American Library Association
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The American Library Association is a leading professional organization in the United States that promotes libraries and librarianship, sets standards for library education, and accredits library and information science programs.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T593051 — 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 Library Association Context triple: [School of Information Sciences (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), accreditedBy, American Library Association]
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Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
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New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is one of the largest public library systems in the world, renowned for its extensive collections, iconic Beaux-Arts main branch in Manhattan, and role as a major cultural and research institution.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent U.S. federal agency that supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities through competitive grants.
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Chicago Public Library
Chicago Public Library is the municipal public library system of Chicago, Illinois, providing free access to books, digital resources, and community programs through a network of neighborhood branches.
- 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 Library Association Target entity description: The American Library Association is a leading professional organization in the United States that promotes libraries and librarianship, sets standards for library education, and accredits library and information science programs.
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A.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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B.
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
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C.
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is one of the largest public library systems in the world, renowned for its extensive collections, iconic Beaux-Arts main branch in Manhattan, and role as a major cultural and research institution.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities is an independent U.S. federal agency that supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities through competitive grants.
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Chicago Public Library
Chicago Public Library is the municipal public library system of Chicago, Illinois, providing free access to books, digital resources, and community programs through a network of neighborhood branches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
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: American Library Association Description of subject: The American Library Association is a leading professional organization in the United States that promotes libraries and librarianship, sets standards for library education, and accredits library and information science programs.
Referenced by (68)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
School of Information Sciences (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
American Library Association
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hasDivision
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American Library Association
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Young Adult Library Services Association
American Library Association
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hasDivision
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American Library Association
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Library Leadership and Management Association
subject surface form:
School of Information (San José State University)
Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office
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collaboratesWith
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American Library Association
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this entity surface form:
American Library Association (through its information science programs)
Library and Information Technology Association
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parentOrganization
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American Library Association
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this entity surface form:
American Library Association Council
subject surface form:
Washington Office (American Library Association)
subject surface form:
Washington Office (American Library Association)
this entity surface form:
American Library Association advocacy program
Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services
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parentOrganization
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American Library Association
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Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction
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presentedBy
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American Library Association
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