Amygdala
E591429
The amygdala is an almond-shaped brain structure in the temporal lobe that plays a central role in processing emotions, especially fear and threat detection.
All labels observed (2)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6385518 — 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: Amygdala Context triple: [Emotions, isGeneratedInPartBy, Amygdala]
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A.
hippocampus
The hippocampus is a key brain structure involved in forming and retrieving memories, spatial navigation, and regulating emotional responses.
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thalamus
The thalamus is a deep brain structure that acts as a central relay hub, processing and transmitting sensory and motor information to the cerebral cortex and playing key roles in consciousness, sleep, and attention.
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C.
prefrontal cortex
The prefrontal cortex is the front part of the brain’s frontal lobes responsible for higher-order functions such as decision-making, attention, impulse control, and working memory.
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D.
entorhinal cortex
The entorhinal cortex is a brain region in the medial temporal lobe crucial for memory, navigation, and serving as a major interface between the hippocampus and neocortex.
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E.
Broca's area
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.
- 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: Amygdala Target entity description: The amygdala is an almond-shaped brain structure in the temporal lobe that plays a central role in processing emotions, especially fear and threat detection.
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A.
hippocampus
The hippocampus is a key brain structure involved in forming and retrieving memories, spatial navigation, and regulating emotional responses.
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B.
thalamus
The thalamus is a deep brain structure that acts as a central relay hub, processing and transmitting sensory and motor information to the cerebral cortex and playing key roles in consciousness, sleep, and attention.
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C.
prefrontal cortex
The prefrontal cortex is the front part of the brain’s frontal lobes responsible for higher-order functions such as decision-making, attention, impulse control, and working memory.
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D.
entorhinal cortex
The entorhinal cortex is a brain region in the medial temporal lobe crucial for memory, navigation, and serving as a major interface between the hippocampus and neocortex.
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E.
Broca's area
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brain structure
ⓘ
collection of nuclei ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
brainstem
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hippocampus ⓘ hypothalamus NERFINISHED ⓘ prefrontal cortex NERFINISHED ⓘ thalamus ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| hasPart |
accessory basal nucleus of amygdala
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basal nucleus of amygdala ⓘ basolateral amygdala ⓘ central nucleus of amygdala ⓘ cortical nucleus of amygdala ⓘ intercalated cell masses of amygdala ⓘ lateral nucleus of amygdala ⓘ medial nucleus of amygdala ⓘ |
| hasShape | almond-shaped ⓘ |
| influences |
hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
sympathetic nervous system activity ⓘ |
| involvedInDisorder |
anxiety disorders
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autism spectrum disorder ⓘ borderline personality disorder ⓘ depression ⓘ phobias ⓘ post-traumatic stress disorder ⓘ |
| isBilateral | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
cerebral hemisphere
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medial temporal lobe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameDerivedFrom | Greek word amygdalē meaning almond ⓘ |
| partOf |
limbic system
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telencephalon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playsRoleIn |
aggression
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anxiety ⓘ autonomic responses to emotion ⓘ emotion processing ⓘ emotional learning ⓘ emotional memory ⓘ endocrine responses to stress ⓘ facial emotion recognition ⓘ fear conditioning ⓘ fear processing ⓘ reward processing ⓘ social behavior ⓘ threat detection ⓘ |
| receivesInputFrom |
sensory cortex
NERFINISHED
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sensory thalamus ⓘ |
| sendsOutputTo |
autonomic brainstem nuclei
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hypothalamus ⓘ periaqueductal gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| showsPlasticityIn |
extinction learning
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fear learning ⓘ |
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: Amygdala Description of subject: The amygdala is an almond-shaped brain structure in the temporal lobe that plays a central role in processing emotions, especially fear and threat detection.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
amygdala