QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol)
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QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol) is a JSON-based control protocol that allows external programs to monitor and manage QEMU virtual machines programmatically.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| QEMU Machine Protocol | 2 |
| QEMU Monitor | 1 |
| QEMU Monitor Protocol (human monitor) | 1 |
| QEMU monitor | 1 |
| QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8285597 — 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: QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol) Context triple: [QEMU, supportsFeature, QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol)]
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A.
QEMU
QEMU is an open-source machine emulator and virtualizer that enables running operating systems and programs for one hardware platform on another.
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B.
KVM
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a Linux kernel module that turns the kernel into a hypervisor, enabling hardware-assisted virtualization of multiple virtual machines.
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C.
Libvirt
Libvirt is an open-source API, daemon, and management tool for managing platform virtualization technologies such as KVM, QEMU, and Xen.
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D.
QEMU RISC-V target
QEMU RISC-V target is an emulation backend in the QEMU virtualization platform that allows users to run and test RISC-V software on non-RISC-V host systems.
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E.
Dis virtual machine
Dis virtual machine is the lightweight, register-based virtual machine at the core of the Inferno operating system, designed to execute its portable Dis bytecode across diverse platforms.
- 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: QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol) Target entity description: QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol) is a JSON-based control protocol that allows external programs to monitor and manage QEMU virtual machines programmatically.
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A.
QEMU
QEMU is an open-source machine emulator and virtualizer that enables running operating systems and programs for one hardware platform on another.
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B.
KVM
KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a Linux kernel module that turns the kernel into a hypervisor, enabling hardware-assisted virtualization of multiple virtual machines.
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C.
Libvirt
Libvirt is an open-source API, daemon, and management tool for managing platform virtualization technologies such as KVM, QEMU, and Xen.
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D.
QEMU RISC-V target
QEMU RISC-V target is an emulation backend in the QEMU virtualization platform that allows users to run and test RISC-V software on non-RISC-V host systems.
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E.
Dis virtual machine
Dis virtual machine is the lightweight, register-based virtual machine at the core of the Inferno operating system, designed to execute its portable Dis bytecode across diverse platforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
JSON-based protocol
ⓘ
control protocol ⓘ machine protocol ⓘ |
| allows |
configuring virtual machine devices
ⓘ
controlling block devices ⓘ controlling network devices ⓘ controlling virtual machine lifecycle ⓘ injecting input events ⓘ managing CPU and memory configuration ⓘ migrating virtual machines ⓘ querying virtual machine state ⓘ taking and managing snapshots ⓘ |
| commandNamespace |
block- commands for block device control
ⓘ
device_ commands for device management ⓘ human-monitor-command for legacy HMP passthrough ⓘ migrate- commands for live migration ⓘ query- commands for retrieving information ⓘ |
| communicationStyle |
event-driven
ⓘ
request-response ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
libvirt
ⓘ
linked to:
Libvirt
various cloud and virtualization management frameworks ⓘ |
| dataFormat | JSON ⓘ |
| definedIn | QEMU documentation ⓘ |
| designedFor |
external programs
ⓘ
management tools ⓘ orchestration systems ⓘ |
| eventType |
BLOCK_IO_ERROR event
ⓘ
POWERDOWN event ⓘ RESET event ⓘ RESUME event ⓘ SHUTDOWN event ⓘ STOP event ⓘ |
| fullName |
QEMU Machine Protocol
ⓘ
linked to:
QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol)
|
| hasFeature |
capability negotiation
ⓘ
error reporting via structured JSON ⓘ versioned commands ⓘ |
| interfaceType | machine-oriented interface ⓘ |
| isMachineReadable | true ⓘ |
| originProject |
QEMU project
ⓘ
linked to:
QEMU
|
| purpose |
to manage QEMU virtual machines programmatically
ⓘ
to monitor QEMU virtual machines programmatically ⓘ |
| replaces | QEMU human monitor interface in automated use cases ⓘ |
| scope | control of a single QEMU instance ⓘ |
| supports |
asynchronous events
ⓘ
out-of-band control of QEMU ⓘ |
| supportsVersioning | yes ⓘ |
| transport |
can be used over TCP sockets
ⓘ
typically over a Unix domain socket ⓘ |
| usedBy | QEMU ⓘ |
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: QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol) Description of subject: QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol) is a JSON-based control protocol that allows external programs to monitor and manage QEMU virtual machines programmatically.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol)
subject linked to:
QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol)
linked to: QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol)
subject linked to:
qemu-ga (guest agent)
linked to: QMP (QEMU Machine Protocol)