Transport and Map Symbols block
E453719
The Transport and Map Symbols block is a range of Unicode characters dedicated to pictographic icons representing various modes of transportation, map symbols, and related signage used in digital text.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Transport and Map Symbols | 1 |
| Transport and Map Symbols block canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4575373 — 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: Transport and Map Symbols block Context triple: [Supplementary Multilingual Plane, contains, Transport and Map Symbols block]
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A.
Snap Map
Snap Map is a Snapchat feature that lets users share and view friends’ real-time locations and public stories on an interactive world map.
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B.
Maps Platform Maps Library
Maps Platform Maps Library is a JavaScript library from Google that lets developers embed and customize interactive Google Maps within their web applications.
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C.
Mapam
Mapam was a left-wing socialist Zionist political party in Israel that played a significant role in the early decades of the state, particularly within the kibbutz movement and peace-oriented politics.
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D.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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E.
#MAPA
#MAPA is a hashtag used within the Fridays for Future movement to highlight and organize climate activism by communities in the Most Affected People and Areas.
- 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: Transport and Map Symbols block Target entity description: The Transport and Map Symbols block is a range of Unicode characters dedicated to pictographic icons representing various modes of transportation, map symbols, and related signage used in digital text.
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A.
Snap Map
Snap Map is a Snapchat feature that lets users share and view friends’ real-time locations and public stories on an interactive world map.
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B.
Maps Platform Maps Library
Maps Platform Maps Library is a JavaScript library from Google that lets developers embed and customize interactive Google Maps within their web applications.
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C.
Mapam
Mapam was a left-wing socialist Zionist political party in Israel that played a significant role in the early decades of the state, particularly within the kibbutz movement and peace-oriented politics.
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D.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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E.
#MAPA
#MAPA is a hashtag used within the Fridays for Future movement to highlight and organize climate activism by communities in the Most Affected People and Areas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (68)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Unicode block ⓘ |
| blockName | Transport and Map Symbols ⓘ |
| category | Symbol ⓘ |
| contains |
U+1F680
ⓘ
U+1F6FF ⓘ |
| encodingSystem | Unicode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
U+1F680 ROCKET
ⓘ
U+1F681 HELICOPTER ⓘ U+1F682 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ⓘ U+1F683 RAILWAY CAR ⓘ U+1F684 HIGH-SPEED TRAIN ⓘ U+1F685 HIGH-SPEED TRAIN WITH BULLET NOSE ⓘ U+1F686 TRAIN ⓘ U+1F687 METRO ⓘ U+1F688 LIGHT RAIL ⓘ U+1F689 STATION ⓘ U+1F68A TRAM ⓘ U+1F68B TRAM CAR ⓘ U+1F68C BUS ⓘ U+1F68D ONCOMING BUS ⓘ U+1F68E TROLLEYBUS ⓘ U+1F68F BUS STOP ⓘ U+1F690 MINIBUS ⓘ U+1F691 AMBULANCE ⓘ U+1F692 FIRE ENGINE ⓘ U+1F693 POLICE CAR ⓘ U+1F694 ONCOMING POLICE CAR ⓘ U+1F695 TAXI ⓘ U+1F696 ONCOMING TAXI ⓘ U+1F697 AUTOMOBILE ⓘ U+1F698 ONCOMING AUTOMOBILE ⓘ U+1F699 RECREATIONAL VEHICLE ⓘ U+1F69A DELIVERY TRUCK ⓘ U+1F69B ARTICULATED LORRY ⓘ U+1F69C TRACTOR ⓘ U+1F6A2 SHIP ⓘ U+1F6A4 SPEEDBOAT ⓘ U+1F6A5 HORIZONTAL TRAFFIC LIGHT ⓘ U+1F6A6 VERTICAL TRAFFIC LIGHT ⓘ U+1F6A7 CONSTRUCTION SIGN ⓘ U+1F6A8 POLICE CARS REVOLVING LIGHT ⓘ U+1F6A9 TRIANGULAR FLAG ON POST ⓘ U+1F6AA DOOR ⓘ U+1F6AB PROHIBITED ⓘ U+1F6AC SMOKING SYMBOL ⓘ U+1F6AD NO SMOKING SYMBOL ⓘ U+1F6B2 BICYCLE ⓘ U+1F6B5 MOUNTAIN BICYCLIST ⓘ U+1F6B6 PEDESTRIAN ⓘ U+1F6C0 BATH ⓘ U+1F6E9 SMALL AIRPLANE ⓘ U+1F6EB AIRPLANE DEPARTURE ⓘ U+1F6EC AIRPLANE ARRIVING ⓘ U+1F6F0 SATELLITE ⓘ U+1F6F3 PASSENGER SHIP ⓘ |
| introducedInUnicodeVersion | Unicode 6.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plane | Supplementary Multilingual Plane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Emoji ⓘ |
| script | Common ⓘ |
| subCategory | Pictograph ⓘ |
| unicodeRangeEnd | U+1F6FF ⓘ |
| unicodeRangeStart | U+1F680 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
map symbols
ⓘ
signage symbols ⓘ transportation icons ⓘ |
| usedIn |
digital text
ⓘ
maps ⓘ signage representations ⓘ |
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: Transport and Map Symbols block Description of subject: The Transport and Map Symbols block is a range of Unicode characters dedicated to pictographic icons representing various modes of transportation, map symbols, and related signage used in digital text.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Transport and Map Symbols