ocamllex
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ocamllex is the standard lexical analyzer generator for the OCaml programming language, used to produce efficient lexers from regular-expression-based specifications.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22446580 — 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: ocamllex Context triple: [ocamlc, relatedTo, ocamllex]
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A.
GNU Flex
GNU Flex is a widely used open-source lexical analyzer generator that produces C-based scanners for tokenizing text according to user-defined patterns.
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B.
Yacc
Yacc is a classic Unix parser generator tool that converts a formal grammar specification into a parser for programming languages and data formats.
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C.
OCaml
OCaml is a statically typed functional programming language from the ML family, known for its powerful type system, pattern matching, and efficient native code compilation.
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D.
ocamlc
ocamlc is the bytecode compiler for the OCaml programming language, translating OCaml source code into portable bytecode executables.
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E.
JavaCUP
JavaCUP is a parser generator for Java that creates LALR parsers from grammar specifications, commonly used as an alternative to tools like JavaCC.
- 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: ocamllex Target entity description: ocamllex is the standard lexical analyzer generator for the OCaml programming language, used to produce efficient lexers from regular-expression-based specifications.
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A.
GNU Flex
GNU Flex is a widely used open-source lexical analyzer generator that produces C-based scanners for tokenizing text according to user-defined patterns.
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B.
Yacc
Yacc is a classic Unix parser generator tool that converts a formal grammar specification into a parser for programming languages and data formats.
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C.
OCaml
OCaml is a statically typed functional programming language from the ML family, known for its powerful type system, pattern matching, and efficient native code compilation.
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D.
ocamlc
ocamlc is the bytecode compiler for the OCaml programming language, translating OCaml source code into portable bytecode executables.
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E.
JavaCUP
JavaCUP is a parser generator for Java that creates LALR parsers from grammar specifications, commonly used as an alternative to tools like JavaCC.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.