Roslyn compiler
E34649
The Roslyn compiler is Microsoft’s open-source, next-generation C# and Visual Basic compiler platform that provides rich code analysis APIs and enables advanced tooling and refactoring in the .NET ecosystem.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roslyn .NET compiler platform | 2 |
| .NET Compiler Platform | 1 |
| .NET compilers | 1 |
| Roslyn analyzers | 1 |
| Roslyn compiler canonical | 1 |
| Roslyn compiler platform | 1 |
| dotnet/roslyn | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T265091 — 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: Roslyn compiler Context triple: [C#, hasImplementation, Roslyn compiler]
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A.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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B.
Visual Studio
Visual Studio is Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) used for building, debugging, and deploying applications across Windows, web, cloud, and mobile platforms.
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C.
C# programming language
C# is a modern, object-oriented programming language designed for building a wide range of applications on the .NET platform, known for its strong typing, rich standard library, and integration with Visual Studio.
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D.
C Reactor
C Reactor is one of the early plutonium production reactors built and operated at the Hanford Site in Washington as part of the U.S. Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear weapons program.
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E.
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools is a foundational computer science textbook that systematically covers the theory and practice of compiler design and implementation.
- 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: Roslyn compiler Target entity description: The Roslyn compiler is Microsoft’s open-source, next-generation C# and Visual Basic compiler platform that provides rich code analysis APIs and enables advanced tooling and refactoring in the .NET ecosystem.
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A.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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B.
Visual Studio
Visual Studio is Microsoft's integrated development environment (IDE) used for building, debugging, and deploying applications across Windows, web, cloud, and mobile platforms.
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C.
C# programming language
C# is a modern, object-oriented programming language designed for building a wide range of applications on the .NET platform, known for its strong typing, rich standard library, and integration with Visual Studio.
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D.
C Reactor
C Reactor is one of the early plutonium production reactors built and operated at the Hanford Site in Washington as part of the U.S. Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear weapons program.
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E.
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools
Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools is a foundational computer science textbook that systematically covers the theory and practice of compiler design and implementation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
.NET compiler
ⓘ
C# compiler ⓘ Visual Basic .NET compiler ⓘ compiler platform ⓘ open-source software ⓘ |
| designGoal |
compiler as a service
ⓘ
extensibility ⓘ rich tooling support ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| integratedInto |
OmniSharp
ⓘ
Rider ⓘ Visual Studio ⓘ Visual Studio Code via extensions ⓘ |
| license | Apache License 2.0 ⓘ |
| openSource | true ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| partOf |
.NET Compiler Platform
ⓘ
linked to:
Roslyn compiler
.NET ecosystem ⓘ |
| platform |
.NET
ⓘ
linked to:
.NET Framework
.NET 5+ ⓘ .NET Core ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C#
ⓘ
linked to:
C# programming language
Visual Basic .NET ⓘ |
| provides |
code analysis APIs
ⓘ
code fix providers ⓘ code generation APIs ⓘ diagnostic analyzers ⓘ refactoring APIs ⓘ semantic analysis APIs ⓘ syntax tree APIs ⓘ |
| replaces |
earlier closed-source C# compiler
ⓘ
earlier closed-source VB.NET compiler ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/dotnet/roslyn ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
incremental compilation
ⓘ
live code analysis ⓘ nullable reference types analysis ⓘ scripting APIs ⓘ source generators ⓘ workspaces API ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
C#
ⓘ
linked to:
C# programming language
Visual Basic .NET ⓘ |
| supportsStandard |
C# language specifications
ⓘ
linked to:
C# programming language
Visual Basic language specifications ⓘ
linked to:
Visual Basic .NET
|
| useCase |
IDE tooling
ⓘ
code completion ⓘ code formatting ⓘ code navigation ⓘ code refactoring ⓘ static code analysis ⓘ |
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: Roslyn compiler Description of subject: The Roslyn compiler is Microsoft’s open-source, next-generation C# and Visual Basic compiler platform that provides rich code analysis APIs and enables advanced tooling and refactoring in the .NET ecosystem.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
C# programming language
linked to: Roslyn compiler
linked to: Roslyn compiler
linked to: Roslyn compiler
linked to: Roslyn compiler
linked to: Roslyn compiler
linked to: Roslyn compiler