EAN-5
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EAN-5 is a five-digit supplemental barcode typically used alongside main EAN codes to encode additional information such as suggested retail price or issue numbers.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| EAN-5 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2007448 — 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: EAN-5 Context triple: [EAN-13 barcode system, supportsSupplementalCodes, EAN-5]
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A.
EAN-13 barcode system
The EAN-13 barcode system is a 13-digit global product identification standard used in retail and logistics to encode numeric data in machine-readable barcodes.
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B.
E(n)
E(n) is the Euclidean group of dimension n, consisting of all distance-preserving transformations (rotations, reflections, and translations) of n-dimensional Euclidean space.
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C.
S59
S59 is a Staten Island bus route in New York City that provides local transit service through neighborhoods including New Springville.
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D.
ISO 6166
ISO 6166 is an international standard that defines the structure and assignment of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) used to uniquely identify financial securities worldwide.
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E.
EPCglobal
EPCglobal is an international standards organization that develops and maintains specifications for RFID and electronic product code (EPC) technologies used in global supply chains.
- 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: EAN-5 Target entity description: EAN-5 is a five-digit supplemental barcode typically used alongside main EAN codes to encode additional information such as suggested retail price or issue numbers.
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A.
EAN-13 barcode system
The EAN-13 barcode system is a 13-digit global product identification standard used in retail and logistics to encode numeric data in machine-readable barcodes.
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B.
E(n)
E(n) is the Euclidean group of dimension n, consisting of all distance-preserving transformations (rotations, reflections, and translations) of n-dimensional Euclidean space.
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C.
S59
S59 is a Staten Island bus route in New York City that provides local transit service through neighborhoods including New Springville.
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D.
ISO 6166
ISO 6166 is an international standard that defines the structure and assignment of International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) used to uniquely identify financial securities worldwide.
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E.
EPCglobal
EPCglobal is an international standards organization that develops and maintains specifications for RFID and electronic product code (EPC) technologies used in global supply chains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
barcode symbology
ⓘ
supplemental barcode ⓘ |
| cannotEncode |
alphabetic characters
ⓘ
arbitrary length data ⓘ |
| category | automatic identification and data capture ⓘ |
| dataCapacity | 5 digits ⓘ |
| encodes |
internal publisher data
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issue number ⓘ suggested retail price ⓘ supplemental information ⓘ |
| hasChecksum | modulo 10 ⓘ |
| hasDigitCount | 5 ⓘ |
| hasEncodingScheme | EAN left-side digit patterns ⓘ |
| hasSeparatorPattern | inter-digit separator bars ⓘ |
| hasStartPattern | specific guard bars for supplement ⓘ |
| hasStructure | 5 numeric digits plus checksum ⓘ |
| isHumanReadableBelow | numeric digits printed under bars ⓘ |
| isPrintedAs | two-dimensional sequence of bars and spaces ⓘ |
| isSupplementTo |
EAN-13
ⓘ
EAN-8 ⓘ UPC-A ⓘ |
| partOf | EAN/UPC barcode system ⓘ |
| positionRelativeToMainCode | to the right of main EAN/UPC symbol ⓘ |
| primaryUseCase | encoding price or issue information on magazines and books ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
EAN-13
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EAN-2 ⓘ UPC-A ⓘ |
| requires | main EAN or UPC symbol to be meaningful ⓘ |
| scanDirection | omnidirectional with compatible scanners ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | GS1 ⓘ |
| usedIn |
publishing industry
ⓘ
retail ⓘ |
| usedWith |
book barcodes
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periodical barcodes ⓘ |
| usesCharacterSet | numeric digits 0–9 ⓘ |
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: EAN-5 Description of subject: EAN-5 is a five-digit supplemental barcode typically used alongside main EAN codes to encode additional information such as suggested retail price or issue numbers.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.