IS
E53362
IS is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Iceland in international standards and systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IS canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T421747 — 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: [Iceland, ISO3166-1Alpha2, IS]
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A.
SI
SI is the abbreviation for Skeptical Inquirer, a magazine devoted to scientific skepticism, critical thinking, and the investigation of extraordinary claims.
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B.
ISA
ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) is an early computer bus standard used in IBM PCs and compatible systems to connect expansion cards and peripherals to the motherboard.
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C.
It
It is a 1986 horror novel by Stephen King about a shape-shifting entity that terrorizes children in the town of Derry, Maine.
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D.
ISR
ISR is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Israel for international standardization and data representation.
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E.
IM
IM is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to the Isle of Man.
- 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 two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Iceland in international standards and systems.
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A.
SI
SI is the abbreviation for Skeptical Inquirer, a magazine devoted to scientific skepticism, critical thinking, and the investigation of extraordinary claims.
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B.
ISA
ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) is an early computer bus standard used in IBM PCs and compatible systems to connect expansion cards and peripherals to the motherboard.
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C.
It
It is a 1986 horror novel by Stephen King about a shape-shifting entity that terrorizes children in the town of Derry, Maine.
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D.
ISR
ISR is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Israel for international standardization and data representation.
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E.
IM
IM is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code assigned to the Isle of Man.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code ⓘ |
| alpha2CodeFor | Iceland ⓘ |
| assignedBy | International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| caseSensitivity | uppercase ⓘ |
| codeType |
country code
ⓘ
territory code ⓘ |
| countryNameEnglish | Iceland ⓘ |
| countryNameLocal |
Ísland
ⓘ
linked to:
Iceland
|
| hasAlpha3CompanionCode | ISL ⓘ |
| hasCodeLength | 2 ⓘ |
| hasNumericCompanionCode | 352 ⓘ |
| introducedInStandard | ISO 3166-1 ⓘ |
| isUniqueWithin |
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
ⓘ
linked to:
ISO 3166-1
|
| notReassignedToAnotherCountry | true ⓘ |
| partOfStandard |
ISO 3166
ⓘ
ISO 3166-1 ⓘ |
| region | Northern Europe ⓘ |
| represents | Iceland ⓘ |
| script | Latin ⓘ |
| status | officially assigned ⓘ |
| subregion | Nordic countries ⓘ |
| usedAsBasisFor |
ISO 3166-2:IS subdivision codes
ⓘ
linked to:
ISO 3166
|
| usedIn |
databases and software applications
ⓘ
global information systems ⓘ international standards ⓘ internet and networking systems ⓘ logistics and shipping systems ⓘ payment and banking systems ⓘ |
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 two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Iceland in international standards and systems.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.