syl20bnr
E308601
Emacs configuration framework
open source contributor
open source software project
software developer
syl20bnr is the creator and lead maintainer of Spacemacs, a popular community-driven Emacs configuration framework.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| syl20bnr canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2889647 — 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: syl20bnr Context triple: [Spacemacs, hasPrimaryMaintainer, syl20bnr]
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A.
SYR
SYR is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Middle Eastern nation of Syria.
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B.
SYP
SYP is the ISO 4217 currency code for the Syrian pound, the official monetary unit of Syria.
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C.
BANZSL
BANZSL is the family of closely related sign languages used in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, sharing a common historical origin and many linguistic features.
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D.
SILE
SILE is a modern typesetting system and document processor designed as a more flexible, programmable successor to traditional TeX-based workflows.
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E.
SL2
SL2 is a branch of Boston’s MBTA Silver Line bus rapid transit service that connects South Station with the Seaport and Design Center area.
- 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: syl20bnr Target entity description: syl20bnr is the creator and lead maintainer of Spacemacs, a popular community-driven Emacs configuration framework.
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A.
SYR
SYR is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code representing the Middle Eastern nation of Syria.
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B.
SYP
SYP is the ISO 4217 currency code for the Syrian pound, the official monetary unit of Syria.
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C.
BANZSL
BANZSL is the family of closely related sign languages used in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, sharing a common historical origin and many linguistic features.
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D.
SILE
SILE is a modern typesetting system and document processor designed as a more flexible, programmable successor to traditional TeX-based workflows.
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E.
SL2
SL2 is a branch of Boston’s MBTA Silver Line bus rapid transit service that connects South Station with the Seaport and Design Center area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Emacs configuration framework
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open source contributor ⓘ open source software project ⓘ software developer ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Emacs community ⓘ |
| basedOn | GNU Emacs ⓘ |
| contributedTo | Spacemacs ⓘ |
| creator | syl20bnr ⓘ |
| developmentModel | community-driven ⓘ |
| githubUsername | syl20bnr ⓘ |
| influenced | Emacs configuration practices ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creating Spacemacs
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maintaining Spacemacs ⓘ |
| license | free and open source software license ⓘ |
| maintains | Spacemacs ⓘ |
| notableWork | Spacemacs ⓘ |
| popularity | popular Emacs configuration framework ⓘ |
| primaryMaintainer | syl20bnr ⓘ |
| primaryProject | Spacemacs ⓘ |
| role |
creator of Spacemacs
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lead maintainer of Spacemacs ⓘ |
| softwareDomain |
developer tools
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text editor configuration ⓘ text editors ⓘ |
| targetUserGroup |
Emacs users
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Vim users ⓘ |
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: syl20bnr Description of subject: syl20bnr is the creator and lead maintainer of Spacemacs, a popular community-driven Emacs configuration framework.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.