American Physical Society
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The American Physical Society is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing and disseminating knowledge of physics through research publications, conferences, and educational initiatives.
All labels observed (24)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5031 — 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 Physical Society Context triple: [J. Robert Oppenheimer, memberOf, American Physical Society]
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A.
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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B.
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society is a prestigious scholarly organization founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, dedicated to promoting knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, publications, and meetings.
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C.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a leading global professional association dedicated to advancing technology through standards development, publications, conferences, and educational activities in electrical engineering, electronics, and related fields.
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D.
Universities Research Association
Universities Research Association is a consortium of research universities that collaborates to manage and support major scientific facilities and high-energy physics research programs in the United States.
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E.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency that funds and promotes fundamental research and education in all non-medical fields of science and engineering.
- 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 Physical Society Target entity description: The American Physical Society is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing and disseminating knowledge of physics through research publications, conferences, and educational initiatives.
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A.
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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B.
American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society is a prestigious scholarly organization founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin, dedicated to promoting knowledge in the sciences and humanities through research, publications, and meetings.
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C.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a leading global professional association dedicated to advancing technology through standards development, publications, conferences, and educational activities in electrical engineering, electronics, and related fields.
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D.
Universities Research Association
Universities Research Association is a consortium of research universities that collaborates to manage and support major scientific facilities and high-energy physics research programs in the United States.
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E.
National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. government agency that funds and promotes fundamental research and education in all non-medical fields of science and engineering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
nonprofit organization
ⓘ
professional association ⓘ scientific society ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
American Physical Society
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
APS
|
| awards |
APS Fellowship
ⓘ
APS Prizes and Awards ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| field | physics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
educational initiatives
ⓘ
research publications ⓘ scientific conferences ⓘ |
| founded | 1899 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation |
Columbia University
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| hasDivision |
American Physical Society
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
American Physical Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Division of Condensed Matter Physics
Division of Fluid Dynamics ⓘ Division of Nuclear Physics ⓘ American Physical Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Division of Particles and Fields
American Physical Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Division of Plasma Physics
|
| hasStatus | leading physics society ⓘ |
| hasUnit |
Forums
ⓘ
Sections ⓘ Topical Groups ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
College Park, Maryland
ⓘ
Maryland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Institute of Physics ⓘ |
| membershipType |
individual members
ⓘ
institutional members ⓘ |
| organizes |
April Meeting
ⓘ
March Meeting ⓘ divisional meetings ⓘ scientific conferences ⓘ workshops ⓘ |
| publishes |
Physical Review
ⓘ
Physical Review ⓘ
surface form:
Physical Review Letters
American Physical Society self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Physics (APS online magazine)
Reviews of Modern Physics ⓘ |
| purpose |
advancement of physics
ⓘ
dissemination of knowledge of physics ⓘ physics education ⓘ support of physics research ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| supports |
physics education programs
ⓘ
policy advocacy for science ⓘ public outreach in physics ⓘ |
| website | https://www.aps.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 Physical Society Description of subject: The American Physical Society is a leading professional organization dedicated to advancing and disseminating knowledge of physics through research publications, conferences, and educational initiatives.
Referenced by (407)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Charles H. Bennett
subject surface form:
Martin C. Gutzwiller