International Science Council
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The International Science Council is a global non-governmental organization that brings together scientific unions and national academies to promote international scientific collaboration and influence science policy worldwide.
All labels observed (10)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T179505 — 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: International Science Council Context triple: [Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, affiliation, International Science Council]
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Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, now known as The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), is an international organization that supports scientific excellence and capacity building in developing countries.
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is a leading international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing science, engineering, and innovation for the benefit of all people, best known for publishing the journal Science.
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C.
African Academy of Sciences
The African Academy of Sciences is a pan-African, non-profit scientific organization that promotes excellence in science and technology to drive sustainable development across the African continent.
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National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit society of distinguished scholars in the United States that advises the nation on matters related to science and technology.
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E.
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is a prestigious scientific body of the Vatican that brings together leading scientists from around the world to promote the advancement of knowledge and advise the Holy See on scientific matters.
- 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: International Science Council Target entity description: The International Science Council is a global non-governmental organization that brings together scientific unions and national academies to promote international scientific collaboration and influence science policy worldwide.
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A.
Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, now known as The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), is an international organization that supports scientific excellence and capacity building in developing countries.
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B.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is a leading international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing science, engineering, and innovation for the benefit of all people, best known for publishing the journal Science.
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C.
African Academy of Sciences
The African Academy of Sciences is a pan-African, non-profit scientific organization that promotes excellence in science and technology to drive sustainable development across the African continent.
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National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit society of distinguished scholars in the United States that advises the nation on matters related to science and technology.
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E.
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is a prestigious scientific body of the Vatican that brings together leading scientists from around the world to promote the advancement of knowledge and advise the Holy See on scientific matters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international non-governmental organization
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learned society ⓘ scientific organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ISC ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
UNESCO
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United Nations ⓘ World Health Organization ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
interdisciplinary science
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natural sciences ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
climate change
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disaster risk reduction ⓘ open science ⓘ research funding and infrastructures ⓘ sustainability ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
International Science Council
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
International Council for Science
International Social Science Council ⓘ |
| formerName |
International Science Council
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
International Council for Science
International Science Council self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
International Social Science Council
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| governanceStructure |
general assembly
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governing board ⓘ secretariat ⓘ |
| hasConsultativeStatusWith | United Nations system ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
international scientific union
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national research council ⓘ national scientific academy ⓘ regional scientific organization ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| inception | 2018 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | non-governmental organization ⓘ |
| membership | over 200 scientific organizations ⓘ |
| mission | to advance science as a global public good ⓘ |
| name | International Science Council self-link ⓘ |
| organizes |
general assemblies
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policy forums ⓘ scientific conferences ⓘ |
| produces |
position papers
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science policy reports ⓘ scientific assessments ⓘ |
| purpose |
influence science policy worldwide
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promote international scientific collaboration ⓘ strengthen the role of science in public policy ⓘ support free and responsible practice of science ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| website | https://council.science ⓘ |
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: International Science Council Description of subject: The International Science Council is a global non-governmental organization that brings together scientific unions and national academies to promote international scientific collaboration and influence science policy worldwide.
Referenced by (68)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
International Mathematical Union
International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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cooperatesWith
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International Science Council
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this entity surface form:
International Council for Science
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
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parentOrganization
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International Science Council
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this entity surface form:
International Council of Scientific Unions
this entity surface form:
International Science Council (via SCAR)
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
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parentOrganization
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International Science Council
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International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
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formerParentOrganization
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International Science Council
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this entity surface form:
International Council for Science
this entity surface form:
International Council of Scientific Unions