RDoc
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RDoc is a Ruby documentation generation tool that produces formatted API and project documentation from specially structured comments in source code.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RDoc canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7857728 — 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: RDoc Context triple: [Markdown, influenced, RDoc]
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A.
javadoc
javadoc is a documentation generation tool for the Java programming language that creates API reference documentation from specially formatted comments in source code.
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B.
Matz's Ruby Interpreter
Matz's Ruby Interpreter is the original and most widely used reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.
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C.
RubyGems
RubyGems is the standard package management system for the Ruby programming language, used to distribute, install, and manage Ruby libraries and applications.
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D.
The Rack
The Rack is a 1956 courtroom drama film about the psychological and moral aftermath of a Korean War veteran’s imprisonment and alleged collaboration with the enemy.
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E.
MRI (Matz's Ruby Interpreter)
MRI (Matz's Ruby Interpreter) is the original and reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto and widely used for running Ruby applications.
- 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: RDoc Target entity description: RDoc is a Ruby documentation generation tool that produces formatted API and project documentation from specially structured comments in source code.
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A.
javadoc
javadoc is a documentation generation tool for the Java programming language that creates API reference documentation from specially formatted comments in source code.
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B.
Matz's Ruby Interpreter
Matz's Ruby Interpreter is the original and most widely used reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.
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C.
RubyGems
RubyGems is the standard package management system for the Ruby programming language, used to distribute, install, and manage Ruby libraries and applications.
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D.
The Rack
The Rack is a 1956 courtroom drama film about the psychological and moral aftermath of a Korean War veteran’s imprisonment and alleged collaboration with the enemy.
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E.
MRI (Matz's Ruby Interpreter)
MRI (Matz's Ruby Interpreter) is the original and reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, created by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto and widely used for running Ruby applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ruby tool
ⓘ
software documentation generator ⓘ |
| category |
developer tool
ⓘ
software documentation ⓘ |
| developer | Ruby community ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
command-line interface
ⓘ
generation of ri data files ⓘ integration with RubyGems ⓘ linking to classes and methods in text ⓘ markup language for comments ⓘ parsing of Ruby syntax ⓘ section and heading markup in comments ⓘ support for custom generators ⓘ support for documenting private and public APIs ⓘ template-based output ⓘ |
| homepage | https://ruby.github.io/rdoc/ ⓘ |
| includedSinceVersion | Ruby 1.4.4 ⓘ |
| inputType |
Ruby source code files
ⓘ
specially structured comments in source code ⓘ |
| license |
BSD-2-Clause
ⓘ
Ruby License NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainer | Ruby core team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| outputType |
HTML documentation
ⓘ
Markdown (via plugins or extensions) ⓘ RI documentation ⓘ |
| partOf | Ruby standard library ⓘ |
| platform | cross-platform ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
generate documentation from source code comments
ⓘ
produce API documentation ⓘ produce project documentation ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | Ruby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
RubyGems
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
YARD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/ruby/rdoc ⓘ |
| runsOn | Ruby interpreter ⓘ |
| supports |
class documentation
ⓘ
constant documentation ⓘ cross-references between documented items ⓘ documentation for Ruby gems ⓘ file-level documentation ⓘ inline code examples ⓘ method documentation ⓘ module documentation ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage | Ruby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy | Ruby developers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
generating API docs for Ruby libraries
ⓘ
generating documentation for Ruby on Rails projects ⓘ |
| writtenIn | Ruby 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: RDoc Description of subject: RDoc is a Ruby documentation generation tool that produces formatted API and project documentation from specially structured comments in source code.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.