ISL
E899809
ISL is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Ireland, distinct from both British and American Sign Languages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ISL canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11029630 — 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: ISL Context triple: [Irish Sign Language, hasAlternativeName, ISL]
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A.
ISL
ISL is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code that uniquely identifies Iceland in international standards and data systems.
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B.
ISL
ISL is the official three-letter administrative code used to identify the London Borough of Islington.
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C.
ISL
ISL is the commonly used abbreviation for the Independent School League, an athletic conference of New England preparatory schools.
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D.
Indian Super League
The Indian Super League is a professional football league in India that features domestic and international players and aims to popularize and develop the sport across the country.
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E.
IPL
IPL is a French biomedical research institute in Lille known for its work in infectious diseases, immunology, and public health.
- 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: ISL Target entity description: ISL is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Ireland, distinct from both British and American Sign Languages.
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A.
ISL
ISL is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code that uniquely identifies Iceland in international standards and data systems.
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B.
ISL
ISL is the commonly used abbreviation for the Independent School League, an athletic conference of New England preparatory schools.
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C.
ISL
ISL is the official three-letter administrative code used to identify the London Borough of Islington.
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D.
Indian Super League
The Indian Super League is a professional football league in India that features domestic and international players and aims to popularize and develop the sport across the country.
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E.
IPL
IPL is a French biomedical research institute in Lille known for its work in infectious diseases, immunology, and public health.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
natural language
ⓘ
sign language ⓘ |
| countryUsedIn | Ireland ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
American Sign Language
ⓘ
British Sign Language ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | ISL ⓘ |
| hasCommunity | Irish Deaf community ⓘ |
| hasCorpus | documented in academic sign language corpora ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Belfast variety of Irish Sign Language
ⓘ
Dublin variety of Irish Sign Language ⓘ |
| hasEducationPolicy | supported in Irish Deaf education policy ⓘ |
| hasFeature | gendered variation historically linked to segregated schooling ⓘ |
| hasGrammar |
non-manual marking for questions
ⓘ
topic-comment structures ⓘ |
| hasLexicon | signs specific to Irish culture ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticStatus | minority language in Ireland ⓘ |
| hasModality | visual-gestural ⓘ |
| hasOrganizationSupporting |
Council of Irish Sign Language Interpreters
ⓘ
Irish Deaf Society ⓘ |
| hasPhonology |
handshape-based
ⓘ
location-based ⓘ movement-based ⓘ non-manual features ⓘ orientation-based ⓘ |
| hasRegion |
Northern Ireland
ⓘ
Republic of Ireland ⓘ |
| hasResearchField | sign linguistics ⓘ |
| hasUserGroup |
Deaf people in Northern Ireland
ⓘ
Deaf people in the Republic of Ireland ⓘ |
| influencedBy | French Sign Language ⓘ |
| ISO6393Code | isg ⓘ |
| languageFamily | French Sign Language family ⓘ |
| legalStatus | recognized under the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 ⓘ |
| notMutuallyIntelligibleWith |
American Sign Language
ⓘ
British Sign Language ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOf | Deaf community in Ireland ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | official language of the Deaf community in Ireland ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Irish government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Ireland
|
| shortName | ISL ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Irish Deaf Society members
ⓘ
linked to:
Irish Deaf Society
Irish interpreters for the Deaf ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Irish Deaf community media
ⓘ
Irish Deaf community religious services ⓘ education of Deaf children in Ireland ⓘ |
| usedOn | Irish television sign-interpretation services ⓘ |
| writingSystem | no standard written form ⓘ |
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: ISL Description of subject: ISL is the primary sign language used by the Deaf community in Ireland, distinct from both British and American Sign Languages.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
ISL