NXC (Not eXactly C)
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NXC (Not eXactly C) is a C-like high-level programming language designed for developing programs for LEGO Mindstorms NXT robots.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NXC (Not eXactly C) canonical | 2 |
| NXC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1926116 — 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: NXC (Not eXactly C) Context triple: [LEGO Mindstorms NXT, programmingLanguageSupport, NXC (Not eXactly C)]
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A.
LEGO Mindstorms NXT
LEGO Mindstorms NXT is a programmable robotics kit by LEGO that combines modular building bricks with sensors, motors, and a central intelligent brick to create and control custom robots.
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B.
Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks)
Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks) is a visual, block-based programming language and environment designed for advanced users and education, extending Scratch with powerful features like first-class procedures, lists, and continuations.
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C.
LEGO Mindstorms EV3
LEGO Mindstorms EV3 is a programmable robotics kit by LEGO that combines modular building elements with motors, sensors, and a programmable brick to teach and explore robotics and coding.
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D.
Scratch programming language
Scratch programming language is a visual, block-based coding environment designed primarily for children and beginners to learn programming concepts through creating interactive stories, games, and animations.
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E.
Simula
Simula is an early high-level programming language from the 1960s that pioneered object-oriented programming concepts such as classes and objects.
- 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: NXC (Not eXactly C) Target entity description: NXC (Not eXactly C) is a C-like high-level programming language designed for developing programs for LEGO Mindstorms NXT robots.
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A.
LEGO Mindstorms NXT
LEGO Mindstorms NXT is a programmable robotics kit by LEGO that combines modular building bricks with sensors, motors, and a central intelligent brick to create and control custom robots.
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B.
Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks)
Snap! (Build Your Own Blocks) is a visual, block-based programming language and environment designed for advanced users and education, extending Scratch with powerful features like first-class procedures, lists, and continuations.
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C.
LEGO Mindstorms EV3
LEGO Mindstorms EV3 is a programmable robotics kit by LEGO that combines modular building elements with motors, sensors, and a programmable brick to teach and explore robotics and coding.
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D.
Scratch programming language
Scratch programming language is a visual, block-based coding environment designed primarily for children and beginners to learn programming concepts through creating interactive stories, games, and animations.
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E.
Simula
Simula is an early high-level programming language from the 1960s that pioneered object-oriented programming concepts such as classes and objects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
C-like programming language
ⓘ
high-level programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Not eXactly C ⓘ |
| category |
LEGO Mindstorms programming language
ⓘ
educational programming language ⓘ embedded systems programming language ⓘ |
| compilesTo | NXT bytecode ⓘ |
| designedFor |
LEGO Mindstorms NXT
ⓘ
LEGO Mindstorms NXT robots ⓘ
linked to:
LEGO Mindstorms NXT
|
| domain |
educational robotics
ⓘ
robot programming ⓘ |
| ecosystem |
community-contributed examples
ⓘ
third-party IDE support ⓘ |
| fullName | Not eXactly C ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
C-like syntax
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inline assembly via NBC ⓘ preprocessor directives ⓘ |
| hasSyntaxSimilarityTo | C ⓘ |
| influencedBy | C ⓘ |
| intendedFor |
LEGO Mindstorms users
ⓘ
hobbyists ⓘ students ⓘ |
| paradigm | imperative programming language ⓘ |
| relatedTo | NBC ⓘ |
| runsOn |
LEGO Mindstorms NXT brick
ⓘ
linked to:
LEGO Mindstorms intelligent brick
|
| supports |
arrays
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conditionals ⓘ control structures ⓘ functions ⓘ loops ⓘ motor control ⓘ sensor access ⓘ tasks ⓘ variables ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| targetPlatform |
NXT
ⓘ
linked to:
WWE NXT
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| usedFor |
controlling LEGO Mindstorms NXT robots
ⓘ
robotics competitions ⓘ teaching programming concepts ⓘ |
| usesCompiler | NBC ⓘ |
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: NXC (Not eXactly C) Description of subject: NXC (Not eXactly C) is a C-like high-level programming language designed for developing programs for LEGO Mindstorms NXT robots.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: NXC (Not eXactly C)