POSIX Yacc
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POSIX Yacc is the standardized version of the classic Unix parser generator specification that many tools, such as GNU Bison, emulate for compatibility in building parsers from context-free grammars.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| POSIX Yacc canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11958215 — 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: POSIX Yacc Context triple: [GNU Bison, compatibleWith, POSIX Yacc]
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A.
GNU Bison
GNU Bison is a widely used parser generator that converts context-free grammars into C-based parsers, commonly employed in compilers and interpreters within the GNU ecosystem.
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B.
GNU Flex
GNU Flex is a widely used open-source lexical analyzer generator that produces C-based scanners for tokenizing text according to user-defined patterns.
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C.
javacc
JavaCC is a popular open-source parser generator for Java that allows developers to define grammars and automatically produce parsers.
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D.
PL/M programming language
PL/M is a high-level systems programming language created in the early 1970s for Intel microprocessors, widely used for low-level and embedded software development.
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E.
Backus–Naur Form
Backus–Naur Form is a formal notation used to define the syntax of programming languages and other formal grammars in a precise, structured way.
- 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: POSIX Yacc Target entity description: POSIX Yacc is the standardized version of the classic Unix parser generator specification that many tools, such as GNU Bison, emulate for compatibility in building parsers from context-free grammars.
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A.
GNU Bison
GNU Bison is a widely used parser generator that converts context-free grammars into C-based parsers, commonly employed in compilers and interpreters within the GNU ecosystem.
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B.
GNU Flex
GNU Flex is a widely used open-source lexical analyzer generator that produces C-based scanners for tokenizing text according to user-defined patterns.
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C.
javacc
JavaCC is a popular open-source parser generator for Java that allows developers to define grammars and automatically produce parsers.
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D.
PL/M programming language
PL/M is a high-level systems programming language created in the early 1970s for Intel microprocessors, widely used for low-level and embedded software development.
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E.
Backus–Naur Form
Backus–Naur Form is a formal notation used to define the syntax of programming languages and other formal grammars in a precise, structured way.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.