Elm
E24476
compiled language
functional programming language
programming language
statically typed programming language
Elm is a statically typed, functional programming language that compiles to JavaScript and is designed for building reliable, maintainable web front-end applications.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elm canonical | 6 |
| Elm programming language | 3 |
| Elm architecture | 1 |
| The Elm Architecture | 1 |
| elm-format | 1 |
| elm-repl | 1 |
| elm-test | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T192115 — 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: Elm Context triple: [JavaScript, influenced, Elm]
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A.
Malus
Malus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the rose family best known for cultivated apples and ornamental crabapples.
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B.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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C.
Gassel
Gassel is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, known historically as a separate municipality before being incorporated into a larger administrative unit.
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D.
Tulle
Tulle is a historic town in central France, known as the capital of the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
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E.
Morus
Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
- 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: Elm Target entity description: Elm is a statically typed, functional programming language that compiles to JavaScript and is designed for building reliable, maintainable web front-end applications.
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A.
Malus
Malus is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs in the rose family best known for cultivated apples and ornamental crabapples.
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B.
Celtis
Celtis is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as hackberries, valued for their hardiness and small, berry-like fruits.
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C.
Gassel
Gassel is a village in the Dutch province of North Brabant, known historically as a separate municipality before being incorporated into a larger administrative unit.
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D.
Tulle
Tulle is a historic town in central France, known as the capital of the Corrèze department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
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E.
Morus
Morus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as mulberries, valued for their sweet, edible fruits and use in silkworm cultivation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
compiled language
ⓘ
functional programming language ⓘ programming language ⓘ statically typed programming language ⓘ |
| compilesTo | JavaScript ⓘ |
| concurrencyModel | message passing ⓘ |
| coreAbstraction | Model-View-Update pattern ⓘ |
| creator | Evan Czaplicki ⓘ |
| designedFor | front-end web development ⓘ |
| developedBy | Evan Czaplicki ⓘ |
| ecosystem | Elm packages ⓘ |
| errorHandlingModel | Result type ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .elm ⓘ |
| firstAppeared | 2012 ⓘ |
| goal |
maintainable web applications
ⓘ
reliable web applications ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
The Elm Architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
Elm
algebraic data types ⓘ friendly compiler error messages ⓘ immutable data ⓘ no null values ⓘ no runtime exceptions in practice ⓘ package manager ⓘ pattern matching ⓘ pure functions ⓘ time-traveling debugger ⓘ type inference ⓘ virtual DOM ⓘ |
| hasImplementation | Elm compiler ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://elm-lang.org ⓘ |
| hasPackageRepository | https://package.elm-lang.org ⓘ |
| hasTool |
elm-format
ⓘ
linked to:
Elm
elm-reactor ⓘ elm-repl ⓘ
linked to:
Elm
elm-test ⓘ
linked to:
Elm
|
| influenced |
Redux
ⓘ
The Elm Architecture-inspired frameworks ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
F#
ⓘ
Haskell ⓘ ML ⓘ OCaml ⓘ |
| license |
BSD-3-Clause
ⓘ
linked to:
BSD license
|
| notableCharacteristic |
enforced absence of null
ⓘ
no user-defined runtime exceptions ⓘ |
| paradigm | functional ⓘ |
| primaryDomain | web front-end applications ⓘ |
| runsOn | JavaScript runtime environments ⓘ |
| sideEffectManagement | managed via Elm runtime ⓘ |
| typeDiscipline | static ⓘ |
| typeSystem | strong ⓘ |
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: Elm Description of subject: Elm is a statically typed, functional programming language that compiles to JavaScript and is designed for building reliable, maintainable web front-end applications.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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