msgconv
E299216
msgconv is a GNU gettext utility that converts the character encoding of translation message files.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| msgconv canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2793052 — 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: msgconv Context triple: [GNU gettext, includesTool, msgconv]
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A.
MSG
MSG is a subregional political and economic organization that promotes cooperation and solidarity among Melanesian countries and territories in the Pacific.
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B.
MSG
MSG is a famous multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City known for hosting major sports events, concerts, and entertainment spectacles.
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C.
MSG
MSG refers to U.S. Marine Security Guards, specialized Marine Corps personnel assigned to protect American embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic facilities worldwide.
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D.
Google Translate
Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service by Google that instantly converts text, speech, images, and web pages between numerous languages.
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E.
MSGS
MSGS is the stock ticker symbol for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., a publicly traded company that owns and operates professional sports franchises and related entertainment assets.
- 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: msgconv Target entity description: msgconv is a GNU gettext utility that converts the character encoding of translation message files.
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A.
MSG
MSG is a subregional political and economic organization that promotes cooperation and solidarity among Melanesian countries and territories in the Pacific.
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B.
MSG
MSG refers to U.S. Marine Security Guards, specialized Marine Corps personnel assigned to protect American embassies, consulates, and other diplomatic facilities worldwide.
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C.
MSG
MSG is a famous multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City known for hosting major sports events, concerts, and entertainment spectacles.
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D.
Google Translate
Google Translate is a multilingual neural machine translation service by Google that instantly converts text, speech, images, and web pages between numerous languages.
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E.
MSGS
MSGS is the stock ticker symbol for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., a publicly traded company that owns and operates professional sports franchises and related entertainment assets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
command-line program
ⓘ
software utility ⓘ |
| canSpecify |
input encoding
ⓘ
output encoding ⓘ |
| category |
Free software
ⓘ
GNU Project software ⓘ Localization software ⓘ |
| commandName | msgconv ⓘ |
| developer | Free Software Foundation ⓘ |
| distribution | GNU gettext package ⓘ |
| genre |
internationalization tool
ⓘ
localization tool ⓘ |
| includedIn |
GNU gettext utilities
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU gettext
|
| input | translation message file ⓘ |
| maintainer | GNU gettext maintainers ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
GNU
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Project
Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| output | translation message file with different character encoding ⓘ |
| partOf | GNU gettext ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| purpose | convert character encoding of translation message files ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
msgcat
ⓘ
msgfmt ⓘ msgmerge ⓘ xgettext ⓘ |
| requires | iconv ⓘ |
| softwareLicense | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
.po file
ⓘ
GNU gettext message catalog ⓘ |
| supportsOption |
--from-code
ⓘ
--help ⓘ --output-file ⓘ --to-code ⓘ --version ⓘ |
| useCase |
normalize encodings of .po files in a project
ⓘ
prepare translation files for environments with specific encodings ⓘ |
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: msgconv Description of subject: msgconv is a GNU gettext utility that converts the character encoding of translation message files.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.