National Natural Science Foundation of China
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The National Natural Science Foundation of China is a central government agency that funds and supports basic research and scientific innovation across China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| National Natural Science Foundation of China canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9743081 — 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: National Natural Science Foundation of China Context triple: [Chinese Academy of Sciences, coordinatesWith, National Natural Science Foundation of China]
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A.
Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology
The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology is a central government agency responsible for formulating and implementing China’s national policies, strategies, and funding programs for scientific research, technological development, and innovation.
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B.
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences is China’s premier national scientific institution, overseeing a wide range of research institutes and playing a central role in the country’s science and technology development.
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C.
China Center of Advanced Science and Technology
The China Center of Advanced Science and Technology is a research institution in China dedicated to promoting high-level scientific research and international collaboration in advanced fields of science and technology.
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D.
China Geological Survey
The China Geological Survey is a national agency responsible for conducting geological research, mapping, resource assessment, and related scientific investigations across China.
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E.
University of Science and Technology of China
The University of Science and Technology of China is a leading Chinese research university renowned for its strengths in science and engineering and its affiliation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
- 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: National Natural Science Foundation of China Target entity description: The National Natural Science Foundation of China is a central government agency that funds and supports basic research and scientific innovation across China.
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Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology
The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology is a central government agency responsible for formulating and implementing China’s national policies, strategies, and funding programs for scientific research, technological development, and innovation.
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B.
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences is China’s premier national scientific institution, overseeing a wide range of research institutes and playing a central role in the country’s science and technology development.
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C.
China Center of Advanced Science and Technology
The China Center of Advanced Science and Technology is a research institution in China dedicated to promoting high-level scientific research and international collaboration in advanced fields of science and technology.
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D.
China Geological Survey
The China Geological Survey is a national agency responsible for conducting geological research, mapping, resource assessment, and related scientific investigations across China.
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E.
University of Science and Technology of China
The University of Science and Technology of China is a leading Chinese research university renowned for its strengths in science and engineering and its affiliation with the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency
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research funding agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
NSFC
NERFINISHED
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国家自然科学基金 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| employerOf | Chinese researchers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
chemistry
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earth sciences ⓘ engineering and materials science ⓘ information science ⓘ life sciences ⓘ management science ⓘ mathematics ⓘ medical sciences ⓘ natural sciences ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| foundedBy | State Council of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| funds |
applied basic research projects
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basic research projects ⓘ international cooperation projects ⓘ key research projects ⓘ major research programs ⓘ young scientists ⓘ |
| hasGrantType |
distinguished young scholar fund
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excellent young scholar fund NERFINISHED ⓘ general program ⓘ international cooperation and exchange program ⓘ key program ⓘ major program ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Beijing ⓘ |
| isPartOf | China's national science and technology system ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Chinese ⓘ |
| location | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName | 国家自然科学基金委员会 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatesIn | mainland China ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | State Council of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
cultivate scientific talent
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enhance national innovation capacity ⓘ promote scientific and technological progress ⓘ support basic research ⓘ |
| sector |
basic research
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science and technology ⓘ scientific innovation ⓘ |
| supervisingAuthority |
Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China
NERFINISHED
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State Council of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | http://www.nsfc.gov.cn ⓘ |
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: National Natural Science Foundation of China Description of subject: The National Natural Science Foundation of China is a central government agency that funds and supports basic research and scientific innovation across China.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology
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collaboratesWith
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National Natural Science Foundation of China
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