iru
E742889
iru is the ISO 639-3 code for the Irula language, a Dravidian language spoken by the Irula people of southern India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| iru canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8564400 — 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: iru Context triple: [Irula language, ISO639-3, iru]
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A.
IRU
IRU is the abbreviation for the International Romani Union, a global organization representing the interests and rights of Romani people.
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B.
IR
IR is the IATA airline designator assigned to Iran Air, the national flag carrier of Iran.
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C.
IR
IR is the branding abbreviation used for InterRegio, a category of medium- to long-distance passenger trains operating in several European countries.
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D.
IRI
IRI (Industrial Research Institute) is a U.S.-based association of industrial and service companies focused on advancing innovation, research, and development management practices.
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E.
Iri Ji
Iri Ji is a traditional Igbo cultural celebration in Nigeria that marks the harvest and offering of new yams, featuring rituals, feasting, and communal festivities.
- 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: iru Target entity description: iru is the ISO 639-3 code for the Irula language, a Dravidian language spoken by the Irula people of southern India.
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A.
IRU
IRU is the abbreviation for the International Romani Union, a global organization representing the interests and rights of Romani people.
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B.
IR
IR is the IATA airline designator assigned to Iran Air, the national flag carrier of Iran.
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C.
IR
IR is the branding abbreviation used for InterRegio, a category of medium- to long-distance passenger trains operating in several European countries.
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D.
IRI
IRI (Industrial Research Institute) is a U.S.-based association of industrial and service companies focused on advancing innovation, research, and development management practices.
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E.
Iri Ji
Iri Ji is a traditional Igbo cultural celebration in Nigeria that marks the harvest and offering of new yams, featuring rituals, feasting, and communal festivities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dravidian language
ⓘ
ISO 639-3 language code ⓘ language ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Kannada language
ⓘ
linked to:
Kannada
Malayalam language ⓘ
linked to:
Malayalam
Tamil language ⓘ
linked to:
Tamil
|
| country | India ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Irula people ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Iruliga
ⓘ
Iruḷa ⓘ |
| ISO639-2Code | ira ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | iru ⓘ |
| ISO639-3CodeFor | Irula language ⓘ |
| isPartOf | South Dravidian I subgroup ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Dravidian languages ⓘ |
| macrolanguage | none ⓘ |
| partOfStandard | ISO 639-3 ⓘ |
| region |
southern India
ⓘ
linked to:
South India
|
| represents | Irula language ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Irula people ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
India
ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ |
| status | minority language in India ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Southern Dravidian languages
ⓘ
linked to:
Southern Dravidian
|
| writingSystem | Tamil 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: iru Description of subject: iru is the ISO 639-3 code for the Irula language, a Dravidian language spoken by the Irula people of southern India.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.