National Association of the Deaf (United States)
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The National Association of the Deaf (United States) is a leading civil rights organization that advocates for the rights, access, and full inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing people across the country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Association of the Deaf (United States) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7380170 — 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: National Association of the Deaf (United States) Context triple: [Edward Miner Gallaudet, memberOf, National Association of the Deaf (United States)]
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A.
International Committee of Sports for the Deaf
The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf is the global organization that oversees and promotes international multi-sport competitions for deaf athletes, including the Deaflympics.
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B.
Korean Association of the Deaf
The Korean Association of the Deaf is a national organization that advocates for the rights, accessibility, and social inclusion of deaf and hard-of-hearing people in South Korea.
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C.
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is a state agency that advocates for and provides services, resources, and accessibility support to deaf and hard of hearing residents in Massachusetts.
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D.
Korean Deaf Youth Association
The Korean Deaf Youth Association is an organization that supports, empowers, and advocates for deaf and hard-of-hearing young people in South Korea through community, education, and cultural activities.
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E.
British Deaf Association
The British Deaf Association is a UK-based national charity that advocates for the rights, language, and culture of Deaf people, with a particular focus on promoting and protecting British Sign Language.
- 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: National Association of the Deaf (United States) Target entity description: The National Association of the Deaf (United States) is a leading civil rights organization that advocates for the rights, access, and full inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing people across the country.
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A.
International Committee of Sports for the Deaf
The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf is the global organization that oversees and promotes international multi-sport competitions for deaf athletes, including the Deaflympics.
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B.
Korean Association of the Deaf
The Korean Association of the Deaf is a national organization that advocates for the rights, accessibility, and social inclusion of deaf and hard-of-hearing people in South Korea.
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C.
Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
The Massachusetts Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing is a state agency that advocates for and provides services, resources, and accessibility support to deaf and hard of hearing residents in Massachusetts.
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D.
Korean Deaf Youth Association
The Korean Deaf Youth Association is an organization that supports, empowers, and advocates for deaf and hard-of-hearing young people in South Korea through community, education, and cultural activities.
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E.
British Deaf Association
The British Deaf Association is a UK-based national charity that advocates for the rights, language, and culture of Deaf people, with a particular focus on promoting and protecting British Sign Language.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
advocacy organization
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nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
American Sign Language rights
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access to communication ⓘ accessible emergency communications ⓘ captioning of media ⓘ educational access for deaf and hard of hearing students ⓘ employment nondiscrimination ⓘ full inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing people ⓘ telecommunications accessibility ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field |
captioning
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civil rights ⓘ deaf rights ⓘ disability rights ⓘ education policy ⓘ employment rights ⓘ language access ⓘ telecommunications access ⓘ |
| founded | 1880 ⓘ |
| foundedAtLocation | Cincinnati, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFocusPopulation |
deaf people
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hard of hearing people ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
individual members
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organizational members ⓘ state association affiliates ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Silver Spring, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | 501(c)(3) nonprofit ⓘ |
| mission | to preserve, protect, and promote the civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf and hard of hearing people in the United States ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
litigation on behalf of deaf and hard of hearing people
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policy advocacy at the federal level ⓘ policy advocacy at the state level ⓘ public education on deaf culture and rights ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage |
American Sign Language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| represents |
deaf people in the United States
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hard of hearing people in the United States ⓘ |
| scope | national ⓘ |
| shortName | NAD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
deaf culture
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use of American Sign Language ⓘ |
| website | https://www.nad.org ⓘ |
| worksOn |
captioning regulations for television and online video
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education policy for deaf and hard of hearing students ⓘ employment accessibility and accommodations ⓘ implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ standards for sign language interpreters ⓘ |
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: National Association of the Deaf (United States) Description of subject: The National Association of the Deaf (United States) is a leading civil rights organization that advocates for the rights, access, and full inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing people across the country.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.