multiple intelligences
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Multiple intelligences is a psychological theory that posits humans possess a range of distinct cognitive capacities—such as linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, and interpersonal abilities—rather than a single, general intelligence.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| multiple intelligences canonical | 2 |
| theory of multiple intelligences | 2 |
| Diverse Intelligences | 1 |
| multiple intelligences theory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8504027 — 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: multiple intelligences Context triple: [Howard Gardner, theoryProposed, multiple intelligences]
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VARK
VARK is the ICAO airport code assigned to Rajkot Airport in India.
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Intellect
Intellect, in Plotinus’s philosophy, is the divine, eternal realm of perfect Forms and the second hypostasis that contemplates and emanates all intelligible reality.
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IQ
IQ is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Iraq, used in international standards and country identification.
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How We Think
How We Think is a foundational philosophical and educational work by John Dewey that analyzes the nature of reflective thought and its role in effective learning and problem-solving.
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"General Intelligence, Objectively Determined and Measured"
"General Intelligence, Objectively Determined and Measured" is Charles Spearman’s seminal 1904 paper that introduced the concept of a general intelligence factor (g) underlying performance across diverse cognitive tasks.
- 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: multiple intelligences Target entity description: Multiple intelligences is a psychological theory that posits humans possess a range of distinct cognitive capacities—such as linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, and interpersonal abilities—rather than a single, general intelligence.
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A.
VARK
VARK is the ICAO airport code assigned to Rajkot Airport in India.
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B.
Intellect
Intellect, in Plotinus’s philosophy, is the divine, eternal realm of perfect Forms and the second hypostasis that contemplates and emanates all intelligible reality.
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C.
IQ
IQ is the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Iraq, used in international standards and country identification.
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D.
How We Think
How We Think is a foundational philosophical and educational work by John Dewey that analyzes the nature of reflective thought and its role in effective learning and problem-solving.
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E.
"General Intelligence, Objectively Determined and Measured"
"General Intelligence, Objectively Determined and Measured" is Charles Spearman’s seminal 1904 paper that introduced the concept of a general intelligence factor (g) underlying performance across diverse cognitive tasks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educational theory
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psychological theory ⓘ theory of intelligence ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | theory of multiple intelligences ⓘ |
| appliedIn |
K–12 education
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corporate training ⓘ higher education ⓘ instructional design ⓘ |
| coreClaim |
human intelligence is not a single general ability
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humans possess multiple relatively independent intelligences ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizedBy |
intelligence researchers
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psychometricians ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
lack of clear measurement tools
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limited empirical support ⓘ overlap between intelligence categories ⓘ |
| describedIn | Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences ⓘ |
| field |
cognitive science
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education ⓘ educational psychology ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| hasGoal |
to broaden the concept of intelligence
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to inform more inclusive educational practices ⓘ |
| hasIntelligenceType |
bodily-kinesthetic intelligence
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interpersonal intelligence ⓘ intrapersonal intelligence ⓘ linguistic intelligence ⓘ logical-mathematical intelligence ⓘ musical intelligence ⓘ naturalistic intelligence ⓘ spatial intelligence ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
cognitive psychology
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cross-cultural research ⓘ developmental psychology ⓘ neuropsychology ⓘ |
| opposesConcept | unitary g factor of intelligence ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Howard Gardner ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
cognitive abilities
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learning styles ⓘ neurodiversity ⓘ |
| sometimesIncludes | existential intelligence ⓘ |
| supportsIdea |
instruction should be diversified
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students have different cognitive strengths ⓘ |
| usedIn |
curriculum design
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differentiated instruction ⓘ educational assessment ⓘ gifted education ⓘ teacher training ⓘ |
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: multiple intelligences Description of subject: Multiple intelligences is a psychological theory that posits humans possess a range of distinct cognitive capacities—such as linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, musical, and interpersonal abilities—rather than a single, general intelligence.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
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theoryIntroduced
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theory of multiple intelligences
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linked to: multiple intelligences
subject linked to:
Intelligence Reframed
linked to: multiple intelligences
Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practice
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mainSubject
→
multiple intelligences theory
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linked to: multiple intelligences
linked to: multiple intelligences