ICWM
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ICWM is the abbreviated name for the International Committee for Weights and Measures, the global authority overseeing the uniformity and development of the International System of Units (SI).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ICWM canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10723503 — 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: ICWM Context triple: [International Committee for Weights and Measures, shortName, ICWM]
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IWA
The International Workingmen's Association (IWA) was a 19th-century international organization that united various socialist, communist, and anarchist groups and trade unions in the struggle for workers’ rights and social revolution.
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B.
IWA
IWA is the FAA location identifier for Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport, a commercial and general aviation airport serving the Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona.
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C.
CWM
CWM is the National Rail station code for Cwmbran railway station in Torfaen, Wales.
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D.
CWM
CWM is an international committee of the International Mathematical Union dedicated to promoting and supporting the participation of women in mathematics worldwide.
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E.
UCI Mountain Bike Commission
The UCI Mountain Bike Commission is the specialized body within cycling’s world governing organization responsible for overseeing and regulating international mountain bike competition and development.
- 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: ICWM Target entity description: ICWM is the abbreviated name for the International Committee for Weights and Measures, the global authority overseeing the uniformity and development of the International System of Units (SI).
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A.
IWA
The International Workingmen's Association (IWA) was a 19th-century international organization that united various socialist, communist, and anarchist groups and trade unions in the struggle for workers’ rights and social revolution.
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B.
IWA
IWA is the FAA location identifier for Phoenix–Mesa Gateway Airport, a commercial and general aviation airport serving the Phoenix metropolitan area in Arizona.
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C.
CWM
CWM is the National Rail station code for Cwmbran railway station in Torfaen, Wales.
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D.
CWM
CWM is an international committee of the International Mathematical Union dedicated to promoting and supporting the participation of women in mathematics worldwide.
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E.
UCI Mountain Bike Commission
The UCI Mountain Bike Commission is the specialized body within cycling’s world governing organization responsible for overseeing and regulating international mountain bike competition and development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intergovernmental organization
ⓘ
international standards organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ICWM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approves | revisions to the SI Brochure ⓘ |
| coordinates | international comparisons of measurement standards ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| ensures | worldwide uniformity of measurements ⓘ |
| field |
measurement standards
ⓘ
metrology ⓘ |
| follows | Metre Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formedFor | international coordination of measurement standards ⓘ |
| fullName | International Committee for Weights and Measures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
dissemination of SI units
ⓘ
realization of SI units ⓘ |
| hasMemberType | national metrology institutes ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Sèvres, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Bureau International des Poids et Mesures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oversees | International System of Units NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Metre Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | International System of Units NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
development of the International System of Units
ⓘ
uniformity of measurements worldwide ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| setsStandardFor |
SI prefixes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
base units of the SI ⓘ derived units of the SI ⓘ |
| shortName | International Committee for Weights and Measures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | international metrology agreements ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | scientific committee ⓘ |
| worksWith |
General Conference on Weights and Measures
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International Bureau of Weights and Measures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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: ICWM Description of subject: ICWM is the abbreviated name for the International Committee for Weights and Measures, the global authority overseeing the uniformity and development of the International System of Units (SI).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.