System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
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System.Reflection.MethodAttributes is an enumeration in .NET that defines flags describing the attributes and metadata characteristics of methods, such as visibility, scope, and special behavior.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7897605 — 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: System.Reflection.MethodAttributes Context triple: [System.Reflection, containsType, System.Reflection.MethodAttributes]
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A.
System.Reflection
System.Reflection is a .NET namespace that provides types and APIs for inspecting and interacting with metadata about assemblies, modules, and types at runtime.
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B.
C# attributes
C# attributes are metadata annotations in the C# programming language that allow developers to attach declarative information to code elements such as classes, methods, and properties, influencing compilation and runtime behavior.
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C.
Common Type System
The Common Type System is a core component of the .NET architecture that defines how data types are declared, used, and managed across different .NET languages to ensure interoperability and type safety.
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D.
ECMA-335
ECMA-335 is the international standard that defines the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), including the core runtime, type system, and metadata used by .NET languages.
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E.
Microsoft Intermediate Language
Microsoft Intermediate Language is the low-level, platform-independent bytecode used by the .NET Framework’s Common Language Runtime as the compilation target for .NET languages before just-in-time compilation to native machine code.
- 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: System.Reflection.MethodAttributes Target entity description: System.Reflection.MethodAttributes is an enumeration in .NET that defines flags describing the attributes and metadata characteristics of methods, such as visibility, scope, and special behavior.
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A.
System.Reflection
System.Reflection is a .NET namespace that provides types and APIs for inspecting and interacting with metadata about assemblies, modules, and types at runtime.
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B.
C# attributes
C# attributes are metadata annotations in the C# programming language that allow developers to attach declarative information to code elements such as classes, methods, and properties, influencing compilation and runtime behavior.
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C.
Common Type System
The Common Type System is a core component of the .NET architecture that defines how data types are declared, used, and managed across different .NET languages to ensure interoperability and type safety.
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D.
ECMA-335
ECMA-335 is the international standard that defines the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), including the core runtime, type system, and metadata used by .NET languages.
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E.
Microsoft Intermediate Language
Microsoft Intermediate Language is the low-level, platform-independent bytecode used by the .NET Framework’s Common Language Runtime as the compilation target for .NET languages before just-in-time compilation to native machine code.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
.NET enum
ⓘ
enumeration ⓘ |
| appliesTo | methods ⓘ |
| availableIn |
.NET 5+
ⓘ
.NET Core ⓘ .NET Framework ⓘ |
| availableSince |
.NET Framework 1.0
ⓘ
linked to:
.NET Framework
|
| CLSCompliant | true ⓘ |
| definedInAssembly |
System.Runtime
ⓘ
mscorlib ⓘ
linked to:
mscorlib.dll
|
| definedInNamespace | System.Reflection ⓘ |
| describes |
method metadata attributes
ⓘ
method scope ⓘ method visibility ⓘ special method behavior ⓘ |
| hasFlag |
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.Abstract
ⓘ
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.Assembly ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.CheckAccessOnOverride ⓘ
linked to:
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.FamANDAssem ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.FamORAssem ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.Family ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.Final ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.HasSecurity ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.HideBySig ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.NewSlot ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.PinvokeImpl ⓘ
linked to:
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.Private ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.PrivateScope ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.Public ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.RTSpecialName ⓘ
linked to:
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.RequireSecObject ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.ReservedMask ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.SpecialName ⓘ
linked to:
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.Static ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.UnmanagedExport ⓘ System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.Virtual ⓘ |
| isCombinableWithBitwiseOr | true ⓘ |
| isFlagEnum | true ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
.NET reflection API
ⓘ
linked to:
System.Reflection
|
| language |
C#
ⓘ
linked to:
C# programming language
|
| retrievedVia |
MethodBase.Attributes
ⓘ
MethodInfo.Attributes ⓘ |
| underlyingType | System.Int32 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
System.Reflection.MethodBase
ⓘ
System.Reflection.MethodInfo ⓘ |
| visibilityControlledBy |
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask
ⓘ
linked to:
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
|
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: System.Reflection.MethodAttributes Description of subject: System.Reflection.MethodAttributes is an enumeration in .NET that defines flags describing the attributes and metadata characteristics of methods, such as visibility, scope, and special behavior.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
→
hasFlag
→
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.CheckAccessOnOverride
ⓘ
linked to: System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
linked to: System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
linked to: System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
linked to: System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes
→
visibilityControlledBy
→
System.Reflection.MethodAttributes.MemberAccessMask
ⓘ
linked to: System.Reflection.MethodAttributes