Kotlin
E13746
Kotlin is a modern, statically typed programming language developed by JetBrains that runs on the JVM and is widely used for building Android applications.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kotlin canonical | 55 |
| Kotlin (programming language) | 2 |
| JetBrains Kotlin project | 1 |
| Kotlin (via extension) | 1 |
| Kotlin Multiplatform | 1 |
| Kotlin programming language | 1 |
| Kotlin standard library | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T122550 — 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: Kotlin Context triple: [Android, programmingLanguage, Kotlin]
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A.
Kt
Kt is the post-nominal abbreviation used to denote a Knight Bachelor in the British honours system.
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B.
Java
Java is a large, densely populated island in Indonesia that has long served as the country’s political and economic center.
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C.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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D.
TypeScript programming language
TypeScript is a statically typed superset of JavaScript that adds optional type annotations and modern language features to improve large-scale application development.
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E.
KC
KC is a common shorthand nickname for Kansas City, Missouri, a major Midwestern U.S. city known for its jazz heritage, barbecue, and sports teams.
- 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: Kotlin Target entity description: Kotlin is a modern, statically typed programming language developed by JetBrains that runs on the JVM and is widely used for building Android applications.
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A.
Kt
Kt is the post-nominal abbreviation used to denote a Knight Bachelor in the British honours system.
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B.
Java
Java is a large, densely populated island in Indonesia that has long served as the country’s political and economic center.
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C.
F Reactor
F Reactor was one of the early plutonium production reactors at the Hanford Site in Washington, built during the Manhattan Project to support the U.S. nuclear weapons program.
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D.
TypeScript programming language
TypeScript is a statically typed superset of JavaScript that adds optional type annotations and modern language features to improve large-scale application development.
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E.
KC
KC is a common shorthand nickname for Kansas City, Missouri, a major Midwestern U.S. city known for its jazz heritage, barbecue, and sports teams.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
JVM language
ⓘ
programming language ⓘ statically typed language ⓘ |
| compilesTo |
JVM bytecode
ⓘ
JavaScript ⓘ native binaries via Kotlin/Native ⓘ |
| designedBy | JetBrains ⓘ |
| developer | JetBrains ⓘ |
| fileExtension |
.kt
ⓘ
.kts ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Kotlin
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kotlin Multiplatform
Kotlin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kotlin standard library
coroutines for asynchronous programming ⓘ default arguments ⓘ named arguments ⓘ null safety with nullable and non-null types ⓘ smart casts ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
C# programming language
ⓘ
surface form:
C#
Groovy ⓘ Java ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ Scala ⓘ |
| interoperableWith | Java ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Kotlin Island ⓘ |
| organizationBehind | JetBrains ⓘ |
| originCountry | Russia ⓘ |
| paradigm |
functional programming
ⓘ
object-oriented programming ⓘ |
| platform |
.NET (via Kotlin/Native and interoperability tools)
ⓘ
Android ⓘ HotSpot JVM ⓘ
surface form:
Java Virtual Machine
JavaScript ⓘ native binaries ⓘ |
| primaryUseOnAndroid | first-class language for Android development ⓘ |
| supports |
coroutines
ⓘ
data classes ⓘ extension functions ⓘ functional features ⓘ generics ⓘ higher-order functions ⓘ interoperability with Java ⓘ lambdas ⓘ null safety ⓘ object-oriented features ⓘ operator overloading ⓘ sealed classes ⓘ type inference ⓘ |
| typingDiscipline |
static typing
ⓘ
strong typing ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Android application development
ⓘ
backend services ⓘ desktop applications ⓘ multiplatform development ⓘ server-side development ⓘ web development ⓘ |
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: Kotlin Description of subject: Kotlin is a modern, statically typed programming language developed by JetBrains that runs on the JVM and is widely used for building Android applications.
Referenced by (62)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Spring Framework