ISC
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ISC is the commonly used abbreviation for the International Science Council, a global non-governmental organization that advances and coordinates international scientific research and policy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ISC canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1057338 — 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: ISC Context triple: [International Science Council, abbreviation, ISC]
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A.
ICS
ICS refers to the Indian Civil Service, the elite higher civil service of the British Empire in India that formed the administrative backbone of colonial governance.
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B.
ISCAS
ISCAS is a premier annual IEEE conference focused on research and innovation in circuits, systems, and related technologies.
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C.
IAS
IAS is India’s premier civil service responsible for administrative leadership and implementation of government policies at the central and state levels.
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D.
ISR
ISR is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Israel for international standardization and data representation.
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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: ISC Target entity description: ISC is the commonly used abbreviation for the International Science Council, a global non-governmental organization that advances and coordinates international scientific research and policy.
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A.
ICS
ICS refers to the Indian Civil Service, the elite higher civil service of the British Empire in India that formed the administrative backbone of colonial governance.
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B.
ISCAS
ISCAS is a premier annual IEEE conference focused on research and innovation in circuits, systems, and related technologies.
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C.
IAS
IAS is India’s premier civil service responsible for administrative leadership and implementation of government policies at the central and state levels.
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D.
ISR
ISR is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Israel for international standardization and data representation.
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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 (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international non-governmental organization
ⓘ
scientific organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ISC self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
UNESCO
ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ World Health Organization ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
interdisciplinary science
ⓘ
natural sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
capacity building in science
ⓘ
open science ⓘ research funding frameworks ⓘ scientific freedom and responsibility ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
International Science Council
ⓘ
surface form:
International Council for Science
International Social Science Council ⓘ |
| governanceStructure |
general assembly of members
ⓘ
governing board ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | ISC self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasGlobalReach | true ⓘ |
| hasMainOfficeIn | Paris ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
international scientific unions and associations
ⓘ
national scientific bodies ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
|
| inception | 2018 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | non-governmental organization ⓘ |
| missionStatement | to be the global voice for science ⓘ |
| purpose |
advancement of science as a global public good
ⓘ
coordination of international scientific research ⓘ promotion of international scientific collaboration ⓘ science policy advice ⓘ |
| replaced |
International Science Council
ⓘ
surface form:
International Council for Science
International Social Science Council ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| sector | non-profit ⓘ |
| standsFor | International Science Council ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
| website | https://council.science ⓘ |
| worksOn |
global challenges
ⓘ
science-policy interface ⓘ sustainable development ⓘ |
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: ISC Description of subject: ISC is the commonly used abbreviation for the International Science Council, a global non-governmental organization that advances and coordinates international scientific research and policy.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
International Science Council
subject surface form:
International Science Council