Solidity
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Solidity is a statically-typed, contract-oriented programming language primarily used to write and deploy smart contracts on the Ethereum platform and compatible blockchains.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Solidity canonical | 8 |
| Solidity compiler (solc) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3524616 — 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: Solidity Context triple: [Ethereum blockchain, smartContractLanguage, Solidity]
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A.
ETH
ETH is a leading Swiss public research university in Zurich renowned for its excellence in science, engineering, and technology.
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B.
ETH
ETH is the ICAO airline designator used to identify Ethiopian Airlines in international aviation operations.
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C.
Ether
Ether is the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, used to pay for transactions, execute smart contracts, and secure the network.
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D.
Ethereum blockchain
The Ethereum blockchain is a decentralized, open-source platform that supports programmable smart contracts and powers a wide ecosystem of cryptocurrencies and decentralized applications (dApps).
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E.
Hyperledger
Hyperledger is an open-source collaborative project focused on developing enterprise-grade, permissioned blockchain frameworks and tools for business applications.
- 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: Solidity Target entity description: Solidity is a statically-typed, contract-oriented programming language primarily used to write and deploy smart contracts on the Ethereum platform and compatible blockchains.
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A.
ETH
ETH is a leading Swiss public research university in Zurich renowned for its excellence in science, engineering, and technology.
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B.
ETH
ETH is the ICAO airline designator used to identify Ethiopian Airlines in international aviation operations.
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C.
Ether
Ether is the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain, used to pay for transactions, execute smart contracts, and secure the network.
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D.
Ethereum blockchain
The Ethereum blockchain is a decentralized, open-source platform that supports programmable smart contracts and powers a wide ecosystem of cryptocurrencies and decentralized applications (dApps).
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E.
Hyperledger
Hyperledger is an open-source collaborative project focused on developing enterprise-grade, permissioned blockchain frameworks and tools for business applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
programming language
ⓘ
smart contract language ⓘ |
| designedFor | Ethereum Virtual Machine ⓘ |
| documentation | Solidity official documentation website ⓘ |
| executionEnvironment | EVM bytecode ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .sol ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Ethereum Foundation
ⓘ
Solidity core team ⓘ |
| hasStandard | Solidity language specification ⓘ |
| hasTooling |
Hardhat framework
ⓘ
Remix IDE ⓘ Solidity compiler (solc) ⓘ
linked to:
Solidity
Truffle framework ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
C++
ⓘ
JavaScript ⓘ Python ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License v3 (compiler)
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
MIT License (some components) ⓘ
linked to:
MIT License
|
| memoryModel |
calldata
ⓘ
memory ⓘ storage ⓘ |
| notableRisk |
front-running issues in public state
ⓘ
integer overflow and underflow (before compiler checks) ⓘ reentrancy vulnerabilities ⓘ |
| paradigm | contract-oriented programming language ⓘ |
| platform |
EVM-compatible blockchains
ⓘ
Ethereum ⓘ
linked to:
Ethereum blockchain
|
| primaryUse |
deploying smart contracts
ⓘ
writing smart contracts ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
ABI encoding and decoding
ⓘ
constant variables ⓘ constructor functions ⓘ custom errors ⓘ enums ⓘ error handling with assert ⓘ error handling with require ⓘ error handling with revert ⓘ events ⓘ events for logging ⓘ fallback functions ⓘ function modifiers ⓘ function overloading ⓘ immutable variables ⓘ inheritance ⓘ interfaces ⓘ libraries ⓘ mappings ⓘ operator overloading (limited via libraries and types) ⓘ payable functions ⓘ pure functions ⓘ receive Ether ⓘ receive functions ⓘ structs ⓘ user-defined types ⓘ view functions ⓘ |
| supportsVersionPragmas | pragma solidity directive ⓘ |
| typingDiscipline | statically typed ⓘ |
| usedFor |
DAOs
ⓘ
DeFi protocols ⓘ NFT smart contracts ⓘ decentralized applications ⓘ token standards such as ERC-1155 ⓘ token standards such as ERC-20 ⓘ token standards such as ERC-721 ⓘ |
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: Solidity Description of subject: Solidity is a statically-typed, contract-oriented programming language primarily used to write and deploy smart contracts on the Ethereum platform and compatible blockchains.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Solidity