United Bible Societies
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United Bible Societies is a global fellowship of national Bible societies dedicated to translating, publishing, and distributing the Bible worldwide.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United Bible Societies canonical | 10 |
| Bible societies | 1 |
| international Bible societies | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T519260 — 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: United Bible Societies Context triple: [Good News Bible, publisher, United Bible Societies]
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A.
American Bible Society
The American Bible Society is a U.S.-based Christian organization dedicated to translating, publishing, and distributing the Bible worldwide.
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B.
International Bible Students Association
The International Bible Students Association is a religious organization that emerged in the late 19th century as a movement of Bible study groups that later gave rise to Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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C.
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York is a principal legal and publishing corporation used by Jehovah’s Witnesses, responsible for producing their religious literature and supporting their worldwide activities.
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D.
Biblica
Biblica is a Christian nonprofit organization best known for producing and distributing modern Bible translations and resources worldwide, including the New International Version (NIV).
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E.
National Council of Churches
The National Council of Churches is a major U.S. ecumenical organization that brings together numerous Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, and historically African American denominations for cooperative ministry and advocacy.
- 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: United Bible Societies Target entity description: United Bible Societies is a global fellowship of national Bible societies dedicated to translating, publishing, and distributing the Bible worldwide.
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A.
American Bible Society
The American Bible Society is a U.S.-based Christian organization dedicated to translating, publishing, and distributing the Bible worldwide.
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B.
International Bible Students Association
The International Bible Students Association is a religious organization that emerged in the late 19th century as a movement of Bible study groups that later gave rise to Jehovah’s Witnesses.
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C.
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York is a principal legal and publishing corporation used by Jehovah’s Witnesses, responsible for producing their religious literature and supporting their worldwide activities.
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D.
Biblica
Biblica is a Christian nonprofit organization best known for producing and distributing modern Bible translations and resources worldwide, including the New International Version (NIV).
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E.
National Council of Churches
The National Council of Churches is a major U.S. ecumenical organization that brings together numerous Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox, and historically African American denominations for cooperative ministry and advocacy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible society network
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Christian organization ⓘ non-governmental organization ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | UBS ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
provide affordable Scriptures
ⓘ
reach people without access to the Bible ⓘ |
| areaServed | global ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
churches worldwide
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other Christian organizations ⓘ |
| countryOfHeadquarters | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Bible distribution
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Bible publishing ⓘ Bible translation ⓘ Scripture engagement ⓘ literature ministry ⓘ |
| focus |
making the Bible available to everyone
ⓘ
supporting churches with Scripture resources ⓘ |
| founded | 1946 ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
development of new Bible translations
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distribution of Scriptures in multiple formats ⓘ production of digital Bibles ⓘ production of print Bibles ⓘ revision of existing Bible translations ⓘ |
| hasGlobalNetwork | over 140 national Bible societies ⓘ |
| hasMemberOrganizations | national Bible societies ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Swindon
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surface form:
Swindon, England
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| legalForm | charitable organization ⓘ |
| mission |
to distribute the Bible
ⓘ
to publish the Bible ⓘ to translate the Bible ⓘ |
| name | United Bible Societies self-link ⓘ |
| organizationalStructure | fellowship of autonomous Bible societies ⓘ |
| primaryLanguageOfScripture | Bible ⓘ |
| regionServed |
Africa
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Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Oceania ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| scope | worldwide ⓘ |
| supports |
Bible translation in oral cultures
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Bible-based literacy programs ⓘ minority language Bible projects ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
audio
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digital platforms ⓘ print ⓘ |
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: United Bible Societies Description of subject: United Bible Societies is a global fellowship of national Bible societies dedicated to translating, publishing, and distributing the Bible worldwide.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bible societies
this entity surface form:
international Bible societies