hasSignConvention
P22945
predicate
Indicates that a particular system, quantity, or representation follows a specified rule for assigning positive and negative signs.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| coordinateSignConvention | 3 |
| signConvention | 3 |
| hasCodingConvention | 2 |
| hasPhaseConvention | 2 |
| hasSignConvention canonical | 2 |
| hasSignatureConvention | 2 |
| includesSignAndOrder | 1 |
| offsetSign | 1 |
Description generation (PDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.
Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning. # Instructions Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. # Response Format Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: hasSignConvention
Generated description
Indicates that a particular system, quantity, or representation follows a specified rule for assigning positive and negative signs.
Sample triples (16)
| Subject | Object |
|---|---|
| Southern Oscillation Index | negative values indicate El Niño-like conditions ⓘ |
| Southern Oscillation Index | positive values indicate La Niña-like conditions ⓘ |
| Faraday's law of induction | negative sign indicates opposition to change in flux via predicate surface "signConvention" ⓘ |
| Cartesian coordinate system | positive x to the right via predicate surface "coordinateSignConvention" ⓘ |
| Cartesian coordinate system | positive y upward via predicate surface "coordinateSignConvention" ⓘ |
| Cartesian coordinate system | positive z out of the plane or toward observer via predicate surface "coordinateSignConvention" ⓘ |
| Bernoulli trials | 1 for success via predicate surface "hasCodingConvention" ⓘ |
| Bernoulli trials | 0 for failure via predicate surface "hasCodingConvention" ⓘ |
| Minkowski interval | (-,+,+,+) via predicate surface "hasSignatureConvention" ⓘ |
| Minkowski interval | +,-,-,-) via predicate surface "hasSignatureConvention" ⓘ |
| Jacobi’s four-square theorem | yes via predicate surface "includesSignAndOrder" ⓘ |
| Fick's first law of diffusion | negative sign indicates flux opposite to concentration gradient via predicate surface "signConvention" ⓘ |
| shape operator | often defined with a minus sign S(X) = -∇_X n via predicate surface "signConvention" ⓘ |
| V_us | standard CKM phase convention via predicate surface "hasPhaseConvention" ⓘ |
| V_cb | can be chosen approximately real in standard CKM phase convention via predicate surface "hasPhaseConvention" ⓘ |
| Pacific/Bougainville | positive via predicate surface "offsetSign" ⓘ |