GNU Emacs
E9097
GNU Emacs is a highly extensible, customizable text editor and computing environment that serves as a flagship project of the GNU system and the free software movement.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GNU Emacs canonical | 31 |
| Emacs | 4 |
| AUCTeX | 1 |
| Emacs keybindings | 1 |
| Emacs manual | 1 |
| Emacs text editor | 1 |
| GNU Emacs (contributions) | 1 |
| GNU Emacs distribution | 1 |
| GNU Emacs editor | 1 |
| GNU Emacs text editor | 1 |
| org-mode | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T94442 — 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: GNU Emacs Context triple: [Richard Stallman, notableWork, GNU Emacs]
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A.
GNU is Not Unix (GNU recursive acronym)
GNU is Not Unix is a recursive acronym coined by Richard Stallman for the GNU project, a free software initiative to create a Unix-compatible operating system composed entirely of free software.
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B.
Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman is an American software freedom activist and programmer best known for founding the Free Software Foundation and initiating the GNU Project, which laid the groundwork for the free and open-source software movement.
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C.
Fedora Linux
Fedora Linux is a community-driven, cutting-edge Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat, known for integrating the latest open-source technologies and serving as a foundation for other projects and operating systems.
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D.
Linux
Linux is a widely used open-source Unix-like operating system kernel that powers servers, desktops, mobile devices, and embedded systems around the world.
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E.
Xanadu hypertext system
The Xanadu hypertext system is an early, visionary hypertext project conceived by Ted Nelson that aimed to create a universal, bidirectionally linked, non-destructive document publishing and versioning system.
- 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: GNU Emacs Target entity description: GNU Emacs is a highly extensible, customizable text editor and computing environment that serves as a flagship project of the GNU system and the free software movement.
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A.
GNU is Not Unix (GNU recursive acronym)
GNU is Not Unix is a recursive acronym coined by Richard Stallman for the GNU project, a free software initiative to create a Unix-compatible operating system composed entirely of free software.
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B.
Richard Stallman
Richard Stallman is an American software freedom activist and programmer best known for founding the Free Software Foundation and initiating the GNU Project, which laid the groundwork for the free and open-source software movement.
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C.
Fedora Linux
Fedora Linux is a community-driven, cutting-edge Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat, known for integrating the latest open-source technologies and serving as a foundation for other projects and operating systems.
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D.
Linux
Linux is a widely used open-source Unix-like operating system kernel that powers servers, desktops, mobile devices, and embedded systems around the world.
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E.
Xanadu hypertext system
The Xanadu hypertext system is an early, visionary hypertext project conceived by Ted Nelson that aimed to create a universal, bidirectionally linked, non-destructive document publishing and versioning system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNU package
ⓘ
customizable software ⓘ extensible editor ⓘ free software ⓘ text editor ⓘ |
| category |
Free Software Foundation software
ⓘ
GNU Project software ⓘ cross-platform software ⓘ |
| creator | Richard Stallman ⓘ |
| developer |
Free Software Foundation
ⓘ
GNU Project ⓘ Richard Stallman ⓘ |
| distributionModel | free and open-source software ⓘ |
| genre |
computing environment
ⓘ
integrated development environment ⓘ text editor ⓘ |
| influenced |
Doom Emacs
ⓘ
Evil mode ⓘ Spacemacs ⓘ XEmacs ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
TECO Emacs
ⓘ
original Emacs ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 1985-03-20 ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
GPL-3.0-or-later ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | GNU Project ⓘ |
| notableComponent |
Calc
ⓘ
linked to:
CAS (Computer Algebra System)
Eshell ⓘ Gnus ⓘ Tramp ⓘ org-mode ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
linked to:
Unix
GNU ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Project
Linux ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| partOf |
GNU operating system
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Project
|
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
Emacs Lisp ⓘ
linked to:
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment)
|
| slogan | The extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor ⓘ |
| sourceCodeRepository | https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/emacs.git ⓘ |
| status | actively maintained ⓘ |
| supportsDisplayProtocol |
Wayland
ⓘ
Windows GUI ⓘ X11 ⓘ macOS Cocoa ⓘ |
| supportsExtensionMechanism |
Emacs Lisp packages
ⓘ
major modes ⓘ minor modes ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
code completion
ⓘ
custom keybindings ⓘ email client ⓘ file manager ⓘ news reader ⓘ org-mode ⓘ
linked to:
GNU Emacs
packages via ELPA ⓘ syntax highlighting ⓘ terminal emulator ⓘ version control integration ⓘ |
| supportsInterface |
graphical user interface
ⓘ
text user interface ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ CSS ⓘ Emacs Lisp ⓘ
linked to:
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment)
Go ⓘ HTML ⓘ Java ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ LaTeX ⓘ Lisp ⓘ
linked to:
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment)
Python ⓘ Ruby ⓘ Rust ⓘ Shell script ⓘ |
| targetUser |
programmers
ⓘ
researchers ⓘ system administrators ⓘ writers ⓘ |
| website | https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/ ⓘ |
| writtenIn |
C
ⓘ
Emacs Lisp ⓘ
linked to:
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment)
|
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: GNU Emacs Description of subject: GNU Emacs is a highly extensible, customizable text editor and computing environment that serves as a flagship project of the GNU system and the free software movement.
Referenced by (44)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: GNU Emacs
linked to: GNU Emacs
subject linked to:
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment)
subject linked to:
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment)
subject linked to:
Emacs Lisp (for GNU Emacs environment)
linked to: GNU Emacs
linked to: GNU Emacs
linked to: GNU Emacs
linked to: GNU Emacs
linked to: GNU Emacs
linked to: GNU Emacs
linked to: GNU Emacs
linked to: GNU Emacs
subject linked to:
GNU ELPA (via external packages depending on it)
subject linked to:
GNU ELPA (via external packages depending on it)
linked to: GNU Emacs