TED conferences
E62020
TED conferences are globally renowned events where leading thinkers and innovators deliver short, impactful talks on technology, entertainment, design, and a wide range of other ideas worth spreading.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| TED | 16 |
| TED conference | 5 |
| TED conferences canonical | 3 |
| TED Conference | 2 |
| TED Conferences LLC | 2 |
| TED Talks | 2 |
| TEDGlobal | 2 |
| TED Conference main stage | 1 |
| TED2015 | 1 |
| TEDSalon | 1 |
| TEDSummit | 1 |
| TEDWomen | 1 |
| TEDYouth | 1 |
| TEDx events | 1 |
| TEDx program | 1 |
| Technology, Entertainment, Design conferences | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T498780 — 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: TED conferences Context triple: [Mary Lou Jepsen, speaksAt, TED conferences]
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A.
TechCrunch
TechCrunch is a leading technology news website and media platform known for its coverage of startups, Silicon Valley, and the tech industry.
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B.
Coursera
Coursera is a major online learning platform that partners with universities and organizations worldwide to offer courses, professional certificates, and degree programs across a wide range of subjects.
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C.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a nonprofit educational organization that provides free, high-quality online lessons and practice exercises across a wide range of subjects to learners worldwide.
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D.
Power conferences
Power conferences are the elite group of major college football conferences in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision that dominate top-level competition, revenue, and media attention.
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E.
edX
edX is a leading online learning platform founded by MIT and Harvard that offers university-level courses, professional certificates, and degree programs to learners worldwide.
- 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: TED conferences Target entity description: TED conferences are globally renowned events where leading thinkers and innovators deliver short, impactful talks on technology, entertainment, design, and a wide range of other ideas worth spreading.
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A.
TechCrunch
TechCrunch is a leading technology news website and media platform known for its coverage of startups, Silicon Valley, and the tech industry.
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B.
Coursera
Coursera is a major online learning platform that partners with universities and organizations worldwide to offer courses, professional certificates, and degree programs across a wide range of subjects.
-
C.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a nonprofit educational organization that provides free, high-quality online lessons and practice exercises across a wide range of subjects to learners worldwide.
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D.
Power conferences
Power conferences are the elite group of major college football conferences in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision that dominate top-level competition, revenue, and media attention.
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E.
edX
edX is a leading online learning platform founded by MIT and Harvard that offers university-level courses, professional certificates, and degree programs to learners worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conference
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conference licensing program ⓘ conference series ⓘ conference series ⓘ nonprofit event ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
foster global dialogue
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inspire innovation ⓘ spread ideas ⓘ |
| allows | independently organized TED-style events ⓘ |
| businessModel | nonprofit with revenue from conferences and partnerships ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy | Harry Marks ⓘ |
| earlyFocus |
design
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entertainment ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| expandedFocus |
business
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culture ⓘ education ⓘ global issues ⓘ science ⓘ social change ⓘ |
| flagshipEvent |
TED conferences
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
TED Conference
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| flagshipEventLocation |
Vancouver
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surface form:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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| focusesOn |
design
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entertainment ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Richard Saul Wurman ⓘ |
| fullName |
TED conferences
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Technology, Entertainment, Design conferences
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| hasAudience | global audience ⓘ |
| hasCuratorialStandard |
invited speakers
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scripted and rehearsed talks ⓘ |
| hasDistributionPlatform |
TED.com
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YouTube ⓘ podcasts ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
live audience
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online video distribution ⓘ recorded talks ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
curated speaker lineup
ⓘ
single-track conference ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
innovation showcase
ⓘ
thought leadership ⓘ |
| hasSubtitleLanguages | multiple languages ⓘ |
| hasTheme | annual overarching conference theme ⓘ |
| inception | 1984 ⓘ |
| inceptionPlace |
Monterey
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surface form:
Monterey, California, United States
|
| includesProgram |
TEDCountdown
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TEDMED (historically affiliated) ⓘ TED conferences self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
TEDSalon
TED conferences self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
TEDSummit
TED conferences self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
TEDWomen
TED conferences self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
TEDYouth
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| includesSeries |
TED conferences
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
TEDGlobal
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| knownFor |
TED conferences
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
TED Talks
short talks ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| licenseModel |
TED conferences
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
TEDx program
|
| motto | ideas worth spreading ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
TED conferences
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
TED
TED conferences self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
TED
|
| previousFlagshipLocation |
Long Beach
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surface form:
Long Beach, California, United States
Monterey ⓘ
surface form:
Monterey, California, United States
|
| typicalTalkLength | 18 minutes or less ⓘ |
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: TED conferences Description of subject: TED conferences are globally renowned events where leading thinkers and innovators deliver short, impactful talks on technology, entertainment, design, and a wide range of other ideas worth spreading.
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TED conference
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TED
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TED
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TED conference
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TED
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TED
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TED
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TED conference
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TED
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TED
TED talk “How virtual reality can create the ultimate empathy machine”
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TED conferences
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subject surface form:
How virtual reality can create the ultimate empathy machine
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TED
TED talk “How virtual reality can create the ultimate empathy machine”
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TED conferences
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How virtual reality can create the ultimate empathy machine
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TED2015