Babashka
E1008132
Babashka is a fast-starting, scripting-oriented implementation of Clojure that runs on the JVM and native platforms, designed for quick command-line tools and automation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Babashka canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12900625 — 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: Babashka Context triple: [Clojure, influenced, Babashka]
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A.
Rubinius
Rubinius is an alternative Ruby implementation featuring a virtual machine and just-in-time compilation, designed for high performance and concurrency.
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B.
Odin programming language
Odin is a statically typed, compiled systems programming language focused on simplicity, data-oriented design, and high performance as an alternative to C.
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C.
Zippel
Zippel is a surname most notably associated with American lyricist and songwriter David Zippel.
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D.
Gnome Lambda
Gnome Lambda was a World War I–era French rotary aircraft engine known for its use in early fighter and reconnaissance planes.
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E.
Repyt
Repyt is an ancient Egyptian lioness goddess primarily worshipped at Akhmim, associated with protection and sometimes linked to solar and warlike aspects.
- 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: Babashka Target entity description: Babashka is a fast-starting, scripting-oriented implementation of Clojure that runs on the JVM and native platforms, designed for quick command-line tools and automation.
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A.
Rubinius
Rubinius is an alternative Ruby implementation featuring a virtual machine and just-in-time compilation, designed for high performance and concurrency.
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B.
Odin programming language
Odin is a statically typed, compiled systems programming language focused on simplicity, data-oriented design, and high performance as an alternative to C.
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C.
Zippel
Zippel is a surname most notably associated with American lyricist and songwriter David Zippel.
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D.
Gnome Lambda
Gnome Lambda was a World War I–era French rotary aircraft engine known for its use in early fighter and reconnaissance planes.
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E.
Repyt
Repyt is an ancient Egyptian lioness goddess primarily worshipped at Akhmim, associated with protection and sometimes linked to solar and warlike aspects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Clojure implementation
ⓘ
command-line tool ⓘ open-source software ⓘ scripting tool ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | bb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Clojure tooling
ⓘ
developer tool ⓘ scripting language implementation ⓘ |
| creator | Michiel Borkent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor |
automation
ⓘ
command-line tools ⓘ scripting ⓘ |
| distributionForm |
JAR file
ⓘ
standalone binary ⓘ |
| ecosystem | Clojure ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
built-in libraries for scripting
ⓘ
fast REPL startup ⓘ integrated test runner ⓘ pods extension mechanism ⓘ tasks runner ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
fast startup time
ⓘ
small startup overhead compared to standard Clojure on JVM ⓘ |
| implements |
subset of Clojure language
ⓘ
subset of Clojure standard library ⓘ |
| license | Eclipse Public License NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
CLI utilities
ⓘ
DevOps tooling ⓘ automation scripts ⓘ build scripts ⓘ data processing scripts ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Clojure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repositoryPlatform | GitHub ⓘ |
| runsOn |
JVM
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
native platforms ⓘ |
| supports |
Babashka pods
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Babashka tasks ⓘ Clojure core library subset ⓘ Clojure syntax ⓘ EDN NERFINISHED ⓘ HTTP clients ⓘ JSON NERFINISHED ⓘ command-line argument parsing ⓘ nREPL NERFINISHED ⓘ scripting via shebang lines ⓘ shelling out to external processes ⓘ |
| targetUser |
Clojure developers
ⓘ
scripting users ⓘ |
| writtenIn |
Clojure
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Java NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Babashka Description of subject: Babashka is a fast-starting, scripting-oriented implementation of Clojure that runs on the JVM and native platforms, designed for quick command-line tools and automation.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.