IS
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IS is the commonly used abbreviation for International Sign, a simplified sign language used for cross-linguistic communication among deaf people at international events.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IS canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10960107 — 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: IS Context triple: [International Sign, alsoKnownAs, IS]
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A.
IS
IS is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Iceland in international standards and systems.
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B.
IS
IS is the vehicle registration code assigned to the Italian province of Isernia.
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C.
IS
IS is the commonly used abbreviation for the extremist militant group known as the Islamic State.
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D.
IES
IES is the research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education that provides rigorous evidence to inform education policy and practice.
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E.
ISE
ISE is the stock exchange identified by the abbreviation "ISE" on which RYA is listed or traded.
- 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: IS Target entity description: IS is the commonly used abbreviation for International Sign, a simplified sign language used for cross-linguistic communication among deaf people at international events.
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A.
IS
IS is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Iceland in international standards and systems.
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B.
IS
IS is the commonly used abbreviation for the extremist militant group known as the Islamic State.
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C.
IS
IS is the vehicle registration code assigned to the Italian province of Isernia.
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D.
IES
IES is the research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education that provides rigorous evidence to inform education policy and practice.
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E.
ISE
ISE is the stock exchange identified by the abbreviation "ISE" on which RYA is listed or traded.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
auxiliary sign language
ⓘ
auxiliary sign language ⓘ auxiliary sign language ⓘ constructed language ⓘ constructed language ⓘ sign language ⓘ sign language ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | International Sign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedBy | World Federation of the Deaf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Gestuno NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Gestuno
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
International Sign Language NERFINISHED ⓘ International Sign System NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasApproximateNumberOfUsers | tens of thousands ⓘ |
| hasControversy |
limited accessibility for signers from the Global South
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perceived dominance of European and North American sign language features ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
conferences
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international organizations ⓘ meetings ⓘ online international deaf communication ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
high degree of pantomime
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iconic signs ⓘ influence from multiple national sign languages ⓘ simplified lexicon ⓘ use of pointing and classifiers ⓘ |
| hasGlottocode | inte1258 ⓘ |
| hasGrammar | influenced by various sign languages ⓘ |
| hasISO6393Code | ils ⓘ |
| hasModality | visual-gestural ⓘ |
| hasStatus | informal international standard ⓘ |
| hasTeachingContext |
international deaf events workshops
ⓘ
some interpreter training programs ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod |
20th century origin
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expanded use in late 20th and early 21st century ⓘ |
| hasType | lingua franca ⓘ |
| hasUserBase | international deaf community ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | none standardized ⓘ |
| isNot |
national sign language
ⓘ
official language of any country ⓘ |
| languageFamily | sign languages ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | International Sign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAt |
World Deaf Congresses
NERFINISHED
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World Federation of the Deaf events ⓘ international deaf sports events ⓘ international events ⓘ |
| usedBy | deaf people ⓘ |
| usedFor | cross-linguistic communication ⓘ |
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: IS Description of subject: IS is the commonly used abbreviation for International Sign, a simplified sign language used for cross-linguistic communication among deaf people at international events.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.