GNU Automake
E62311
GNU Automake is a build system tool that automatically generates portable Makefiles for software packages, following GNU coding and packaging standards.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GNU Automake canonical | 7 |
| Automake | 4 |
| Makefile.in | 2 |
| GNU Build System | 1 |
| GNU packaging standards | 1 |
| Makefile.am | 1 |
| automake | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T497653 — 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: GNU Automake Context triple: [GNU Project, hasPart, GNU Automake]
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A.
GNU Autoconf
GNU Autoconf is a build configuration tool that automatically generates portable shell scripts to configure software packages for compilation on diverse Unix-like systems.
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B.
GNU Make
GNU Make is a widely used build automation tool that controls the compilation and linking of programs by interpreting makefiles to manage dependencies and execute commands efficiently.
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C.
GNU Compiler Collection
The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is a widely used, free and open-source compiler system that supports numerous programming languages and platforms, forming a core component of the GNU toolchain and much of the open-source software ecosystem.
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D.
GNU Project
The GNU Project is a free software initiative that created many core components of the GNU/Linux operating system and pioneered the modern free software movement.
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E.
GNU toolchain
The GNU toolchain is a collection of programming tools, including compilers, linkers, assemblers, and debuggers, widely used for building and developing software on Unix-like systems.
- 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: GNU Automake Target entity description: GNU Automake is a build system tool that automatically generates portable Makefiles for software packages, following GNU coding and packaging standards.
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A.
GNU Autoconf
GNU Autoconf is a build configuration tool that automatically generates portable shell scripts to configure software packages for compilation on diverse Unix-like systems.
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B.
GNU Make
GNU Make is a widely used build automation tool that controls the compilation and linking of programs by interpreting makefiles to manage dependencies and execute commands efficiently.
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C.
GNU Compiler Collection
The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is a widely used, free and open-source compiler system that supports numerous programming languages and platforms, forming a core component of the GNU toolchain and much of the open-source software ecosystem.
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D.
GNU Project
The GNU Project is a free software initiative that created many core components of the GNU/Linux operating system and pioneered the modern free software movement.
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E.
GNU toolchain
The GNU toolchain is a collection of programming tools, including compilers, linkers, assemblers, and debuggers, widely used for building and developing software on Unix-like systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
GNU Project software
ⓘ
build automation tool ⓘ free software ⓘ |
| designGoal |
portability across many Unix-like systems
ⓘ
reduce manual Makefile maintenance ⓘ |
| developer |
Free Software Foundation
ⓘ
GNU Project ⓘ |
| distributionFormat | source code tarballs ⓘ |
| feature |
automatic dependency tracking
ⓘ
integration with Libtool ⓘ support for VPATH builds ⓘ support for building documentation ⓘ support for building libraries and programs ⓘ support for building test suites ⓘ support for conditional builds ⓘ support for different installation directories ⓘ support for internationalization files ⓘ support for parallel builds ⓘ |
| followsStandard |
GNU coding standards
ⓘ
GNU Automake self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
GNU packaging standards
|
| genre |
build system
ⓘ
software development tool ⓘ |
| goal |
to generate portable Makefiles
ⓘ
to simplify build system maintenance ⓘ |
| inputFormat |
GNU Automake
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Makefile.am
|
| license | GNU General Public License ⓘ |
| name | GNU Automake self-link ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
GNU/Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| partOf | GNU build system ⓘ |
| primaryOutput | Makefile.in files ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Perl ⓘ |
| requires | Perl interpreter at build time ⓘ |
| shortName |
GNU Automake
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Automake
|
| supportsLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ Fortran ⓘ Java ⓘ Objective-C ⓘ Python ⓘ other compiled languages via custom rules ⓘ |
| typicalWorkflowStep |
run aclocal to generate aclocal.m4
ⓘ
run autoconf to generate configure script ⓘ run automake to generate Makefile.in ⓘ run configure to generate Makefile ⓘ |
| usesWith | GNU Autoconf ⓘ |
| website | https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ ⓘ |
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: GNU Automake Description of subject: GNU Automake is a build system tool that automatically generates portable Makefiles for software packages, following GNU coding and packaging standards.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
GNU Build System
this entity surface form:
Automake
this entity surface form:
Makefile.am
this entity surface form:
GNU packaging standards
this entity surface form:
Automake
this entity surface form:
Makefile.in
this entity surface form:
automake
subject surface form:
Imake
this entity surface form:
Automake
this entity surface form:
Makefile.in
this entity surface form:
Automake