Moore neighborhood
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The Moore neighborhood is a pattern in cellular automata where each cell interacts with all surrounding cells in a square grid, including diagonals, commonly used in Conway’s Game of Life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moore neighborhood canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1483711 — 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: Moore neighborhood Context triple: [Game of Life, neighborhoodType, Moore neighborhood]
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Mount Pleasant neighborhood
Mount Pleasant is a historic, diverse residential neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., known for its tree-lined streets, early 20th-century row houses, and vibrant local commercial strip.
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Linnton neighborhood
The Linnton neighborhood is a riverside community in northwest Portland, Oregon, known for its industrial waterfront, proximity to Forest Park, and location along U.S. Route 30.
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C.
Northwood neighborhood
Northwood neighborhood is a residential area in Northeast Philadelphia known for its tree-lined streets, historic homes, and proximity to Frankford Avenue.
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Tri-Taylor neighborhood
Tri-Taylor neighborhood is a small, historically working-class residential area on Chicago’s Near West Side known for its diverse community and proximity to major medical and academic institutions.
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Brightwood neighborhood
Brightwood is a primarily residential neighborhood in the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., known for its quiet streets, diverse community, and mix of rowhouses and single-family homes.
- 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: Moore neighborhood Target entity description: The Moore neighborhood is a pattern in cellular automata where each cell interacts with all surrounding cells in a square grid, including diagonals, commonly used in Conway’s Game of Life.
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A.
Mount Pleasant neighborhood
Mount Pleasant is a historic, diverse residential neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C., known for its tree-lined streets, early 20th-century row houses, and vibrant local commercial strip.
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B.
Linnton neighborhood
The Linnton neighborhood is a riverside community in northwest Portland, Oregon, known for its industrial waterfront, proximity to Forest Park, and location along U.S. Route 30.
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C.
Northwood neighborhood
Northwood neighborhood is a residential area in Northeast Philadelphia known for its tree-lined streets, historic homes, and proximity to Frankford Avenue.
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D.
Tri-Taylor neighborhood
Tri-Taylor neighborhood is a small, historically working-class residential area on Chicago’s Near West Side known for its diverse community and proximity to major medical and academic institutions.
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E.
Brightwood neighborhood
Brightwood is a primarily residential neighborhood in the northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C., known for its quiet streets, diverse community, and mix of rowhouses and single-family homes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | cellular automaton neighborhood ⓘ |
| alternativeName | 8-neighborhood (for radius 1 in 2D) ⓘ |
| cardinalityGrowth | quadratic in radius r in 2D ⓘ |
| cellInteractionType | local interaction ⓘ |
| centerIncludedCountFormula | (2r + 1)^2 (in 2D, including center) ⓘ |
| commonlyAssumedBoundary | periodic boundary conditions (in finite grids) ⓘ |
| componentOf | definition of Conway's Game of Life rule B3/S23 ⓘ |
| connectivity | 8-way connectivity in 2D ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | von Neumann neighborhood ⓘ |
| definedOn | square grid ⓘ |
| dimension | two-dimensional (standard form) ⓘ |
| distanceMetric | Chebyshev distance (L-infinity metric) ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
cellular automata theory
ⓘ
discrete mathematics ⓘ theoretical computer science ⓘ
linked to:
Theoretical Computer Science
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| generalization | can be defined for higher radii r > 1 ⓘ |
| gridType | orthogonal lattice ⓘ |
| includes |
diagonally adjacent cells
ⓘ
orthogonally adjacent cells ⓘ |
| includesCenterCell | true (when counting total neighborhood size) ⓘ |
| introducedInContextOf | early cellular automata research ⓘ |
| latticeRequirement | regular square tiling ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edward F. Moore ⓘ |
| neighborCountFormula | (2r + 1)^2 - 1 (in 2D, excluding center) ⓘ |
| neighborhoodRadius | 1 (for the standard Moore neighborhood) ⓘ |
| numberOfNeighbors | 8 (for radius 1 in 2D) ⓘ |
| relationToMetric | corresponds to Chebyshev distance ≤ r in 2D ⓘ |
| relationToVonNeumann | superset of von Neumann neighborhood in 2D ⓘ |
| shape | square (in 2D grids) ⓘ |
| spaceType | discrete space ⓘ |
| symmetry |
reflection symmetry across grid axes
ⓘ
rotational symmetry of order 4 in 2D ⓘ |
| topologyType | 8-connected neighborhood ⓘ |
| totalCellsWithCenter | 9 (for radius 1 in 2D) ⓘ |
| updateDependency | state of all surrounding cells in the 3x3 block ⓘ |
| updateRuleScope | local but isotropic on the square grid ⓘ |
| usedFor |
defining local update rules in cellular automata
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image processing operations ⓘ modeling diffusion processes ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Conway's Game of Life
ⓘ
linked to:
Game of Life
agent-based models on grids ⓘ cellular automata ⓘ lattice-based simulations ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moore neighborhood Description of subject: The Moore neighborhood is a pattern in cellular automata where each cell interacts with all surrounding cells in a square grid, including diagonals, commonly used in Conway’s Game of Life.
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