Anxiety
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Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by feelings of worry, nervousness, or unease, often about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Anxiety canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5290278 — 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: Anxiety Context triple: [Anxiety, title, Anxiety]
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A.
Anxiety
Anxiety is an 1894–1896 expressionist painting by Edvard Munch that depicts a group of anxious figures on a bridge against a blood-red sky, thematically related to his famous work The Scream.
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B.
Anxiety
"Anxiety" is a song by the American musical group Black Eyed Peas from their album *Elephunk*.
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C.
Anxiety
"Anxiety" is a punk rock song by Marky Ramone and the Intruders, showcasing the band's energetic style and Ramone's classic Ramones-influenced sound.
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D.
anxiety disorders
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental health conditions characterized by excessive fear, worry, and related behavioral disturbances that significantly interfere with daily functioning.
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E.
High Anxiety
High Anxiety is a 1977 satirical comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks that parodies Alfred Hitchcock thrillers.
- 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: Anxiety Target entity description: Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by feelings of worry, nervousness, or unease, often about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
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A.
Anxiety
Anxiety is an 1894–1896 expressionist painting by Edvard Munch that depicts a group of anxious figures on a bridge against a blood-red sky, thematically related to his famous work The Scream.
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B.
Anxiety
"Anxiety" is a song by the American musical group Black Eyed Peas from their album *Elephunk*.
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C.
Anxiety
"Anxiety" is a punk rock song by Marky Ramone and the Intruders, showcasing the band's energetic style and Ramone's classic Ramones-influenced sound.
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D.
anxiety disorders
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental health conditions characterized by excessive fear, worry, and related behavioral disturbances that significantly interfere with daily functioning.
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E.
High Anxiety
High Anxiety is a 1977 satirical comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks that parodies Alfred Hitchcock thrillers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Emotional state
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Mental health concept ⓘ Physiological state ⓘ Psychological state ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Adjustment disorders
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Generalized anxiety disorder NERFINISHED ⓘ Obsessive-compulsive disorder ⓘ Panic disorder ⓘ Post-traumatic stress disorder ⓘ Social anxiety disorder NERFINISHED ⓘ Specific phobias ⓘ |
| canBe |
Disabling
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Excessive ⓘ Normal response to stress ⓘ Persistent ⓘ |
| canBeManagedWith |
Lifestyle changes
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Medication ⓘ Psychotherapy ⓘ Stress management techniques ⓘ |
| canBeTriggeredBy |
Medical conditions
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Stressful life events ⓘ Substances ⓘ Trauma ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
Feelings of nervousness
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Feelings of unease ⓘ Feelings of worry ⓘ |
| differentFrom | Fear ⓘ |
| hasBiologicalBasisIn |
Brain circuits
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Neurotransmitter systems ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Behavioral symptoms
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Cognitive symptoms ⓘ Emotional symptoms ⓘ Physiological symptoms ⓘ |
| involves |
Amygdala activation
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Autonomic nervous system activation ⓘ |
| mayInclude |
Difficulty concentrating
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Gastrointestinal discomfort ⓘ Increased heart rate ⓘ Irritability ⓘ Muscle tension ⓘ Rapid breathing ⓘ Restlessness ⓘ Sleep disturbances ⓘ Sweating ⓘ Trembling ⓘ |
| oftenAbout |
Imminent events
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Uncertain outcomes ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Fear ⓘ |
| riskFactorFor |
Depression
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Impaired functioning ⓘ Substance misuse ⓘ |
| whenExcessiveAssociatedWith | Anxiety disorders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Anxiety Description of subject: Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by feelings of worry, nervousness, or unease, often about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.