Alcoholics Anonymous
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Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship and support program that helps people struggling with alcoholism achieve and maintain sobriety through peer-led meetings and a 12-step recovery approach.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alcoholics Anonymous canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10917674 — 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: Alcoholics Anonymous Context triple: [My Name Is Joe, hasSubject, Alcoholics Anonymous]
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A.
Synanon
Synanon was a controversial American organization that began as a drug rehabilitation program in the late 1950s and later evolved into a violent, cult-like communal movement.
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B.
Narconon
Narconon is a controversial drug rehabilitation program founded by and closely tied to the Church of Scientology, known for using Scientology-based methods rather than conventional addiction treatment.
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C.
Prison Fellowship
Prison Fellowship is a Christian nonprofit organization dedicated to prison ministry, criminal justice reform, and supporting incarcerated individuals and their families.
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D.
American Temperance Society
The American Temperance Society was a prominent early 19th-century U.S. reform organization that campaigned for reduced alcohol consumption and helped launch the broader temperance movement.
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E.
American Society of Addiction Medicine
The American Society of Addiction Medicine is a professional medical society dedicated to improving addiction care through education, research, advocacy, and the development of clinical standards for the treatment of substance use disorders.
- 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: Alcoholics Anonymous Target entity description: Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship and support program that helps people struggling with alcoholism achieve and maintain sobriety through peer-led meetings and a 12-step recovery approach.
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A.
Synanon
Synanon was a controversial American organization that began as a drug rehabilitation program in the late 1950s and later evolved into a violent, cult-like communal movement.
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B.
Narconon
Narconon is a controversial drug rehabilitation program founded by and closely tied to the Church of Scientology, known for using Scientology-based methods rather than conventional addiction treatment.
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C.
Prison Fellowship
Prison Fellowship is a Christian nonprofit organization dedicated to prison ministry, criminal justice reform, and supporting incarcerated individuals and their families.
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D.
American Temperance Society
The American Temperance Society was a prominent early 19th-century U.S. reform organization that campaigned for reduced alcohol consumption and helped launch the broader temperance movement.
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E.
American Society of Addiction Medicine
The American Society of Addiction Medicine is a professional medical society dedicated to improving addiction care through education, research, advocacy, and the development of clinical standards for the treatment of substance use disorders.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fellowship
ⓘ
mutual aid organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ support group ⓘ twelve-step program ⓘ |
| anonymityPolicy | members remain anonymous at the public level ⓘ |
| approach |
12-step recovery
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peer-led recovery ⓘ spiritual but not religious ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
abstinence from alcohol
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mutual aid ⓘ peer support ⓘ spiritual growth ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focus |
alcohol use disorder
ⓘ
alcoholism ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Bill Wilson
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bob Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Akron, Ohio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundingModel | self-supporting through member contributions ⓘ |
| governancePrinciple |
group autonomy
ⓘ
non-affiliation with outside organizations ⓘ nonprofessional ⓘ self-supporting ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
12th-step work
ⓘ
higher power ⓘ home group ⓘ sponsor ⓘ |
| hasPublication |
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book)
NERFINISHED
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Daily Reflections NERFINISHED ⓘ Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| inception | 1935 ⓘ |
| influenced |
Al-Anon Family Groups
NERFINISHED
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Gamblers Anonymous NERFINISHED ⓘ Narcotics Anonymous NERFINISHED ⓘ Overeaters Anonymous NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| meetingFormat |
in-person meetings
ⓘ
online meetings ⓘ telephone meetings ⓘ |
| membershipPolicy | open to anyone with a desire to stop drinking ⓘ |
| policy |
declines outside contributions
ⓘ
no dues or fees for membership ⓘ |
| purpose |
help people with alcoholism achieve and maintain sobriety
ⓘ
support recovery from alcohol use disorder ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| shortName | AA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesProgram |
Twelve Steps
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Twelve Traditions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Alcoholics Anonymous Description of subject: Alcoholics Anonymous is an international fellowship and support program that helps people struggling with alcoholism achieve and maintain sobriety through peer-led meetings and a 12-step recovery approach.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.