American Psychiatric Association
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The American Psychiatric Association is the main professional organization of psychiatrists in the United States and a leading authority on psychiatric diagnosis, research, and practice.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| American Psychiatric Association canonical | 15 |
| American Medico-Psychological Association | 1 |
| American Psychiatric Association annual meeting | 1 |
| Institute on Psychiatric Services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1682334 — 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 Psychiatric Association Context triple: [DSM-IV, publisher, American Psychiatric Association]
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A.
American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association is the leading professional organization representing psychologists in the United States, dedicated to advancing psychological science, education, and practice.
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B.
National Institute of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health is a leading U.S. federal research agency dedicated to understanding, treating, and preventing mental illnesses.
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C.
American Medical Association
The American Medical Association is a leading professional organization for physicians in the United States that sets ethical standards, influences health policy, and advocates for the medical profession and patient care.
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D.
American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics is a professional organization of pediatricians in the United States dedicated to advancing the health and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults through advocacy, education, and clinical guidance.
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E.
Association of American Physicians
The Association of American Physicians is an honorific, elected society of leading physician-scientists in the United States dedicated to advancing medical research and clinical practice.
- 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 Psychiatric Association Target entity description: The American Psychiatric Association is the main professional organization of psychiatrists in the United States and a leading authority on psychiatric diagnosis, research, and practice.
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A.
American Psychological Association
The American Psychological Association is the leading professional organization representing psychologists in the United States, dedicated to advancing psychological science, education, and practice.
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B.
National Institute of Mental Health
The National Institute of Mental Health is a leading U.S. federal research agency dedicated to understanding, treating, and preventing mental illnesses.
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C.
American Medical Association
The American Medical Association is a leading professional organization for physicians in the United States that sets ethical standards, influences health policy, and advocates for the medical profession and patient care.
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D.
American Academy of Pediatrics
The American Academy of Pediatrics is a professional organization of pediatricians in the United States dedicated to advancing the health and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults through advocacy, education, and clinical guidance.
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E.
Association of American Physicians
The Association of American Physicians is an honorific, elected society of leading physician-scientists in the United States dedicated to advancing medical research and clinical practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medical organization
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professional association ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
APA
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DSM-5 ⓘ
surface form:
DSM
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| collaboratesWith |
American Medical Association
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World Psychiatric Association ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| field |
mental health
ⓘ
psychiatry ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
clinical practice guidelines
ⓘ
mental health advocacy ⓘ psychiatric education ⓘ public policy in mental health ⓘ research dissemination ⓘ |
| formerName |
American Psychiatric Association
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
American Medico-Psychological Association
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| founded | 1844 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| governingBody | Board of Trustees ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
APA Foundation
ⓘ
District branches ⓘ State associations ⓘ |
| hasLeaderTitle |
Chief Executive Officer
ⓘ
President ⓘ |
| hasMemberCountApprox | tens of thousands of members ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| mainRole |
authority on psychiatric diagnosis
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authority on psychiatric practice ⓘ authority on psychiatric research ⓘ professional organization of psychiatrists in the United States ⓘ |
| membershipType |
medical students
ⓘ
psychiatrists ⓘ trainee psychiatrists ⓘ |
| notableWork |
DSM-5
ⓘ
surface form:
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
|
| organizes |
APA Annual Meeting
ⓘ
American Psychiatric Association self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Institute on Psychiatric Services
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| professionalStandardFor | psychiatric diagnosis in the United States ⓘ |
| publishes |
American Journal of Psychiatry
ⓘ
DSM-5 ⓘ
surface form:
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Psychiatric Services ⓘ PsychiatryOnline ⓘ |
| regionServed |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
international ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| subjectOf | mental health policy debates in the United States ⓘ |
| website | https://www.psychiatry.org/ ⓘ |
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 Psychiatric Association Description of subject: The American Psychiatric Association is the main professional organization of psychiatrists in the United States and a leading authority on psychiatric diagnosis, research, and practice.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
American Psychiatric Association annual meeting
American Psychiatric Association
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formerName
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American Psychiatric Association
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
American Medico-Psychological Association
American Psychiatric Association
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organizes
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American Psychiatric Association
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Institute on Psychiatric Services
American Psychiatric Association – Committee on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry
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partOf
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American Psychiatric Association
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American Psychiatric Association – Committee on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry
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operatedBy
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American Psychiatric Association
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American Psychiatric Association – Committee on Religion, Spirituality and Psychiatry
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affiliatedWith
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American Psychiatric Association
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