MRI
E96200
MRI (Matz's Ruby Interpreter) is the standard reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, written in C and known for prioritizing simplicity and developer happiness.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T815653 — 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: MRI Context triple: [Ruby, hasMajorImplementation, MRI]
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A.
CT
CT is a 3GPP core network and terminals working group responsible for specifying protocols and interfaces for mobile telecommunications systems.
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B.
CT
CT is the official two-letter United States Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Connecticut.
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C.
MRU
MRU is the three-letter ISO 4217 currency code for the Mauritanian ouguiya, the official currency of Mauritania.
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D.
CT scanners
CT scanners are advanced medical imaging devices that use X-rays and computer processing to create detailed cross-sectional images of the body for diagnostic purposes.
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E.
MR
MR is a Belgian French-speaking liberal political party that participated as one of the partners in the federal Vivaldi coalition government led by Alexander De Croo.
- 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: MRI Target entity description: MRI (Matz's Ruby Interpreter) is the standard reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, written in C and known for prioritizing simplicity and developer happiness.
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A.
CT
CT is a 3GPP core network and terminals working group responsible for specifying protocols and interfaces for mobile telecommunications systems.
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B.
CT
CT is the official two-letter United States Postal Service abbreviation for the state of Connecticut.
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C.
MRU
MRU is the three-letter ISO 4217 currency code for the Mauritanian ouguiya, the official currency of Mauritania.
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D.
CT scanners
CT scanners are advanced medical imaging devices that use X-rays and computer processing to create detailed cross-sectional images of the body for diagnostic purposes.
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E.
MR
MR is a Belgian French-speaking liberal political party that participated as one of the partners in the federal Vivaldi coalition government led by Alexander De Croo.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ruby implementation
ⓘ
Ruby interpreter ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Matz's Ruby Interpreter ⓘ |
| acronym | MRI ⓘ |
| alternativeTo |
JRuby
ⓘ
Rubinius ⓘ TruffleRuby ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibleWith | most Ruby 1.8 code ⓘ |
| creator | Yukihiro Matsumoto ⓘ |
| designedBy | Yukihiro Matsumoto ⓘ |
| distribution |
Ruby
ⓘ
surface form:
CRuby
|
| freeSoftware | true ⓘ |
| fullName | Matz's Ruby Interpreter ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
YARV virtual machine
ⓘ
bytecode interpreter ⓘ mark-and-sweep garbage collector ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Python reference implementation (CPython)
ⓘ
surface form:
Global Interpreter Lock
|
| implementationLanguage | C ⓘ |
| implements |
Ruby core classes
ⓘ
Ruby standard library ⓘ |
| implementsLanguage | Ruby ⓘ |
| introducedYARVInVersion |
Ruby
ⓘ
surface form:
Ruby 1.9
|
| license |
BSD license
ⓘ
surface form:
2-clause BSD License
Ruby License ⓘ |
| maintainer |
Ruby
ⓘ
surface form:
Ruby core team
|
| openSource | true ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ruby
ⓘ
surface form:
Ruby language ecosystem
|
| primaryUseWithFramework | Ruby on Rails ⓘ |
| prioritizes |
developer happiness
ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| referenceImplementationOf |
Ruby
ⓘ
surface form:
Ruby programming language
|
| repositoryHost | GitHub ⓘ |
| repositoryName | ruby ⓘ |
| runsOn |
Linux
ⓘ
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| supports |
functional programming features
ⓘ
garbage collection ⓘ metaprogramming ⓘ object-oriented programming ⓘ |
| supportsVersion |
Ruby
ⓘ
surface form:
Ruby 2.x
Ruby ⓘ
surface form:
Ruby 3.x
|
| targetPlatform | cross-platform ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automation
ⓘ
prototyping ⓘ scripting ⓘ 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: MRI Description of subject: MRI (Matz's Ruby Interpreter) is the standard reference implementation of the Ruby programming language, written in C and known for prioritizing simplicity and developer happiness.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.