B.
Lock CS1
Lock CS1 is a navigation lock on New York State’s Cayuga–Seneca Canal that helps vessels transition between different water levels along the waterway.
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C.
Locks
"Locks" is a short story by Neil Gaiman, featured in his collection *Fragile Things*, that intertwines a retelling of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" with reflections on parenthood and storytelling.
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D.
Lock
Lock is a Symfony component that provides a robust locking mechanism to prevent concurrent access conflicts in shared resources.
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E.
Locking Piece
Locking Piece is a large abstract bronze sculpture by British artist Henry Moore, characterized by interlocking organic forms that explore balance, tension, and spatial relationships.
- 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: ReaderWriterLock Target entity description: ReaderWriterLock is a .NET synchronization primitive that allows concurrent read access while ensuring exclusive access for write operations to shared resources.
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A.
Cascade Locks
Cascade Locks is a small city in northern Oregon along the Columbia River Gorge, known as a gateway to outdoor recreation and scenic waterfalls.
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B.
Lock CS1
Lock CS1 is a navigation lock on New York State’s Cayuga–Seneca Canal that helps vessels transition between different water levels along the waterway.
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C.
Locks
"Locks" is a short story by Neil Gaiman, featured in his collection *Fragile Things*, that intertwines a retelling of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" with reflections on parenthood and storytelling.
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D.
Lock
Lock is a Symfony component that provides a robust locking mechanism to prevent concurrent access conflicts in shared resources.
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E.
Locking Piece
Locking Piece is a large abstract bronze sculpture by British artist Henry Moore, characterized by interlocking organic forms that explore balance, tension, and spatial relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
class
ⓘ
reader-writer lock ⓘ |
| allows | concurrent read access ⓘ |
| discouragedInNewCode | true ⓘ |
| ensures | exclusive write access ⓘ |
| granularity | managed code level ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
complex upgrade and downgrade semantics
ⓘ
writer starvation risk ⓘ |
| hasMethod |
AcquireReaderLock
ⓘ
AcquireWriterLock ⓘ AnyWritersSince ⓘ DowngradeFromWriterLock ⓘ
linked to:
ReaderWriterLock
ReleaseReaderLock ⓘ
linked to:
ReaderWriterLock
ReleaseWriterLock ⓘ
linked to:
ReaderWriterLock
UpgradeToWriterLock ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
IsReaderLockHeld
ⓘ
IsUpgradeableReadLockHeld ⓘ IsWriterLockHeld ⓘ |
| introducedIn |
.NET Framework 1.1
ⓘ
linked to:
.NET Framework
|
| namespace | System.Threading ⓘ |
| partOf | .NET Framework ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
ReaderWriterLockSlim
ⓘ
linked to:
ReaderWriterLock
|
| supports |
multiple simultaneous readers
ⓘ
single writer at a time ⓘ |
| supportsTimeouts | true ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
.NET Core (for compatibility)
ⓘ
linked to:
.NET Core
.NET Framework ⓘ |
| threadSafety | thread-safe ⓘ |
| usedFor | synchronizing access to shared resources ⓘ |
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: ReaderWriterLock Description of subject: ReaderWriterLock is a .NET synchronization primitive that allows concurrent read access while ensuring exclusive access for write operations to shared resources.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ReaderWriterLock
linked to: ReaderWriterLock
linked to: ReaderWriterLock
linked to: ReaderWriterLock
linked to: ReaderWriterLock
linked to: ReaderWriterLock
linked to: ReaderWriterLock