PDB
E700433
PDB (Program Database) is a file format used by Microsoft development tools to store debugging and project state information for compiled programs.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| PDB canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7896062 — 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: PDB Context triple: [MSVC, supportsDebugFormat, PDB]
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A.
pdb
pdb is Python’s built-in interactive debugger, used to inspect and control the execution of Python programs for troubleshooting and development.
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B.
Protein Data Bank
The Protein Data Bank is a global repository that archives and provides open access to 3D structural data of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
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C.
EMBL-EBI AlphaFold Protein Structure Database
The EMBL-EBI AlphaFold Protein Structure Database is a publicly accessible resource providing predicted 3D structures of proteins generated by DeepMind’s AlphaFold system.
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D.
Protein database
The Protein database is a curated collection of protein sequences and related functional, structural, and bibliographic information maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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E.
pcd
pcd is the ISO 639-3 language code for Poitevin-Saintongeais, a Romance language spoken in western France.
- 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: PDB Target entity description: PDB (Program Database) is a file format used by Microsoft development tools to store debugging and project state information for compiled programs.
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A.
pdb
pdb is Python’s built-in interactive debugger, used to inspect and control the execution of Python programs for troubleshooting and development.
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B.
Protein Data Bank
The Protein Data Bank is a global repository that archives and provides open access to 3D structural data of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
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C.
EMBL-EBI AlphaFold Protein Structure Database
The EMBL-EBI AlphaFold Protein Structure Database is a publicly accessible resource providing predicted 3D structures of proteins generated by DeepMind’s AlphaFold system.
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D.
Protein database
The Protein database is a curated collection of protein sequences and related functional, structural, and bibliographic information maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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E.
pcd
pcd is the ISO 639-3 language code for Poitevin-Saintongeais, a Romance language spoken in western France.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
debugging information file format
ⓘ
file format ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
.dll files
ⓘ
.exe files ⓘ compiled programs ⓘ |
| canBeGeneratedBy |
Microsoft C/C++ compiler
ⓘ
linked to:
MSVC
Microsoft linker (link.exe) ⓘ
linked to:
Microsoft linker link.exe
|
| canBeReadBy |
DbgHelp library
ⓘ
Debug Interface Access (DIA) SDK ⓘ |
| developedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| enables |
breakpoints by source line
ⓘ
inspection of local variables ⓘ source-level debugging ⓘ stack trace symbol resolution ⓘ symbolic debugging ⓘ |
| fileExtension | .pdb ⓘ |
| formatType | proprietary format ⓘ |
| fullName |
Program Database
ⓘ
linked to:
Program Database format
|
| maintainedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| platform |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| primaryPurpose |
map binary code to source code
ⓘ
support debugging of compiled binaries ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
COFF symbol tables
ⓘ
PE file format ⓘ
linked to:
PE format
|
| stores |
debugging information
ⓘ
frame pointer omission data ⓘ function names ⓘ line number information ⓘ optimized code mapping ⓘ project state information ⓘ source file references ⓘ symbol information ⓘ type information ⓘ variable names ⓘ |
| supports |
incremental compilation
ⓘ
link-time code generation ⓘ optimized builds ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Microsoft Visual C++
ⓘ
linked to:
MSVC
Microsoft Visual Studio ⓘ
linked to:
Visual Studio
Microsoft incremental linker ⓘ Microsoft linker ⓘ
linked to:
MSVC
Visual Studio Debugger ⓘ
linked to:
Visual Studio
WinDbg ⓘ Windows debuggers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
crash dump analysis
ⓘ
post-mortem debugging ⓘ |
| usedIn |
.NET native code debugging
ⓘ
C++ development on Windows ⓘ Windows driver development ⓘ |
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: PDB Description of subject: PDB (Program Database) is a file format used by Microsoft development tools to store debugging and project state information for compiled programs.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.