GNU As
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GNU As is the GNU Project’s assembler, used to translate assembly language code into machine code as part of the GNU toolchain.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GNU | 1 |
| GNU As canonical | 1 |
| GNU Assembler | 1 |
| GNU assembler | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2792329 — 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: GNU As Context triple: [GNU Binutils, contains, GNU As]
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A.
GNU Project
The GNU Project is a free software initiative that created many core components of the GNU/Linux operating system and pioneered the modern free software movement.
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B.
Gnus
Gnus is a flexible and extensible message reader for news and email, tightly integrated with the Emacs text editor.
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C.
GNU Hurd
GNU Hurd is the GNU Project’s microkernel-based operating system server collection intended as a free Unix-like replacement, built to run on top of the Mach microkernel.
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D.
gnat
GNAT is a free, open-source Ada compiler and toolchain that is part of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
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E.
GNU userland
GNU userland is the collection of GNU software tools, utilities, and libraries that provide the core user-space environment on many Unix-like operating systems, including most Linux distributions.
- 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: GNU As Target entity description: GNU As is the GNU Project’s assembler, used to translate assembly language code into machine code as part of the GNU toolchain.
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A.
GNU Project
The GNU Project is a free software initiative that created many core components of the GNU/Linux operating system and pioneered the modern free software movement.
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B.
Gnus
Gnus is a flexible and extensible message reader for news and email, tightly integrated with the Emacs text editor.
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C.
GNU Hurd
GNU Hurd is the GNU Project’s microkernel-based operating system server collection intended as a free Unix-like replacement, built to run on top of the Mach microkernel.
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D.
gnat
GNAT is a free, open-source Ada compiler and toolchain that is part of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC).
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E.
GNU userland
GNU userland is the collection of GNU software tools, utilities, and libraries that provide the core user-space environment on many Unix-like operating systems, including most Linux distributions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
assembler
ⓘ
free software ⓘ software ⓘ |
| abbreviation | GAS ⓘ |
| category |
assembly language tool
ⓘ
system software ⓘ |
| commandName | as ⓘ |
| developer | GNU Project ⓘ |
| distribution |
GNU Binutils package
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Binutils
|
| function | translate assembly language to machine code ⓘ |
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| maintainer | GNU Binutils maintainers ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
GNU
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU As
Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| partOf |
GNU Binutils
ⓘ
GNU toolchain ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| supportsDirective |
.att_syntax
ⓘ
.if ⓘ .include ⓘ .intel_syntax ⓘ .macro ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
conditional assembly
ⓘ
debugging information generation ⓘ macros ⓘ relocation entries ⓘ symbolic labels ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
COFF
ⓘ
ELF ⓘ Intel HEX ⓘ Mach-O ⓘ
linked to:
Mach-O binary format
S-record ⓘ a.out ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage | assembly language ⓘ |
| supportsSyntax |
AT&T syntax
ⓘ
Intel syntax (x86) via .intel_syntax directive ⓘ |
| supportsTarget |
AArch64
ⓘ
linked to:
ARMv8-A
ARC ⓘ ARM ⓘ AVR ⓘ
linked to:
AVR microcontrollers
Alpha ⓘ Blackfin ⓘ C-SKY ⓘ CRIS ⓘ HPPA ⓘ IA-64 ⓘ
linked to:
Itanium
LM32 ⓘ M32C ⓘ
linked to:
Hitachi SH-2
M32R ⓘ MIPS ⓘ MMIX ⓘ MSP430 ⓘ MicroBlaze ⓘ ND-SH ⓘ NDS32 ⓘ Nios II ⓘ OR1K ⓘ PRU ⓘ PowerPC ⓘ RISC-V ⓘ RL78 ⓘ RX ⓘ S/390 ⓘ
linked to:
IBM System/390
SH ⓘ SPARC ⓘ
linked to:
SPARC microprocessor architecture
SPU ⓘ Score ⓘ TIC6X ⓘ TileGX ⓘ TilePro ⓘ VAX ⓘ Visium ⓘ Xtensa ⓘ
linked to:
Tensilica Xtensa LX6
Z80 ⓘ
linked to:
Zilog Z80
Z8k ⓘ m68k ⓘ
linked to:
Motorola 68000 family
x86 ⓘ x86-64 ⓘ |
| usedWith |
GNU Compiler Collection
ⓘ
GNU Linker ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Binutils
|
| website | https://www.gnu.org/software/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: GNU As Description of subject: GNU As is the GNU Project’s assembler, used to translate assembly language code into machine code as part of the GNU toolchain.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: GNU As
linked to: GNU As