clangd
E292720
clangd is a language server for C and C++ (and related languages) that provides code completion, navigation, and other IDE features based on the Clang compiler infrastructure.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| clangd canonical | 2 |
| Clang language server | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2716464 — 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: clangd Context triple: [LLVM, hasComponent, clangd]
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A.
Clang
Clang is a modern, open-source C, C++, and Objective-C compiler front end for the LLVM project, known for its fast compilation, expressive diagnostics, and modular design.
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B.
Clang-Tidy
Clang-Tidy is a C++ “linter” and static analysis tool that automatically detects and suggests fixes for common programming errors, style issues, and potential bugs in code.
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C.
libclang library
The libclang library is a C interface to the Clang compiler’s parsing and analysis capabilities, enabling tools to programmatically inspect, analyze, and manipulate C-family source code.
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D.
Clang-Format
Clang-Format is an automated code formatting tool, part of the Clang/LLVM project, that enforces consistent style for languages like C, C++, and Objective-C.
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E.
Clang-Tidy linter
Clang-Tidy linter is a C++ code analysis tool that automatically detects and suggests fixes for style issues, bugs, and performance problems using Clang’s compiler infrastructure.
- 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: clangd Target entity description: clangd is a language server for C and C++ (and related languages) that provides code completion, navigation, and other IDE features based on the Clang compiler infrastructure.
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A.
Clang
Clang is a modern, open-source C, C++, and Objective-C compiler front end for the LLVM project, known for its fast compilation, expressive diagnostics, and modular design.
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B.
Clang-Tidy
Clang-Tidy is a C++ “linter” and static analysis tool that automatically detects and suggests fixes for common programming errors, style issues, and potential bugs in code.
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C.
libclang library
The libclang library is a C interface to the Clang compiler’s parsing and analysis capabilities, enabling tools to programmatically inspect, analyze, and manipulate C-family source code.
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D.
Clang-Format
Clang-Format is an automated code formatting tool, part of the Clang/LLVM project, that enforces consistent style for languages like C, C++, and Objective-C.
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E.
Clang-Tidy linter
Clang-Tidy linter is a C++ code analysis tool that automatically detects and suggests fixes for style issues, bugs, and performance problems using Clang’s compiler infrastructure.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
language server
ⓘ
open-source software ⓘ software tool ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf |
clangd
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Clang language server
|
| basedOn |
Clang
ⓘ
LLVM ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
CLion
ⓘ
Emacs family of editors ⓘ
surface form:
Emacs
Neovim ⓘ Qt Creator ⓘ Vim ⓘ Visual Studio Code ⓘ |
| designGoal | provide IDE-like features via LSP ⓘ |
| hostProject | LLVM ⓘ |
| implementsProtocol | Language Server Protocol ⓘ |
| license | Apache License 2.0 ⓘ |
| maintainer |
LLVM
ⓘ
surface form:
LLVM community
|
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| partOf |
LLVM
ⓘ
surface form:
LLVM project
|
| primaryUse | C and C++ code editing assistance ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C++ ⓘ |
| providesFeature |
code completion
ⓘ
code formatting ⓘ code navigation ⓘ diagnostics ⓘ find references ⓘ go to definition ⓘ hover information ⓘ include insertion ⓘ rename refactoring ⓘ symbol indexing ⓘ |
| readsBuildConfigurationFrom | compile_commands.json ⓘ |
| repositoryPlatform | GitHub ⓘ |
| requires | compile_commands.json ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
background indexing
ⓘ
code actions ⓘ cross-file navigation ⓘ semantic highlighting ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ NVIDIA CUDA ⓘ
surface form:
CUDA C++
Objective-C ⓘ Objective-C++ ⓘ OpenCL C ⓘ |
| usesConfigurationFile |
.clang-format
ⓘ
.clangd ⓘ |
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: clangd Description of subject: clangd is a language server for C and C++ (and related languages) that provides code completion, navigation, and other IDE features based on the Clang compiler infrastructure.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
libclang
this entity surface form:
Clang language server