wol
E150320
Atlantic language
ISO 639-3 language code
Niger–Congo language
Senegambian language
natural language
"wol" is the ISO 639-3 language code for Wolof, a major Atlantic language spoken primarily in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| wol canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1316600 — 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: wol Context triple: [Wolof, ISO639-3Code, wol]
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A.
WU
WU is a leading European university in Vienna specializing in economics, business, and social sciences.
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B.
W
The W is a local New York City Subway service that runs on the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and Queens, typically operating on weekdays.
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C.
W
W is one of the iconic white capital letters that make up the famous Hollywood Sign overlooking Los Angeles.
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D.
W3
W3 is a common shorthand for the World Wide Web, the global system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet.
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E.
W8
W8 is a central London postcode district covering the affluent Kensington area, known for its upscale residences, shops, and cultural institutions.
- 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: wol Target entity description: "wol" is the ISO 639-3 language code for Wolof, a major Atlantic language spoken primarily in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania.
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A.
WU
WU is a leading European university in Vienna specializing in economics, business, and social sciences.
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B.
W
W is one of the iconic white capital letters that make up the famous Hollywood Sign overlooking Los Angeles.
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C.
W
The W is a local New York City Subway service that runs on the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and Queens, typically operating on weekdays.
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D.
W3
W3 is a common shorthand for the World Wide Web, the global system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed via the internet.
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E.
W8
W8 is a central London postcode district covering the affluent Kensington area, known for its upscale residences, shops, and cultural institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Atlantic language
ⓘ
ISO 639-3 language code ⓘ Niger–Congo language ⓘ Senegambian language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Fula language
ⓘ
Serer language ⓘ |
| denotes |
Wolof
ⓘ
surface form:
Wolof language
|
| hasAlternativeName | Ouolof ⓘ |
| hasEthnologueEntry | wol ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | wolo1247 ⓘ |
| hasISO6391Code | wo ⓘ |
| hasISO6392BCode | wol ⓘ |
| hasISO6392TCode | wol ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeISO6391 | wo ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeISO6392B | wol ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeISO6392T | wol ⓘ |
| hasLanguageCodeISO6393 | wol ⓘ |
| hasNativeName | Wolof ⓘ |
| isOfficialLanguageOf | Senegal ⓘ |
| isRecognizedMinorityLanguageIn |
Mauritania
ⓘ
The Gambia ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Atlantic–Congo languages
ⓘ
Niger–Congo languages ⓘ |
| majorLanguageIn | Senegal ⓘ |
| partOfStandard |
ISO 639
ⓘ
surface form:
ISO 639-3
|
| primaryCountry |
Mauritania
ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ The Gambia ⓘ |
| region | West Africa ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
SVO word order
ⓘ
noun class system ⓘ |
| usedAsLinguaFrancaIn |
Mauritania
ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ The Gambia ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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: wol Description of subject: "wol" is the ISO 639-3 language code for Wolof, a major Atlantic language spoken primarily in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.