ar
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ar is a Unix utility for creating, modifying, and extracting from archive files, commonly used to build and manage static libraries.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2792335 — 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: ar Context triple: [GNU Binutils, contains, ar]
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A.
ARE
ARE is a professional licensure examination for architects in the United States that assesses candidates’ knowledge and skills required for independent practice.
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B.
ARE
ARE is the ICAO airline designator assigned to LATAM Airlines Colombia, a major Colombian carrier within the LATAM Airlines Group.
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C.
AR
AR is the commonly used abbreviation for the Assam Rifles, a paramilitary force of India responsible for security and counterinsurgency operations in the Northeast region.
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D.
AR
AR is the standard abbreviation for the Romanian Academy, the leading national institution for the promotion of science, culture, and the arts in Romania.
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E.
AR
AR is the two-letter IATA airline designator assigned to Aerolíneas Argentinas, the flag carrier of Argentina.
- 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: ar Target entity description: ar is a Unix utility for creating, modifying, and extracting from archive files, commonly used to build and manage static libraries.
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A.
ARE
ARE is a professional licensure examination for architects in the United States that assesses candidates’ knowledge and skills required for independent practice.
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B.
ARE
ARE is the ICAO airline designator assigned to LATAM Airlines Colombia, a major Colombian carrier within the LATAM Airlines Group.
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C.
AR
AR is the commonly used abbreviation for the Assam Rifles, a paramilitary force of India responsible for security and counterinsurgency operations in the Northeast region.
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D.
AR
AR is the standard abbreviation for the Romanian Academy, the leading national institution for the promotion of science, culture, and the arts in Romania.
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E.
AR
AR is the two-letter IATA airline designator assigned to Aerolíneas Argentinas, the flag carrier of Argentina.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unix command
ⓘ
archiver ⓘ software utility ⓘ |
| commandLineInterface | yes ⓘ |
| commonOption |
c (create archive)
ⓘ
d (delete files from archive) ⓘ q (quick append) ⓘ r (insert with replacement) ⓘ s (write index) ⓘ t (list contents) ⓘ x (extract files) ⓘ |
| conformsTo |
BSD ar format (on some systems)
ⓘ
System V ar format (on many systems) ⓘ |
| distribution |
included in most Unix toolchains
ⓘ
included with GCC toolchain ⓘ |
| fileFormat | ar archive format ⓘ |
| historicalRole | traditional Unix archiver ⓘ |
| invocationExample | ar rcs libfoo.a foo.o bar.o ⓘ |
| invocationForm | ar [options] archive files ⓘ |
| language | implemented in C (GNU ar) ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License (GNU ar)
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
|
| maintainer |
GNU Project (for GNU ar)
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Project
|
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| partOf | GNU Binutils ⓘ |
| primaryUseDomain |
C and C++ development
ⓘ
software development ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ld
ⓘ
nm ⓘ objcopy ⓘ ranlib ⓘ tar ⓘ |
| requires | filesystem access ⓘ |
| scope | static libraries not shared libraries ⓘ |
| standardInputSupport | no ⓘ |
| supportsSymbolIndex | yes ⓘ |
| symbolIndexUse | linker optimization for static libraries ⓘ |
| typicalFileExtension |
.a
ⓘ
.a(lib) on some systems ⓘ |
| usedFor |
building static libraries
ⓘ
creating archive files ⓘ extracting from archive files ⓘ managing static libraries ⓘ modifying archive files ⓘ |
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: ar Description of subject: ar is a Unix utility for creating, modifying, and extracting from archive files, commonly used to build and manage static libraries.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.