comp.lang.c
E845113
comp.lang.c is a long-standing Usenet newsgroup dedicated to discussion, questions, and debate about the C programming language and its standards.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| comp.lang.c canonical | 2 |
| comp.lang.c newsgroup | 1 |
| comp.lang.c++ | 1 |
| comp.lang.c.moderated | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10158580 — 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: comp.lang.c Context triple: [Usenet, notableNewsgroup, comp.lang.c]
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A.
C
C is a local service on the New York City Subway that runs along the Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan and continues through Brooklyn.
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B.
C
C is one of the three central women in Edward Albee’s play "Three Tall Women," representing a younger stage of the protagonist’s life and perspective.
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C.
C
C is a foundational, general-purpose programming language known for its efficiency, low-level memory access, and influence on many later languages such as C++, Java, and Python.
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D.
C
C is a light rail service designation used by the Los Angeles Metro system for one of its primary rail lines.
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E.
C
C is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Citigroup Inc., a major global financial services and banking corporation.
- 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: comp.lang.c Target entity description: comp.lang.c is a long-standing Usenet newsgroup dedicated to discussion, questions, and debate about the C programming language and its standards.
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A.
C
C is a local service on the New York City Subway that runs along the Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan and continues through Brooklyn.
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B.
C
C is one of the three central women in Edward Albee’s play "Three Tall Women," representing a younger stage of the protagonist’s life and perspective.
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C.
C
C is a foundational, general-purpose programming language known for its efficiency, low-level memory access, and influence on many later languages such as C++, Java, and Python.
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D.
C
C is a light rail service designation used by the Los Angeles Metro system for one of its primary rail lines.
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E.
C
C is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Citigroup Inc., a major global financial services and banking corporation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Usenet newsgroup ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
NNTP
ⓘ
Usenet newsreader ⓘ |
| audience |
C programmers
ⓘ
software developers ⓘ students learning C ⓘ |
| category |
computer programming
ⓘ
software development ⓘ |
| communicationModel | unmoderated discussion ⓘ |
| creationEra | 1980s ⓘ |
| FAQMaintainer | Steve Summit ⓘ |
| focus |
debate about C language standards
ⓘ
discussion of the C programming language ⓘ questions about C programming ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Usenet conventions
ⓘ
linked to:
Netiquette
|
| hasFAQ | comp.lang.c FAQ ⓘ |
| hasGuidelines | posting guidelines for C questions ⓘ |
| hasNorm |
discourages off-topic platform-specific questions
ⓘ
emphasis on strictly conforming C ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
influential in shaping C programming best practices
ⓘ
one of the oldest C programming discussion forums ⓘ |
| medium | text ⓘ |
| name | comp.lang.c ⓘ |
| network | Usenet ⓘ |
| partOfHierarchy | comp.* ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| relatedNewsgroup |
comp.lang.c++
ⓘ
linked to:
comp.lang.c
comp.lang.c.moderated ⓘ
linked to:
comp.lang.c
comp.std.c ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
ANSI C
ⓘ
linked to:
C programming language
C11 ⓘ C17 ⓘ C23 ⓘ C89 ⓘ
linked to:
C
C90 ⓘ C99 ⓘ
linked to:
ISO/IEC 9899
ISO C ⓘ
linked to:
ISO/IEC 9899
|
| status | active ⓘ |
| topic |
C language standards
ⓘ
C programming language ⓘ |
| typicalContent |
C language semantics questions
ⓘ
C language syntax questions ⓘ diagnosis of C compilation and runtime errors ⓘ discussion of proposed C standard changes ⓘ portable C programming practices ⓘ standard library usage in C ⓘ undefined and implementation-defined behavior in C ⓘ |
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: comp.lang.c Description of subject: comp.lang.c is a long-standing Usenet newsgroup dedicated to discussion, questions, and debate about the C programming language and its standards.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: comp.lang.c
linked to: comp.lang.c
linked to: comp.lang.c