American Oriental Society
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The American Oriental Society is a scholarly organization dedicated to the study and promotion of Asian and Near Eastern languages, literatures, and cultures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| American Oriental Society canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5059521 — 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: American Oriental Society Context triple: [Theodore Dwight Woolsey, memberOf, American Oriental Society]
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A.
Asia Society
Asia Society is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders, and institutions of Asia and the rest of the world through arts, education, policy, and cultural exchange.
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B.
Asiatic Society of Bengal
The Asiatic Society of Bengal is a scholarly organization founded in 1784 in Kolkata that became a leading center for Oriental studies, archaeology, and the documentation of Indian history and culture.
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C.
The Korea Society
The Korea Society is a New York–based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting understanding, cooperation, and cultural exchange between the United States and Korea.
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D.
American Antiquarian Society
The American Antiquarian Society is a national research library and learned society in the United States dedicated to collecting, preserving, and studying early American printed materials and history.
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E.
Hispanic Society of America
The Hispanic Society of America is a New York City museum and research library dedicated to the art, literature, and cultures of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
- 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: American Oriental Society Target entity description: The American Oriental Society is a scholarly organization dedicated to the study and promotion of Asian and Near Eastern languages, literatures, and cultures.
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A.
Asia Society
Asia Society is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders, and institutions of Asia and the rest of the world through arts, education, policy, and cultural exchange.
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B.
Asiatic Society of Bengal
The Asiatic Society of Bengal is a scholarly organization founded in 1784 in Kolkata that became a leading center for Oriental studies, archaeology, and the documentation of Indian history and culture.
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C.
The Korea Society
The Korea Society is a New York–based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting understanding, cooperation, and cultural exchange between the United States and Korea.
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D.
American Antiquarian Society
The American Antiquarian Society is a national research library and learned society in the United States dedicated to collecting, preserving, and studying early American printed materials and history.
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E.
Hispanic Society of America
The Hispanic Society of America is a New York City museum and research library dedicated to the art, literature, and cultures of Spain, Portugal, and Latin America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
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scholarly organization ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
promote the study of Asian cultures
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promote the study of Asian languages ⓘ promote the study of Asian literatures ⓘ promote the study of Near Eastern cultures ⓘ promote the study of Near Eastern languages ⓘ promote the study of Near Eastern literatures ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| field |
Asian studies
ⓘ
Near Eastern studies ⓘ Oriental studies ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Asian cultures
ⓘ
Asian languages ⓘ Asian literatures ⓘ Near Eastern cultures ⓘ Near Eastern languages ⓘ Near Eastern literatures ⓘ |
| foundedAtLocation |
Boston
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
1842
ⓘ
19th century ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | AOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
promotion of Oriental studies
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publication of scholarly research ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline |
history
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linguistics ⓘ literary studies ⓘ philology ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| hasMembershipType |
individual members
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institutional members ⓘ |
| hasPublication | Journal of the American Oriental Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.americanorientalsociety.org/ ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| organizes |
academic conferences
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scholarly meetings ⓘ |
| publicationFrequency | quarterly ⓘ |
| servesCommunity |
scholars of Asia
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scholars of the Near East ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: American Oriental Society Description of subject: The American Oriental Society is a scholarly organization dedicated to the study and promotion of Asian and Near Eastern languages, literatures, and cultures.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.