WSFS
E25139
WSFS (World Science Fiction Society) is the international organization that oversees the World Science Fiction Convention and administers the Hugo Awards.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WSFS canonical | 7 |
| WSFS Mark Protection Committee | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T197870 — 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: WSFS Context triple: [Worldcon, organizerAbbreviation, WSFS]
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A.
FSG
FSG is a global sports investment company best known for owning major franchises such as the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC.
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B.
FISC
FISC is a specialized U.S. federal court that oversees and authorizes government requests for foreign intelligence surveillance, particularly in national security and counterterrorism cases.
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C.
IFC
IFC (Interface Clear) is a dedicated control line in the IEEE 488 (GPIB) interface used to reset and clear connected devices on the bus.
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D.
SWIFT
SWIFT is a global financial messaging network that enables secure, standardized communication and transaction instructions between banks and other financial institutions worldwide.
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E.
WAS
WAS is the station code for Washington, D.C.’s main intercity and commuter rail hub, Union Station.
- 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: WSFS Target entity description: WSFS (World Science Fiction Society) is the international organization that oversees the World Science Fiction Convention and administers the Hugo Awards.
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A.
FSG
FSG is a global sports investment company best known for owning major franchises such as the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC.
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B.
FISC
FISC is a specialized U.S. federal court that oversees and authorizes government requests for foreign intelligence surveillance, particularly in national security and counterterrorism cases.
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C.
IFC
IFC (Interface Clear) is a dedicated control line in the IEEE 488 (GPIB) interface used to reset and clear connected devices on the bus.
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D.
SWIFT
SWIFT is a global financial messaging network that enables secure, standardized communication and transaction instructions between banks and other financial institutions worldwide.
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E.
WAS
WAS is the station code for Washington, D.C.’s main intercity and commuter rail hub, Union Station.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
organization
ⓘ
science fiction organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | WSFS self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| activity |
administration of Hugo Awards
ⓘ
organization of Worldcon ⓘ |
| administers |
Hugo Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Hugo Awards
|
| alsoKnownAs | WSFS ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Worldcon ⓘ |
| awardAdministered |
Astounding Award for Best New Writer
ⓘ
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation ⓘ Hugo Award for Best Editor, Long Form ⓘ
surface form:
Hugo Award for Best Editor
Hugo Award for Best Fanzine ⓘ Hugo Award ⓘ
surface form:
Hugo Award for Best Novel
Hugo Award ⓘ
surface form:
Hugo Award for Best Novelette
Hugo Award ⓘ
surface form:
Hugo Award for Best Novella
Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist ⓘ Hugo Award for Best Related Work ⓘ Hugo Award for Best Series ⓘ Hugo Award ⓘ
surface form:
Hugo Award for Best Short Story
Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book ⓘ |
| awardType |
Hugo Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Hugo Awards
|
| countryCoverage | worldwide ⓘ |
| field | science fiction ⓘ |
| focus | promotion of science fiction and fantasy ⓘ |
| fullName | World Science Fiction Society ⓘ |
| genreFocus |
fantasy
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ |
| governingBody |
WSFS Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
WSFS Business Meeting
|
| governingDocument | WSFS Constitution ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | WSFS self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasAcronym | WSFS self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasProcess |
member voting for Hugo Awards
ⓘ
site selection for future Worldcon ⓘ |
| meetingHeldAt |
Worldcon
ⓘ
surface form:
World Science Fiction Convention
|
| membershipBasis | membership in current Worldcon ⓘ |
| notableEventType |
Worldcon
ⓘ
surface form:
World Science Fiction Convention
|
| oversees |
Worldcon
ⓘ
surface form:
World Science Fiction Convention
|
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| website | https://www.wsfs.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: WSFS Description of subject: WSFS (World Science Fiction Society) is the international organization that oversees the World Science Fiction Convention and administers the Hugo Awards.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
World Science Fiction Society
subject surface form:
World Science Fiction Society
subject surface form:
World Science Fiction Society
subject surface form:
World Science Fiction Society
this entity surface form:
WSFS Mark Protection Committee