National Secular Society
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The National Secular Society is a UK-based organization that campaigns for the separation of religion and state and promotes secularism, human rights, and equality before the law.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| National Secular Society canonical | 8 |
| British Humanist Association | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T628971 — 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 Secular Society Context triple: [Annie Besant, memberOf, National Secular Society]
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A.
Center for Inquiry
The Center for Inquiry is a nonprofit organization that promotes secularism, scientific skepticism, and critical thinking through education, advocacy, and research.
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B.
Unitarian Universalist Association
The Unitarian Universalist Association is a liberal religious organization in the United States and Canada that serves as the central body for Unitarian Universalist congregations, promoting a non-creedal, inclusive, and socially progressive faith.
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C.
Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is a British socialist organization founded in the late 19th century that advocates for gradual and democratic reforms toward socialism rather than revolutionary change.
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D.
Fellowship of Reconciliation
The Fellowship of Reconciliation is an international, faith-based peace and justice organization known for its commitment to nonviolence, conscientious objection, and social reconciliation.
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E.
Society of Friends of the Constitution
The Society of Friends of the Constitution, better known as the Jacobin Club, was a leading radical political club during the French Revolution that championed republicanism, popular sovereignty, and sweeping social reforms.
- 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 Secular Society Target entity description: The National Secular Society is a UK-based organization that campaigns for the separation of religion and state and promotes secularism, human rights, and equality before the law.
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A.
Center for Inquiry
The Center for Inquiry is a nonprofit organization that promotes secularism, scientific skepticism, and critical thinking through education, advocacy, and research.
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B.
Unitarian Universalist Association
The Unitarian Universalist Association is a liberal religious organization in the United States and Canada that serves as the central body for Unitarian Universalist congregations, promoting a non-creedal, inclusive, and socially progressive faith.
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C.
Fabian Society
The Fabian Society is a British socialist organization founded in the late 19th century that advocates for gradual and democratic reforms toward socialism rather than revolutionary change.
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D.
Fellowship of Reconciliation
The Fellowship of Reconciliation is an international, faith-based peace and justice organization known for its commitment to nonviolence, conscientious objection, and social reconciliation.
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E.
Society of Friends of the Constitution
The Society of Friends of the Constitution, better known as the Jacobin Club, was a leading radical political club during the French Revolution that championed republicanism, popular sovereignty, and sweeping social reforms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
advocacy organisation
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non-profit organisation ⓘ secularist organisation ⓘ |
| campaignsFor |
abolition of compulsory collective worship in schools
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disestablishment of the Church of England ⓘ ending automatic seats for bishops in the UK House of Lords ⓘ protection of freedom of expression on religion ⓘ reform of faith-based exemptions in equality law ⓘ secular education system ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
civil liberties
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education policy ⓘ freedom of expression ⓘ human rights ⓘ public policy advocacy ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Charles Bradlaugh ⓘ |
| hasChairperson | Stephen Evans ⓘ |
| hasFocus |
freedom of and from religion
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religion and education ⓘ religion and the state ⓘ secular lawmaking ⓘ |
| hasFormerPresident |
Barbara Smoker
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Charles Bradlaugh ⓘ Denis Cobell ⓘ Terry Sanderson ⓘ |
| hasNotableSupporter |
Nick Ross
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Polly Toynbee ⓘ Richard Dawkins ⓘ |
| hasSlogan | Challenging religious privilege ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| ideology |
church–state separation
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secularism ⓘ |
| inception | 1866 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | charitable organisation ⓘ |
| operatesInJurisdiction |
England
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Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ Wales ⓘ |
| opposes |
blasphemy laws
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religious privilege in public policy ⓘ state funding of faith schools ⓘ |
| publishes | Bulletin (newsletter) ⓘ |
| purpose |
defence of human rights
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promotion of equality before the law ⓘ promotion of secularism ⓘ separation of religion and state ⓘ |
| website | https://www.secularism.org.uk/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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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 Secular Society Description of subject: The National Secular Society is a UK-based organization that campaigns for the separation of religion and state and promotes secularism, human rights, and equality before the law.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
British Humanist Association