IES
E137601
IES is the research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education that provides rigorous evidence to inform education policy and practice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IES canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1205121 — 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: IES Context triple: [Institute of Education Sciences, abbreviation, IES]
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A.
IS
IS is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Iceland in international standards and systems.
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B.
IAS
IAS is India’s premier civil service responsible for administrative leadership and implementation of government policies at the central and state levels.
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C.
IPS
IPS is the premier all-India civil service responsible for leadership and command of police forces and law enforcement agencies across India.
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D.
ISA
ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) is an early computer bus standard used in IBM PCs and compatible systems to connect expansion cards and peripherals to the motherboard.
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E.
ISA
ISA is the acronym for the International Seabed Authority, the intergovernmental organization responsible for regulating mineral-related activities in the international seabed area beyond national jurisdiction.
- 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: IES Target entity description: IES is the research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education that provides rigorous evidence to inform education policy and practice.
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A.
IS
IS is the two-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code representing Iceland in international standards and systems.
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B.
IAS
IAS is India’s premier civil service responsible for administrative leadership and implementation of government policies at the central and state levels.
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C.
IPS
IPS is the premier all-India civil service responsible for leadership and command of police forces and law enforcement agencies across India.
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D.
ISA
ISA is the acronym for the International Seabed Authority, the intergovernmental organization responsible for regulating mineral-related activities in the international seabed area beyond national jurisdiction.
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E.
ISA
ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) is an early computer bus standard used in IBM PCs and compatible systems to connect expansion cards and peripherals to the motherboard.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal agency
ⓘ
research organization ⓘ statistics agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IES self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| activity |
collects and analyzes education statistics
ⓘ
conducts large-scale education evaluations ⓘ develops research-based tools and resources for educators ⓘ disseminates research findings to policymakers and practitioners ⓘ funds education research grants ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| dataTypeProduced |
education statistics
ⓘ
evaluation reports ⓘ research reports ⓘ |
| employer |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| field |
education research
ⓘ
education statistics ⓘ program evaluation ⓘ |
| focus |
U.S. education system
ⓘ
education practice improvement ⓘ evidence-based education policy ⓘ |
| fullName | Institute of Education Sciences ⓘ |
| fundingSource |
United States federal budget
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. federal budget
|
| goal |
identify effective education programs and practices
ⓘ
support evidence-based decision making in education ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Institute of Education Sciences
ⓘ
surface form:
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance
Institute of Education Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Center for Education Research
Institute of Education Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Center for Education Statistics
Institute of Education Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Center for Special Education Research
|
| jurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
federal government of the United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | government agency ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| parentAgency | United States Department of Education ⓘ |
| partOf | United States Department of Education ⓘ |
| purpose |
improve educational outcomes for all students
ⓘ
provide rigorous evidence to inform education policy and practice ⓘ |
| regulates | none ⓘ |
| role |
evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education
ⓘ
research arm of the U.S. Department of Education ⓘ statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
education policymakers
ⓘ
education practitioners ⓘ education researchers ⓘ |
| topic |
K–12 education
ⓘ
postsecondary education ⓘ special education ⓘ |
| website | https://ies.ed.gov ⓘ |
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: IES Description of subject: IES is the research, evaluation, and statistics arm of the U.S. Department of Education that provides rigorous evidence to inform education policy and practice.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Institute of Education Sciences