GAS
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GAS (GNU Assembler) is the assembler component of the GNU toolchain, used to translate assembly language code into machine code for various computer architectures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GAS canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2629205 — 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: GAS Context triple: [GNU toolchain, includes, GAS]
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A.
Gas
"Gas" is a 1940 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper depicting a solitary gas station at dusk, emblematic of his themes of isolation and the quiet tension of modern American life.
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B.
GAU
GAU is the IATA airport code for Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport serving Guwahati in the Indian state of Assam.
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C.
GAU
GAU is an abbreviation commonly used for the University of Göttingen, a major research university in Göttingen, Germany.
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D.
GIN
GIN is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to the West African nation of Guinea.
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E.
GAC
The GAC is a committee within the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that provides governments and intergovernmental organizations with a formal voice in global internet governance and policy development.
- 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: GAS Target entity description: GAS (GNU Assembler) is the assembler component of the GNU toolchain, used to translate assembly language code into machine code for various computer architectures.
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A.
Gas
"Gas" is a 1940 painting by American realist artist Edward Hopper depicting a solitary gas station at dusk, emblematic of his themes of isolation and the quiet tension of modern American life.
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B.
GAU
GAU is the IATA airport code for Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport serving Guwahati in the Indian state of Assam.
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C.
GAU
GAU is an abbreviation commonly used for the University of Göttingen, a major research university in Göttingen, Germany.
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D.
GIN
GIN is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to the West African nation of Guinea.
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E.
GAC
The GAC is a committee within the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that provides governments and intergovernmental organizations with a formal voice in global internet governance and policy development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNU Project component
ⓘ
assembler ⓘ software tool ⓘ |
| category |
assembly language tool
ⓘ
systems programming tool ⓘ |
| componentOf | GNU Binutils ⓘ |
| developer |
Free Software Foundation
ⓘ
GNU Project ⓘ |
| distribution | included in most GNU/Linux distributions ⓘ |
| documentation |
GNU Binutils manual
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Binutils
|
| fullName |
GNU Assembler
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU As
|
| inputFormat | assembly language source code ⓘ |
| invocationCommand | as ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | GNU Binutils maintainers ⓘ |
| outputFormat |
machine code
ⓘ
object files ⓘ |
| partOf | GNU toolchain ⓘ |
| platform |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows (via ports such as MinGW and Cygwin) ⓘ macOS (via ports) ⓘ
linked to:
MacPorts
|
| primaryFunction | translate assembly language to machine code ⓘ |
| supports |
AArch64 architecture
ⓘ
ARM architecture ⓘ MIPS architecture ⓘ PowerPC architecture ⓘ
linked to:
PowerPC
RISC-V architecture ⓘ SPARC architecture ⓘ
linked to:
SPARC microprocessor architecture
many other architectures ⓘ multiple computer architectures ⓘ x86 architecture ⓘ x86-64 architecture ⓘ |
| supportsConditionalAssembly | yes ⓘ |
| supportsDebugFormats |
DWARF
ⓘ
STABS ⓘ |
| supportsDirectives | GNU assembler directives ⓘ |
| supportsMacros | yes ⓘ |
| supportsPositionIndependentCode | yes ⓘ |
| supportsRelocation | yes ⓘ |
| supportsSyntax |
AT&T syntax
ⓘ
Intel syntax (via .intel_syntax directive) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
building compilers and runtime libraries
ⓘ
building operating systems ⓘ embedded systems development ⓘ |
| usedWith |
GCC
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Compiler Collection
GDB ⓘ GNU linker ld ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Binutils
|
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: GAS Description of subject: GAS (GNU Assembler) is the assembler component of the GNU toolchain, used to translate assembly language code into machine code for various computer architectures.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.