Python 3.8
E256163
Python 3.8 is a major release of the Python programming language that introduced several new language features, performance improvements, and standard library enhancements.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Python 3.8 canonical | 3 |
| CPython 3.8 | 1 |
| Python 3 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2321030 — 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 3.8 Context triple: [PEP 572, firstAppearedInVersion, Python 3.8]
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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.
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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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 622
PEP 622 is a Python Enhancement Proposal that introduced the design for structural pattern matching syntax later adopted in Python 3.10.
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E.
PEP 695
PEP 695 is a Python Enhancement Proposal that introduces a new, more concise syntax for type parameter declarations to improve the language’s support for generics and static typing.
- 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 3.8 Target entity description: 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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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.
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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C.
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.
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D.
Pythonidae
Pythonidae is a family of nonvenomous constrictor snakes that includes pythons found across Africa, Asia, and Australia.
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E.
PEP 622
PEP 622 is a Python Enhancement Proposal that introduced the design for structural pattern matching syntax later adopted in Python 3.10.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Python programming language version
ⓘ
software release ⓘ |
| backwardsCompatibleWith | Python 3.x ⓘ |
| developedBy | Python Software Foundation ⓘ |
| endOfLifeDate | 2024-10-14 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Python 3.9 ⓘ |
| follows | Python 3.7 ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationURL | https://docs.python.org/3.8/ ⓘ |
| hasDownloadURL | https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-380/ ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
assignment expressions
ⓘ
audit hooks ⓘ debug builds performance improvements ⓘ f-string debugging syntax ⓘ improved performance ⓘ improved pickle protocol ⓘ new math functions ⓘ parallel filesystem cache for bytecode ⓘ positional-only parameters ⓘ runtime audit hooks ⓘ shared memory for multiprocessing ⓘ vectorcall protocol ⓘ walrus operator ⓘ |
| hasImplementation |
Python 3.8
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
CPython 3.8
|
| hasMajorVersion | 3 ⓘ |
| hasMinorVersion | 8 ⓘ |
| hasModule | multiprocessing.shared_memory ⓘ |
| hasModuleChange |
asyncio module enhancements
ⓘ
statistics module enhancements ⓘ typing module improvements ⓘ |
| hasPEP |
PEP 552
ⓘ
PEP 570 ⓘ PEP 572 ⓘ PEP 578 ⓘ PEP 590 ⓘ |
| implements | Python language specification ⓘ |
| incompatibleWith | some Python 2 code ⓘ |
| introducesSyntax |
:=
ⓘ
f"{expr=}" ⓘ |
| license | Python Software Foundation License ⓘ |
| partOf |
Python
ⓘ
surface form:
Python (programming language)
|
| programmingLanguage | Python ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 2019-10-14 ⓘ |
| releaseType | major release ⓘ |
| stableReleaseStatus | end-of-life ⓘ |
| supportsParadigm |
functional programming
ⓘ
imperative programming ⓘ object-oriented programming ⓘ procedural programming ⓘ |
| targetPlatform | cross-platform ⓘ |
| versionNumber | 3.8 ⓘ |
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 3.8 Description of subject: Python 3.8 is a major release of the Python programming language that introduced several new language features, performance improvements, and standard library enhancements.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Python 3
this entity surface form:
CPython 3.8