Matplotlib
E17663
Matplotlib is a widely used Python plotting library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Matplotlib canonical | 20 |
| matplotlib | 4 |
| Matplotlib Developers | 2 |
| Matplotlib development team | 1 |
| Matplotlib plotting library for Python | 1 |
| matplotlib.animation | 1 |
| matplotlib.axes | 1 |
| matplotlib.pyplot | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T148136 — 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: Matplotlib Context triple: [Python, visualizationLibrary, Matplotlib]
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A.
Python
Python is a high-level, versatile programming language widely used for data analysis, machine learning, web development, and automation.
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B.
Tableau
Tableau is a widely used data visualization and business intelligence software platform that enables users to analyze, explore, and present data through interactive dashboards and reports.
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C.
Python Software Foundation
The Python Software Foundation is a non-profit organization that manages the development, licensing, and community support of the Python programming language.
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D.
Python reference implementation (CPython)
Python reference implementation (CPython) is the original and most widely used implementation of the Python programming language, written in C and serving as the de facto standard for Python behavior and compatibility.
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E.
Power BI
Power BI is a Microsoft business analytics and data visualization platform used to transform, analyze, and present data through interactive dashboards and reports.
- 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: Matplotlib Target entity description: Matplotlib is a widely used Python plotting library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations.
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A.
Python
Python is a high-level, versatile programming language widely used for data analysis, machine learning, web development, and automation.
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B.
Tableau
Tableau is a widely used data visualization and business intelligence software platform that enables users to analyze, explore, and present data through interactive dashboards and reports.
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C.
Python Software Foundation
The Python Software Foundation is a non-profit organization that manages the development, licensing, and community support of the Python programming language.
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D.
Python reference implementation (CPython)
Python reference implementation (CPython) is the original and most widely used implementation of the Python programming language, written in C and serving as the de facto standard for Python behavior and compatibility.
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E.
Power BI
Power BI is a Microsoft business analytics and data visualization platform used to transform, analyze, and present data through interactive dashboards and reports.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (69)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Python plotting library
ⓘ
data visualization library ⓘ free and open-source software ⓘ |
| category | Python scientific computing tools ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Jupyter Notebook
ⓘ
NumPy ⓘ Pandas ⓘ
linked to:
pandas
SciPy ⓘ |
| developer | John D. Hunter ⓘ |
| firstReleaseYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| hasAPI |
object-oriented interface
ⓘ
stateful pyplot interface ⓘ |
| hasModule |
matplotlib.animation
ⓘ
linked to:
Matplotlib
matplotlib.axes ⓘ
linked to:
Matplotlib
matplotlib.backends ⓘ matplotlib.figure ⓘ matplotlib.pyplot ⓘ
linked to:
Matplotlib
mpl_toolkits.mplot3d ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | MATLAB plotting ⓘ |
| license |
BSD-style license
ⓘ
Matplotlib license ⓘ |
| maintainer |
Matplotlib development team
ⓘ
linked to:
Matplotlib
|
| originalAuthor | John D. Hunter ⓘ |
| partOfEcosystem | SciPy ecosystem ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Python ⓘ |
| provides | LaTeX-style text rendering ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib ⓘ |
| supports |
animations via FuncAnimation
ⓘ
customizable styles ⓘ interactive zoom and pan ⓘ subplots and figure layouts ⓘ |
| supportsEnvironment |
Jupyter Notebook
ⓘ
JupyterLab ⓘ Python scripts ⓘ interactive Python shells ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
EPS
ⓘ
PDF ⓘ PNG ⓘ PS ⓘ SVG ⓘ interactive backends ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage | Python ⓘ |
| supportsOutput |
animated visualizations
ⓘ
interactive visualizations ⓘ static visualizations ⓘ |
| supportsPlotType |
3D plots
ⓘ
bar charts ⓘ contour plots ⓘ error bar plots ⓘ histograms ⓘ image plots ⓘ line plots ⓘ pie charts ⓘ quiver plots ⓘ scatter plots ⓘ spectrograms ⓘ |
| usedFor |
data analysis visualization
ⓘ
publication-quality figures ⓘ scientific visualization ⓘ |
| usesBackend |
Agg
ⓘ
MacOSX ⓘ
linked to:
macOS
Qt5Agg ⓘ TkAgg ⓘ nbAgg ⓘ |
| website | https://matplotlib.org/ ⓘ |
| writtenIn |
C
ⓘ
JavaScript ⓘ Objective-C ⓘ Python ⓘ |
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: Matplotlib Description of subject: Matplotlib is a widely used Python plotting library for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations.
Referenced by (31)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.