Python 3.9
E884131
Python 3.9 is a stable release of the Python programming language that introduced features like dictionary union operators, type hinting improvements, and new string methods before being succeeded by Python 3.10.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Python 3.9 canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10763884 — 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: Python 3.9 Context triple: [Python 3.10, follows, Python 3.9]
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A.
Python 3.10
Python 3.10 is a major release of the Python programming language that introduced structural pattern matching and various syntax and performance improvements.
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B.
Python 3.8
Python 3.8 is a major release of the Python programming language that introduced several new language features, performance improvements, and standard library enhancements.
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C.
Pythonidae
Pythonidae is a family of nonvenomous constrictor snakes that includes pythons found across Africa, Asia, and Australia.
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D.
PEP 634
PEP 634 is the Python Enhancement Proposal that formally specifies the semantics of structural pattern matching introduced in Python 3.10.
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E.
PEP 635
PEP 635 is a Python Enhancement Proposal that provides a detailed rationale and motivation for the structural pattern matching feature introduced in Python 3.10.
- 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: Python 3.9 Target entity description: Python 3.9 is a stable release of the Python programming language that introduced features like dictionary union operators, type hinting improvements, and new string methods before being succeeded by Python 3.10.
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A.
Python 3.10
Python 3.10 is a major release of the Python programming language that introduced structural pattern matching and various syntax and performance improvements.
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B.
Python 3.8
Python 3.8 is a major release of the Python programming language that introduced several new language features, performance improvements, and standard library enhancements.
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C.
Pythonidae
Pythonidae is a family of nonvenomous constrictor snakes that includes pythons found across Africa, Asia, and Australia.
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D.
PEP 634
PEP 634 is the Python Enhancement Proposal that formally specifies the semantics of structural pattern matching introduced in Python 3.10.
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E.
PEP 635
PEP 635 is a Python Enhancement Proposal that provides a detailed rationale and motivation for the structural pattern matching feature introduced in Python 3.10.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Python version
ⓘ
programming language release ⓘ |
| developedBy | Python Software Foundation ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.py
ⓘ
.pyc ⓘ |
| followedBy | Python 3.10 ⓘ |
| follows | Python 3.8 ⓘ |
| implementation |
Anaconda Python
ⓘ
linked to:
Conda
CPython ⓘ
linked to:
Python reference implementation (CPython)
PyPy ⓘ |
| introducedFeature |
annotations postponed by default (from __future__ import annotations promoted)
ⓘ
dict merge and update operators ⓘ dictionary in-place union operator |= ⓘ dictionary union operator | ⓘ graphlib module with TopologicalSorter ⓘ improved type hinting support ⓘ improvements to asyncio ⓘ improvements to asyncio streams ⓘ improvements to functools module ⓘ improvements to garbage collection ⓘ improvements to json and csv modules ⓘ improvements to multiprocessing and concurrent.futures ⓘ improvements to os and pathlib modules ⓘ improvements to random module ⓘ improvements to typing module ⓘ new math functions like math.lcm ⓘ new parser based on PEG ⓘ new statistics functions like statistics.fmean ⓘ new string method removeprefix() ⓘ new string method removesuffix() ⓘ performance optimizations in CPython core ⓘ str.replace performance improvements ⓘ type hinting generics in standard collections ⓘ zoneinfo module for IANA time zones ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Python 3
ⓘ
linked to:
Python 3.x
|
| majorVersion | 3 ⓘ |
| minorVersion | 9 ⓘ |
| partOf | Python (programming language) ⓘ |
| pepNumber | 596 ⓘ |
| platform | cross-platform ⓘ |
| primaryImplementationLanguage | C ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2020-10-05 ⓘ |
| releaseStatus | stable release ⓘ |
| specifiedBy | PEP 596 ⓘ |
| standardLibraryVersion | Python 3.9 standard library ⓘ |
| supportsParadigm |
functional programming
ⓘ
imperative programming ⓘ object-oriented programming ⓘ procedural programming ⓘ |
| typingDiscipline |
duck typing
ⓘ
dynamic typing ⓘ gradual typing ⓘ |
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: Python 3.9 Description of subject: Python 3.9 is a stable release of the Python programming language that introduced features like dictionary union operators, type hinting improvements, and new string methods before being succeeded by Python 3.10.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.