Emoticons block
E453718
The Emoticons block is a range of Unicode characters dedicated to standardized pictorial faces and expressions used to convey emotions in digital text.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Emoticons | 1 |
| Emoticons block canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4575372 — 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: Emoticons block Context triple: [Supplementary Multilingual Plane, contains, Emoticons block]
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A.
Bitmoji
Bitmoji is a popular app and feature that lets users create personalized cartoon avatars and use them as expressive stickers across messaging and social platforms.
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B.
Animoji and Memoji
Animoji and Memoji are Apple’s animated, customizable characters that mirror a user’s facial expressions and are used in messaging and video calls on compatible Apple devices.
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C.
Emoji Subcommittee
The Emoji Subcommittee is a specialized working group within the Unicode Consortium responsible for reviewing, developing, and standardizing emoji characters and related guidelines.
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D.
UBB
UBB is a Chilean public university known for its focus on regional development, engineering, architecture, and applied research.
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E.
Faces
Faces is a 1968 independent drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes, noted for its raw, improvisational style and intense exploration of marital breakdown and human relationships.
- 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: Emoticons block Target entity description: The Emoticons block is a range of Unicode characters dedicated to standardized pictorial faces and expressions used to convey emotions in digital text.
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A.
Bitmoji
Bitmoji is a popular app and feature that lets users create personalized cartoon avatars and use them as expressive stickers across messaging and social platforms.
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B.
Animoji and Memoji
Animoji and Memoji are Apple’s animated, customizable characters that mirror a user’s facial expressions and are used in messaging and video calls on compatible Apple devices.
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C.
Emoji Subcommittee
The Emoji Subcommittee is a specialized working group within the Unicode Consortium responsible for reviewing, developing, and standardizing emoji characters and related guidelines.
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D.
UBB
UBB is a Chilean public university known for its focus on regional development, engineering, architecture, and applied research.
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E.
Faces
Faces is a 1968 independent drama film written and directed by John Cassavetes, noted for its raw, improvisational style and intense exploration of marital breakdown and human relationships.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unicode block
ⓘ
character block ⓘ |
| contains |
emoji characters
ⓘ
facial expression symbols ⓘ pictographic faces ⓘ |
| hasAlias | Emoji Emoticons block ⓘ |
| hasBlockRangeEnd | U+1F64F ⓘ |
| hasBlockRangeStart | U+1F600 ⓘ |
| hasGeneralCategory | Other Symbol ⓘ |
| hasPlane | Supplementary Multilingual Plane ⓘ |
| hasPlaneNumber | Plane 1 ⓘ |
| hasRepresentativeCharacter |
U+1F600 GRINNING FACE
ⓘ
U+1F601 GRINNING FACE WITH SMILING EYES ⓘ U+1F602 FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY ⓘ U+1F603 SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH ⓘ U+1F604 SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND SMILING EYES ⓘ U+1F605 SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND COLD SWEAT ⓘ U+1F606 SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND TIGHTLY-CLOSED EYES ⓘ U+1F609 WINKING FACE ⓘ U+1F60A SMILING FACE WITH SMILING EYES ⓘ U+1F60D SMILING FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES ⓘ U+1F60E SMILING FACE WITH SUNGLASSES ⓘ U+1F60F SMIRKING FACE ⓘ U+1F612 UNAMUSED FACE ⓘ U+1F613 FACE WITH COLD SWEAT ⓘ U+1F614 PENSIVE FACE ⓘ U+1F615 CONFUSED FACE ⓘ U+1F616 CONFOUNDED FACE ⓘ U+1F618 FACE THROWING A KISS ⓘ U+1F61B FACE WITH STUCK-OUT TONGUE ⓘ U+1F61C FACE WITH STUCK-OUT TONGUE AND WINKING EYE ⓘ U+1F61D FACE WITH STUCK-OUT TONGUE AND TIGHTLY-CLOSED EYES ⓘ U+1F61E DISAPPOINTED FACE ⓘ U+1F620 ANGRY FACE ⓘ U+1F621 POUTING FACE ⓘ U+1F622 CRYING FACE ⓘ U+1F623 PERSEVERING FACE ⓘ U+1F624 FACE WITH LOOK OF TRIUMPH ⓘ U+1F625 DISAPPOINTED BUT RELIEVED FACE ⓘ U+1F628 FEARFUL FACE ⓘ U+1F629 WEARY FACE ⓘ U+1F62A SLEEPY FACE ⓘ U+1F62B TIRED FACE ⓘ U+1F62D LOUDLY CRYING FACE ⓘ U+1F630 FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH AND COLD SWEAT ⓘ U+1F631 FACE SCREAMING IN FEAR ⓘ U+1F633 FLUSHED FACE ⓘ U+1F634 SLEEPING FACE ⓘ U+1F635 DIZZY FACE ⓘ U+1F637 FACE WITH MEDICAL MASK ⓘ |
| hasScriptProperty | Common ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlockName | Emoticons ⓘ |
| introducedInUnicodeVersion |
Unicode 6.0
ⓘ
linked to:
Unicode Standard version 6.0
|
| partOf | Unicode Standard ⓘ |
| usedFor |
expressing emotions in digital text
ⓘ
pictorial representation of emoticons ⓘ |
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: Emoticons block Description of subject: The Emoticons block is a range of Unicode characters dedicated to standardized pictorial faces and expressions used to convey emotions in digital text.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Emoticons block