GN
E72105
GN is a fast, meta-build system tool used primarily by the Chromium project to generate build files for Ninja.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GN canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T575892 — 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: GN Context triple: [Chromium, buildSystem, GN]
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A.
GU
GU is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code assigned to Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean.
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B.
GER
GER is the official FIFA country code used to represent the Germany national football team in international competitions and records.
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C.
GV
GV is the venture capital investment arm of Alphabet Inc., focused on funding and supporting innovative technology startups.
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D.
BG
BG is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Bulgaria.
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E.
GNB
GNB is the commonly used abbreviation for the Good News Bible, a modern English translation of the Christian Bible known for its clear and simple language.
- 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: GN Target entity description: GN is a fast, meta-build system tool used primarily by the Chromium project to generate build files for Ninja.
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A.
GU
GU is the two-letter ISO 3166 country code assigned to Guam, an unincorporated territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean.
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B.
GER
GER is the official FIFA country code used to represent the Germany national football team in international competitions and records.
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C.
GV
GV is the venture capital investment arm of Alphabet Inc., focused on funding and supporting innovative technology startups.
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D.
BG
BG is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Bulgaria.
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E.
GNB
GNB is the commonly used abbreviation for the Good News Bible, a modern English translation of the Christian Bible known for its clear and simple language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
build system
ⓘ
meta-build system ⓘ software tool ⓘ |
| category |
build automation software
ⓘ
free and open-source software ⓘ |
| commandLineInterface |
gn args
ⓘ
gn desc ⓘ gn gen ⓘ gn help ⓘ gn ls ⓘ |
| defaultRootBuildFile | BUILD.gn ⓘ |
| designGoal |
deterministic builds
ⓘ
fast build file generation ⓘ simple meta-language for build descriptions ⓘ |
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| documentationUrl | https://gn.googlesource.com/gn/+/refs/heads/main/docs ⓘ |
| feature |
action targets
ⓘ
build args system ⓘ cross-compilation support ⓘ declarative build configuration language ⓘ executable targets ⓘ group targets ⓘ shared library targets ⓘ source set targets ⓘ static library targets ⓘ target templates ⓘ toolchain abstraction ⓘ |
| inputFileExtension |
.gn
ⓘ
.gni ⓘ |
| license | BSD-style license ⓘ |
| output | Ninja build files ⓘ |
| primaryUse | generate build files for Ninja ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
| replaced | GYP in the Chromium project ⓘ |
| repository | https://gn.googlesource.com/gn ⓘ |
| scope | multi-platform builds ⓘ |
| supports |
conditional compilation flags
ⓘ
config inheritance ⓘ multiple toolchains in one build ⓘ out-of-tree build directories ⓘ |
| supportsGenerator | Ninja ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Chromium project
ⓘ
linked to:
The Chromium Project
Chromium-based projects ⓘ Google Chrome ⓘ |
| usedFor |
building Chromium for Android
ⓘ
building Chromium for ChromeOS ⓘ building Chromium for desktop ⓘ building Chromium for iOS ⓘ |
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: GN Description of subject: GN is a fast, meta-build system tool used primarily by the Chromium project to generate build files for Ninja.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.