Random
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Random is a Julia standard library module that provides functionality for generating and manipulating random numbers and random processes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Random canonical | 1 |
| TaskLocalRNG | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T815774 — 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: Random Context triple: [Julia, hasStandardLibrary, Random]
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A.
Random Dent
Random Dent is a character in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, known as the daughter of Arthur Dent and Trillian.
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B.
Chancy
Chancy is a small Swiss municipality located at the western tip of the canton of Geneva, near the border with France.
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C.
Chaos
Chaos is the primordial void or yawning gap in ancient Greek cosmology, from which the first gods and elements of the universe emerged.
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D.
Chance Rides
Chance Rides is an American amusement ride manufacturer known for producing Ferris wheels, carousels, and other attractions for theme parks and entertainment venues worldwide.
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E.
Crazy
"Crazy" is a classic country ballad written by Willie Nelson and made famous by Patsy Cline, renowned for its poignant lyrics and timeless melody.
- 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: Random Target entity description: Random is a Julia standard library module that provides functionality for generating and manipulating random numbers and random processes.
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A.
Random Dent
Random Dent is a character in Douglas Adams' "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series, known as the daughter of Arthur Dent and Trillian.
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B.
Chancy
Chancy is a small Swiss municipality located at the western tip of the canton of Geneva, near the border with France.
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C.
Chaos
Chaos is the primordial void or yawning gap in ancient Greek cosmology, from which the first gods and elements of the universe emerged.
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D.
Chance Rides
Chance Rides is an American amusement ride manufacturer known for producing Ferris wheels, carousels, and other attractions for theme parks and entertainment venues worldwide.
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E.
Crazy
"Crazy" is a classic country ballad written by Willie Nelson and made famous by Patsy Cline, renowned for its poignant lyrics and timeless melody.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Julia standard library module ⓘ |
| category |
numerical computing library
ⓘ
scientific computing library ⓘ |
| defaultRNGType | MersenneTwister ⓘ |
| definesConstant | GLOBAL_RNG ⓘ |
| definesType |
MersenneTwister
ⓘ
TaskLocalRNG ⓘ
linked to:
Random
|
| documentationURL | https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/stdlib/Random/ ⓘ |
| exportsFunction |
GLOBAL_RNG
ⓘ
MersenneTwister ⓘ TaskLocalRNG ⓘ rand ⓘ randcycle ⓘ randexp ⓘ randn ⓘ randperm ⓘ randstring ⓘ randsubseq ⓘ seed! ⓘ shuffle ⓘ shuffle! ⓘ |
| hostProject |
Julia language
ⓘ
linked to:
Julia
|
| implements | pseudorandom number generation ⓘ |
| importPath | using Random ⓘ |
| introducedInVersion | Julia 1.0 ⓘ |
| license | MIT License ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | JuliaLang contributors ⓘ |
| partOf | Julia standard library ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Julia ⓘ |
| providesFunctionalityFor |
random number generation
ⓘ
random processes ⓘ |
| repositoryHost | GitHub ⓘ |
| supports | multiple random number generators ⓘ |
| supportsDistribution |
exponential distribution
ⓘ
normal distribution ⓘ uniform distribution ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
reproducible random streams
ⓘ
seeding random number generators ⓘ task-local random number generators ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
generating random permutations
ⓘ
generating random strings ⓘ generating random subsequences ⓘ sampling from collections ⓘ shuffling collections ⓘ |
| supportsVersion |
Julia 1.x
ⓘ
linked to:
Julia
|
| usedWith |
DifferentialEquations.jl
ⓘ
linked to:
Julia
Distributions.jl ⓘ
linked to:
Julia
Flux.jl ⓘ
linked to:
Julia
StatsBase.jl ⓘ
linked to:
Julia
|
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: Random Description of subject: Random is a Julia standard library module that provides functionality for generating and manipulating random numbers and random processes.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Random