Broca's area
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Broca's area is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere of the brain that is crucial for speech production and language processing.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Broca area | 5 |
| Broca's area canonical | 5 |
| Brodmann area 44 | 1 |
| Brodmann area 45 | 1 |
| inferior frontal gyrus | 1 |
| pars opercularis of inferior frontal gyrus | 1 |
| pars triangularis of inferior frontal gyrus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T291088 — 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: Broca's area Context triple: [Paul Broca, discovered, Broca's area]
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Broca
Broca is a French surname most famously associated with Paul Broca, the 19th-century physician and anatomist who identified the brain region responsible for speech production.
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B.
Broca's aphasia
Broca's aphasia is a language disorder characterized by non-fluent, effortful speech and relatively preserved comprehension, typically resulting from damage to the left frontal lobe of the brain.
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C.
Broca's Brain
Broca's Brain is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the nature of scientific thought, the brain, and the cosmos through essays on astronomy, philosophy, and skepticism.
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D.
Anna M. Kross Center
The Anna M. Kross Center is a large jail facility on Rikers Island in New York City that primarily houses male detainees and includes specialized units for mental health and substance use treatment.
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E.
Paul Broca
Paul Broca was a 19th-century French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist best known for discovering the brain region responsible for speech production, now called Broca's area.
- 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: Broca's area Target entity description: Broca's area is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere of the brain that is crucial for speech production and language processing.
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A.
Broca
Broca is a French surname most famously associated with Paul Broca, the 19th-century physician and anatomist who identified the brain region responsible for speech production.
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B.
Broca's aphasia
Broca's aphasia is a language disorder characterized by non-fluent, effortful speech and relatively preserved comprehension, typically resulting from damage to the left frontal lobe of the brain.
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C.
Broca's Brain
Broca's Brain is a popular science book by Carl Sagan that explores the nature of scientific thought, the brain, and the cosmos through essays on astronomy, philosophy, and skepticism.
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D.
Anna M. Kross Center
The Anna M. Kross Center is a large jail facility on Rikers Island in New York City that primarily houses male detainees and includes specialized units for mental health and substance use treatment.
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E.
Paul Broca
Paul Broca was a 19th-century French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist best known for discovering the brain region responsible for speech production, now called Broca's area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brain region
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cortical area ⓘ language-related brain region ⓘ |
| associatedWithFunction |
articulation planning
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complex sentence comprehension ⓘ grammar processing ⓘ inner speech ⓘ language processing ⓘ language production ⓘ morphological processing ⓘ phonological processing ⓘ speech motor planning ⓘ speech production ⓘ syntactic processing ⓘ verbal working memory ⓘ |
| bloodSupply |
middle cerebral artery
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superior division of middle cerebral artery ⓘ |
| connectedBy | arcuate fasciculus ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Wernicke area
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surface form:
Wernicke's area
auditory cortex ⓘ basal ganglia ⓘ premotor cortex ⓘ primary motor cortex ⓘ supplementary motor area ⓘ thalamus ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Paul Broca ⓘ |
| hasSubregion |
Broca's area
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Brodmann area 44
Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Brodmann area 45
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| hemisphereDominance | left hemisphere for language in most individuals ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
language production planning
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language-related cognitive control ⓘ processing of hierarchical syntax ⓘ sequencing of speech movements ⓘ speech initiation ⓘ verbal fluency tasks ⓘ word retrieval ⓘ |
| lesionAssociatedWithSymptom |
agrammatism
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anomia ⓘ effortful speech ⓘ impaired repetition ⓘ nonfluent speech ⓘ relatively preserved comprehension ⓘ |
| lesionCauses |
Broca's aphasia
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expressive aphasia ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
cerebral cortex
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dominant cerebral hemisphere ⓘ frontal lobe ⓘ Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
inferior frontal gyrus
left hemisphere in most people ⓘ left hemisphere in most right-handed individuals ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Paul Broca ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Broca's area
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
pars opercularis of inferior frontal gyrus
Broca's area self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
pars triangularis of inferior frontal gyrus
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| partOf |
dominant hemisphere language network
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frontal lobe language network ⓘ perisylvian language network ⓘ |
| studiedUsing |
PET imaging
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functional MRI ⓘ lesion studies ⓘ transcranial magnetic stimulation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Broca's area Description of subject: Broca's area is a region in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere of the brain that is crucial for speech production and language processing.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Broca area
this entity surface form:
inferior frontal gyrus
this entity surface form:
Brodmann area 44
this entity surface form:
Brodmann area 45
this entity surface form:
pars opercularis of inferior frontal gyrus
this entity surface form:
pars triangularis of inferior frontal gyrus
this entity surface form:
Broca area
this entity surface form:
Broca area
this entity surface form:
Broca area
this entity surface form:
Broca area