FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
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FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an international youth-focused nonprofit organization that runs robotics and STEM programs and competitions to inspire students to pursue science and technology careers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) canonical | 5 |
| FIRST Robotics | 1 |
| FIRST Robotics teams | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1330195 — 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: FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Context triple: [FIRST Robotics Competition, hasParentOrganization, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)]
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FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics program that challenges student teams to design, build, and program robots to compete in themed engineering games while promoting STEM education and teamwork.
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B.
FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST Tech Challenge is an international robotics competition for middle and high school students that challenges teams to design, build, and program robots to compete in themed engineering games.
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C.
FIRST LEGO League
FIRST LEGO League is an international robotics and STEM education program for children that uses LEGO-based challenges to inspire interest in science, technology, engineering, and teamwork.
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D.
FirstHand STEM education program
FirstHand STEM education program is an educational initiative of the University City Science Center that provides hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math learning experiences to middle and high school students, particularly from underrepresented communities.
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E.
Lemelson Foundation
The Lemelson Foundation is a philanthropic organization that supports invention and innovation to improve lives, particularly through funding programs in education, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development.
- 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: FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Target entity description: FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an international youth-focused nonprofit organization that runs robotics and STEM programs and competitions to inspire students to pursue science and technology careers.
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A.
FIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics program that challenges student teams to design, build, and program robots to compete in themed engineering games while promoting STEM education and teamwork.
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B.
FIRST Tech Challenge
FIRST Tech Challenge is an international robotics competition for middle and high school students that challenges teams to design, build, and program robots to compete in themed engineering games.
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C.
FIRST LEGO League
FIRST LEGO League is an international robotics and STEM education program for children that uses LEGO-based challenges to inspire interest in science, technology, engineering, and teamwork.
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D.
FirstHand STEM education program
FirstHand STEM education program is an educational initiative of the University City Science Center that provides hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math learning experiences to middle and high school students, particularly from underrepresented communities.
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E.
Lemelson Foundation
The Lemelson Foundation is a philanthropic organization that supports invention and innovation to improve lives, particularly through funding programs in education, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
STEM organization
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educational organization ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ youth organization ⓘ |
| aimsTo | inspire students to pursue science and technology careers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| fieldOfWork |
STEM education
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robotics education ⓘ youth development ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
STEM programs
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hands-on learning ⓘ robotics competitions ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Dean Kamen
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Woodie Flowers ⓘ |
| fullName | For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson |
Dean Kamen
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Woodie Flowers ⓘ |
| hasMotto | More than robots ⓘ |
| hasParticipantType |
mentors
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students from elementary school ⓘ students from high school ⓘ students from middle school ⓘ volunteers ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
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linked to:
Manchester, New Hampshire
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| inception | 1989 ⓘ |
| legalForm | nonprofit ⓘ |
| missionStatement | to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators ⓘ |
| nonprofitStatus | 501(c)(3) organization ⓘ |
| offers |
FIRST LEGO League Challenge
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linked to:
FIRST LEGO League
FIRST LEGO League Discover ⓘ
linked to:
FIRST LEGO League
FIRST LEGO League Explore ⓘ
linked to:
FIRST LEGO League
FIRST Robotics Competition ⓘ FIRST Tech Challenge ⓘ |
| operatesIn | international ⓘ |
| organizes |
international robotics competitions
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national robotics competitions ⓘ regional robotics competitions ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| promotes |
coopertition
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engineering ⓘ gracious professionalism ⓘ mathematics ⓘ science ⓘ technology ⓘ |
| shortName | FIRST ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
students
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youth ⓘ |
| website | https://www.firstinspires.org/ ⓘ |
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: FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Description of subject: FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is an international youth-focused nonprofit organization that runs robotics and STEM programs and competitions to inspire students to pursue science and technology careers.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
FIRST Robotics Competition
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hasParentOrganization
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FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
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linked to: FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
linked to: FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
FIRST Championship
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parentOrganization
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FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
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Woodrow Wilson Flowers Jr.
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coFounderOf
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FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
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FIRST National Advisor
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employer
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FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
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OnBot Java
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developedForOrganization
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FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
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