Sutton SignWriting block
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The Sutton SignWriting block is a range of Unicode characters used to digitally represent the symbols of Sutton SignWriting, a script for writing sign languages.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SignWriting | 1 |
| Sutton SignWriting block canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4575384 — 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: Sutton SignWriting block Context triple: [Supplementary Multilingual Plane, contains, Sutton SignWriting block]
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A.
Cassidy-JLU writing system
The Cassidy-JLU writing system is a standardized orthography developed for accurately representing the sounds and grammar of Jamaican Patois in written form.
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B.
Cherokee syllabary
The Cherokee syllabary is a writing system of 85 characters created in the early 19th century to represent the sounds of the Cherokee language and dramatically increase literacy among Cherokee people.
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C.
Bristol Sign
The Bristol Sign is a historic illuminated gateway sign spanning State Street that famously proclaims Bristol as a "Good Place to Live" and serves as an iconic symbol of the twin cities of Bristol, Tennessee and Bristol, Virginia.
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D.
Gwich’in alphabet
The Gwich’in alphabet is a Latin-based writing system adapted to represent the sounds of the Gwich’in language spoken by the Gwich’in people of Alaska and northwestern Canada.
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E.
Siddham script
Siddham script is an ancient Indian writing system derived from Brahmi, historically used for recording Sanskrit Buddhist texts and mantras, especially in East Asia.
- 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: Sutton SignWriting block Target entity description: The Sutton SignWriting block is a range of Unicode characters used to digitally represent the symbols of Sutton SignWriting, a script for writing sign languages.
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A.
Cassidy-JLU writing system
The Cassidy-JLU writing system is a standardized orthography developed for accurately representing the sounds and grammar of Jamaican Patois in written form.
-
B.
Cherokee syllabary
The Cherokee syllabary is a writing system of 85 characters created in the early 19th century to represent the sounds of the Cherokee language and dramatically increase literacy among Cherokee people.
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C.
Bristol Sign
The Bristol Sign is a historic illuminated gateway sign spanning State Street that famously proclaims Bristol as a "Good Place to Live" and serves as an iconic symbol of the twin cities of Bristol, Tennessee and Bristol, Virginia.
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D.
Gwich’in alphabet
The Gwich’in alphabet is a Latin-based writing system adapted to represent the sounds of the Gwich’in language spoken by the Gwich’in people of Alaska and northwestern Canada.
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E.
Siddham script
Siddham script is an ancient Indian writing system derived from Brahmi, historically used for recording Sanskrit Buddhist texts and mantras, especially in East Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Unicode block
ⓘ
character encoding range ⓘ |
| basedOnProposalBy |
Michael Everson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Valerie Sutton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blockRangeNotation | 1D800–1DAAF ⓘ |
| category | alphabetic and symbolic characters ⓘ |
| codePointRangeEnd | U+1DAAF ⓘ |
| codePointRangeStart | U+1D800 ⓘ |
| contains |
Sutton SignWriting facial expression symbols
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sutton SignWriting handshape symbols NERFINISHED ⓘ Sutton SignWriting location and orientation symbols ⓘ Sutton SignWriting movement symbols ⓘ Sutton SignWriting punctuation symbols NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfIntroduction | 2015 ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1D800.pdf ⓘ |
| encodingSystem | Unicode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasScriptProperty | SignWriting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTotalCodePoints | 672 ⓘ |
| hasUnicodeBlockName | Sutton SignWriting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | ISO/IEC 10646 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInUnicodeVersion | Unicode 8.0 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Unicode Standard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plane | Supplementary Multilingual Plane NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Sutton SignWriting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Sutton SignWriting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Unicode Consortium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsLanguageType | sign languages ⓘ |
| usedFor |
digital representation of Sutton SignWriting symbols
ⓘ
writing sign languages ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | featural script support ⓘ |
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: Sutton SignWriting block Description of subject: The Sutton SignWriting block is a range of Unicode characters used to digitally represent the symbols of Sutton SignWriting, a script for writing sign languages.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
SignWriting