upTeX
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upTeX is a Japanese-enabled TeX engine that extends pTeX with full Unicode support for typesetting multilingual documents, especially those containing Japanese text.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2889378 — 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: upTeX Context triple: [LaTeX, canUseEngine, upTeX]
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A.
XeTeX
XeTeX is an extension of the TeX typesetting system that natively supports Unicode and modern font technologies like OpenType, enabling high-quality multilingual and typographically advanced document production.
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B.
TeX Live
TeX Live is a comprehensive, cross-platform TeX distribution that provides a full suite of tools, macros, and fonts for typesetting documents with TeX, LaTeX, and related systems.
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C.
The TeXbook
The TeXbook is Donald Knuth’s authoritative manual and tutorial on the TeX typesetting system, widely regarded as the definitive reference for learning and using TeX.
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D.
LaTeX
LaTeX is a widely used, high-quality typesetting system particularly popular in academia for producing technical and scientific documents with precise control over layout and mathematical notation.
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E.
TeX typesetting system
TeX is a widely influential digital typesetting system created by Donald Knuth, renowned for its precision in mathematical and technical document preparation and its foundational role in modern computer typesetting.
- 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: upTeX Target entity description: upTeX is a Japanese-enabled TeX engine that extends pTeX with full Unicode support for typesetting multilingual documents, especially those containing Japanese text.
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A.
XeTeX
XeTeX is an extension of the TeX typesetting system that natively supports Unicode and modern font technologies like OpenType, enabling high-quality multilingual and typographically advanced document production.
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B.
TeX Live
TeX Live is a comprehensive, cross-platform TeX distribution that provides a full suite of tools, macros, and fonts for typesetting documents with TeX, LaTeX, and related systems.
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C.
The TeXbook
The TeXbook is Donald Knuth’s authoritative manual and tutorial on the TeX typesetting system, widely regarded as the definitive reference for learning and using TeX.
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D.
LaTeX
LaTeX is a widely used, high-quality typesetting system particularly popular in academia for producing technical and scientific documents with precise control over layout and mathematical notation.
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E.
TeX typesetting system
TeX is a widely influential digital typesetting system created by Donald Knuth, renowned for its precision in mathematical and technical document preparation and its foundational role in modern computer typesetting.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
TeX engine
ⓘ
software ⓘ typesetting system ⓘ |
| basedOn |
TeX typesetting system
ⓘ
surface form:
TeX
|
| compatibleWith |
TeX Live
ⓘ
pTeX ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Japanese documents
ⓘ
multilingual documents ⓘ |
| distribution | open source ⓘ |
| extends | pTeX ⓘ |
| hasComponent | upLaTeX ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Japanese typesetting support
ⓘ
Unicode support ⓘ multilingual typesetting support ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
to improve Japanese typesetting in TeX
ⓘ
to provide full Unicode support for pTeX ⓘ |
| includedIn | TeX Live distribution ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| license | free software license (TeX-related) ⓘ |
| maintainedAsPartOf | Japanese TeX community projects ⓘ |
| platform |
Unix-like systems
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
LuaTeX
ⓘ
XeTeX ⓘ e-TeX ⓘ
surface form:
e-pTeX
pTeX ⓘ |
| supports |
CJK characters
ⓘ
Japanese font metrics ⓘ Japanese line breaking rules ⓘ Japanese punctuation handling ⓘ UTF-8 input ⓘ Unicode math (via appropriate formats) ⓘ horizontal Japanese typesetting ⓘ kana characters ⓘ kanji characters ⓘ mixed Japanese and Western text ⓘ vertical Japanese typesetting ⓘ |
| supportsEncoding | Unicode ⓘ |
| supportsScript |
Japanese
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| targetUser |
Japanese TeX users
ⓘ
multilingual TeX users ⓘ |
| usedFor |
document preparation
ⓘ
typesetting ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: upTeX Description of subject: upTeX is a Japanese-enabled TeX engine that extends pTeX with full Unicode support for typesetting multilingual documents, especially those containing Japanese text.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
upLaTeX
this entity surface form:
upLaTeX