FIRST
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FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an international youth organization that runs robotics competitions and programs to inspire students’ interest and participation in science, technology, engineering, and math.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| FIRST canonical | 26 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T224983 — 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: FIRST Context triple: [Dean Kamen, founded, FIRST]
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F
F is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Ford Motor Company, the American multinational automaker known for mass-producing automobiles and pioneering assembly line manufacturing.
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For the First Time
"For the First Time" is a soulful R&B song by John Legend from his album "Love in the Future."
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FA
FA is a Chilean left-wing political coalition known for uniting various progressive parties and movements to challenge the country’s traditional political blocs.
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Quo primum
Quo primum is the 1570 papal bull of Pope Pius V that standardized the Roman Rite liturgy and mandated the widespread use of what became known as the Tridentine Mass.
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One
"One" is a critically acclaimed rock ballad by Irish band U2, known for its emotional depth and central role on their 1991 album "Achtung Baby."
- 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: FIRST Target entity description: FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an international youth organization that runs robotics competitions and programs to inspire students’ interest and participation in science, technology, engineering, and math.
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A.
F
F is the New York Stock Exchange ticker symbol for Ford Motor Company, the American multinational automaker known for mass-producing automobiles and pioneering assembly line manufacturing.
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B.
For the First Time
"For the First Time" is a soulful R&B song by John Legend from his album "Love in the Future."
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C.
FA
FA is a Chilean left-wing political coalition known for uniting various progressive parties and movements to challenge the country’s traditional political blocs.
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D.
Quo primum
Quo primum is the 1570 papal bull of Pope Pius V that standardized the Roman Rite liturgy and mandated the widespread use of what became known as the Tridentine Mass.
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E.
One
"One" is a critically acclaimed rock ballad by Irish band U2, known for its emotional depth and central role on their 1991 album "Achtung Baby."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
STEM education organization
ⓘ
nonprofit organization ⓘ youth organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | FIRST ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| fieldOfWork |
engineering education
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mathematics education ⓘ science education ⓘ technology education ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
coopertition
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gracious professionalism ⓘ hands-on learning ⓘ teamwork ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Dean Kamen ⓘ |
| fullName | For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology ⓘ |
| hasPartner |
3M
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Amazon ⓘ Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form:
Apple
Boeing ⓘ Bosch ⓘ Ford Motor Company ⓘ Google ⓘ Lego ⓘ
surface form:
LEGO Group
Microsoft ⓘ NASA ⓘ National Instruments ⓘ Qualcomm ⓘ Rockwell Automation ⓘ The Walt Disney Company ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
FIRST LEGO League
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surface form:
FIRST LEGO League Challenge
FIRST LEGO League ⓘ
surface form:
FIRST LEGO League Discover
FIRST LEGO League ⓘ
surface form:
FIRST LEGO League Explore
FIRST Robotics Competition ⓘ FIRST Tech Challenge ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Manchester, New Hampshire ⓘ |
| inception | 1989 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Dean Kamen ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
organizing robotics competitions
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running STEM programs ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | 501(c)(3) ⓘ |
| operatesIn | international ⓘ |
| purpose |
inspire interest in science and technology
ⓘ
promote STEM education ⓘ support youth robotics programs ⓘ |
| slogan | More than robots ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
students
ⓘ
youth ⓘ |
| website | https://www.firstinspires.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: FIRST Description of subject: FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an international youth organization that runs robotics competitions and programs to inspire students’ interest and participation in science, technology, engineering, and math.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship