International Board on Books for Young People
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The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality literature and reading opportunities for children and young people worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| International Board on Books for Young People canonical | 3 |
| IBBY national sections | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8593436 — 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: International Board on Books for Young People Context triple: [Hans Christian Andersen Award, presentedBy, International Board on Books for Young People]
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A.
Children's Book Council
The Children's Book Council is a nonprofit trade association that promotes children's literature and supports publishers, authors, and reading initiatives in the United States.
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B.
Association for Library Service to Children
The Association for Library Service to Children is a professional organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing library services, resources, and literacy programs for children.
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C.
Children's Literature Association Awards Committee
The Children's Literature Association Awards Committee is a body within the Children's Literature Association responsible for selecting and administering major awards recognizing excellence and lasting impact in children's literature.
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D.
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a leading professional organization in the United States that promotes libraries and librarianship, sets standards for library education, and accredits library and information science programs.
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E.
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental is a major American nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting children’s literacy by providing books and reading resources to young people.
- 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: International Board on Books for Young People Target entity description: The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality literature and reading opportunities for children and young people worldwide.
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A.
Children's Book Council
The Children's Book Council is a nonprofit trade association that promotes children's literature and supports publishers, authors, and reading initiatives in the United States.
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B.
Association for Library Service to Children
The Association for Library Service to Children is a professional organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing library services, resources, and literacy programs for children.
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C.
Children's Literature Association Awards Committee
The Children's Literature Association Awards Committee is a body within the Children's Literature Association responsible for selecting and administering major awards recognizing excellence and lasting impact in children's literature.
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D.
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a leading professional organization in the United States that promotes libraries and librarianship, sets standards for library education, and accredits library and information science programs.
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E.
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental is a major American nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting children’s literacy by providing books and reading resources to young people.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international organization
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literary organization ⓘ non-profit organization ⓘ |
| abbreviation | IBBY NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
ensure children have access to high-quality books
ⓘ
improve international understanding through children's books ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
UNESCO
NERFINISHED
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UNICEF NERFINISHED ⓘ other international literacy organizations ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
children's literature
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literacy ⓘ reading promotion ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
access to books for children in difficult circumstances
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international exchange of children's books ⓘ promotion of diversity in children's literature ⓘ promotion of peace through children's books ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jella Lepman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAward |
Hans Christian Andersen Award
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IBBY Honour List NERFINISHED ⓘ IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award NERFINISHED ⓘ Silent Books project recognition ⓘ |
| hasMainGoal |
promotion of quality literature for children and young people
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promotion of reading opportunities for children and young people worldwide ⓘ |
| hasMembersIn | multiple countries ⓘ |
| hasMotto | promoting international understanding through children's books ⓘ |
| hasProgram |
Children in Crisis programme
NERFINISHED
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Reading promotion projects ⓘ Silent Books: from the world to Lampedusa and back NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPublication | Bookbird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure | national sections ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Basel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1953 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| nonProfitStatus | non-governmental organization ⓘ |
| operatesIn | worldwide ⓘ |
| organizes | IBBY World Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationType | academic journal ⓘ |
| website | https://www.ibby.org ⓘ |
| worksWith |
authors of children's books
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educators ⓘ illustrators of children's books ⓘ librarians ⓘ publishers of children's books ⓘ |
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: International Board on Books for Young People Description of subject: The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is a global non-profit organization dedicated to promoting quality literature and reading opportunities for children and young people worldwide.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IBBY national sections