SI
E166702
SI is the globally accepted metric-based system of measurement used in science, industry, and everyday life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SI canonical | 5 |
| SI Brochure | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1463458 — 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: SI Context triple: [International System of Units, shortName, SI]
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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.
.si
.si is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to websites associated with Slovenia.
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C.
IS
IS is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Iceland in international standards and systems.
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D.
ISE
ISE is the stock exchange identified by the abbreviation "ISE" on which RYA is listed or traded.
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E.
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.
- 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: SI Target entity description: SI is the globally accepted metric-based system of measurement used in science, industry, and everyday life.
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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.
.si
.si is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to websites associated with Slovenia.
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C.
IS
IS is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Iceland in international standards and systems.
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D.
ISE
ISE is the stock exchange identified by the abbreviation "ISE" on which RYA is listed or traded.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
measurement system
ⓘ
system of units ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SI ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | most countries of the world ⓘ |
| adoptedIn | 1960 ⓘ |
| basedOn | metric system ⓘ |
| baseQuantity |
amount of substance
ⓘ
electric current ⓘ length ⓘ luminous intensity ⓘ mass ⓘ thermodynamic temperature ⓘ time ⓘ |
| characteristic |
intended to be universal and consistent
ⓘ
uses powers of ten for scaling ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | coherent system of units ⓘ |
| definesUnitFor |
amount of substance
ⓘ
electric current ⓘ length ⓘ luminous intensity ⓘ mass ⓘ temperature ⓘ time ⓘ |
| fullName | International System of Units ⓘ |
| governingBody |
General Conference on Weights and Measures
ⓘ
surface form:
CGPM
General Conference on Weights and Measures ⓘ |
| hasBaseUnit |
ampere
ⓘ
candela ⓘ kelvin ⓘ kilogram ⓘ metre ⓘ mole ⓘ second ⓘ |
| hasDerivedUnit |
coulomb
ⓘ
hertz ⓘ joule ⓘ lumen ⓘ lux ⓘ newton ⓘ ohm ⓘ pascal ⓘ volt ⓘ watt ⓘ |
| hasPrefix |
giga
ⓘ
kilo ⓘ mega ⓘ micro ⓘ milli ⓘ nano ⓘ pico ⓘ tera ⓘ |
| hasPrefixSystem | decimal prefixes ⓘ |
| isOfficialSystemOfUnitsFor | most scientific work worldwide ⓘ |
| recommendedBy |
International Organization for Standardization
ⓘ
surface form:
ISO
International Organization for Standardization ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
ⓘ
surface form:
BIPM
International Bureau of Weights and Measures ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday life
ⓘ
industry ⓘ science ⓘ |
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: SI Description of subject: SI is the globally accepted metric-based system of measurement used in science, industry, and everyday life.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
SI Brochure