noweb
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noweb is a simple, language-independent literate programming tool that lets programmers interleave documentation and source code in a single, well-structured file.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| noweb canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4416577 — 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: noweb Context triple: [Literate Programming, influenced, noweb]
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A.
cweave
cweave is a CWEB tool that converts literate C/C++ source files into well-formatted documentation, typically in TeX.
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B.
CWEB literate programming system
The CWEB literate programming system is a software tool created by Donald E. Knuth (with Silvio Levy) that integrates C or C++ source code with richly formatted documentation to produce both compilable programs and high-quality typeset descriptions.
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C.
Sweave
Sweave is a tool in the R ecosystem that enables dynamic report generation by integrating statistical analysis code with LaTeX documents for reproducible research.
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D.
Wetty
"Wetty" is a popular drill-rap track by New York rapper Fivio Foreign that helped boost his mainstream recognition.
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E.
thebe
The thebe is the fractional monetary unit of Botswana, representing one-hundredth of a Botswana pula.
- 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: noweb Target entity description: noweb is a simple, language-independent literate programming tool that lets programmers interleave documentation and source code in a single, well-structured file.
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A.
cweave
cweave is a CWEB tool that converts literate C/C++ source files into well-formatted documentation, typically in TeX.
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B.
CWEB literate programming system
The CWEB literate programming system is a software tool created by Donald E. Knuth (with Silvio Levy) that integrates C or C++ source code with richly formatted documentation to produce both compilable programs and high-quality typeset descriptions.
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C.
Sweave
Sweave is a tool in the R ecosystem that enables dynamic report generation by integrating statistical analysis code with LaTeX documents for reproducible research.
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D.
Wetty
"Wetty" is a popular drill-rap track by New York rapper Fivio Foreign that helped boost his mainstream recognition.
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E.
thebe
The thebe is the fractional monetary unit of Botswana, representing one-hundredth of a Botswana pula.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
free software
ⓘ
literate programming tool ⓘ software tool ⓘ |
| advantage |
minimal intrusion into source code
ⓘ
toolchain flexibility ⓘ works with any programming language ⓘ |
| alternativeTo | WEB ⓘ |
| author | Norman Ramsey ⓘ |
| canBeUsedWith |
LaTeX
ⓘ
TeX ⓘ plain text tools ⓘ |
| chunkingModel | named code chunks ⓘ |
| component |
notangle
ⓘ
noweave ⓘ |
| creator | Norman Ramsey ⓘ |
| designGoal |
language independence
ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ tool independence ⓘ |
| distribution |
BSD systems
ⓘ
linked to:
BSD
Linux distributions ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| documentation | user manual by Norman Ramsey ⓘ |
| feature |
code chunking
ⓘ
generation of documentation from source ⓘ generation of source code from literate file ⓘ interleaving documentation and source code ⓘ simple markup syntax ⓘ tangling ⓘ weaving ⓘ |
| firstReleasedApprox | early 1990s ⓘ |
| inputFormat | single literate source file ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | WEB ⓘ |
| license | permissive free software license ⓘ |
| markup | uses double angle brackets for code chunks ⓘ |
| notangleFunction | extracts source code from literate file ⓘ |
| noweaveFunction | produces documentation from literate file ⓘ |
| output |
tangled source code files
ⓘ
woven documentation files ⓘ |
| programmingParadigm | literate programming ⓘ |
| supports |
language-independent literate programming
ⓘ
multiple programming languages ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
reproducible research code
ⓘ
software documentation ⓘ teaching programming concepts ⓘ |
| writtenIn |
C
ⓘ
Icon ⓘ |
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: noweb Description of subject: noweb is a simple, language-independent literate programming tool that lets programmers interleave documentation and source code in a single, well-structured file.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.